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The aftermath of cyclone Idai in Mozambique. Many of the world’s poorest live in equatorial regions, which already have high average temperatures. This means a tiny rise can be sharply felt and lead to harsher impacts, according to a 2018 study in Geophysical Research Letter. (Photo by Denis Onyodi: IFRC/DRK/Climate Centre) Photo used under CC BY

World’s most vulnerable facing climate’s havoc

While most of the world’s richest nations are the largest emission producers, the UN estimates that 4.2 billion people have been hit by weather-related disasters in the last two decades, with low-income countries suffering the biggest losses.

CNN

Hunger, disease stalk African cyclone survivors

Cholera cases have been reported in Mozambican, adding a risk of deadly illnesses for hundreds of thousands of people who are scrambling for shelter, food and water after catastrophic flooding in southern Africa.

U.S. News & World Report

Mozambique cholera cases jump to 139 a day after outbreak

AP News

China using forced labor in global building boom

Chinese construction companies have long relied on an informal system of labor contractors who charge workers a hefty recruitment fee for lucrative work abroad that raises the risk of exporting shoddy labor practices globally.

NPR

Venezuelans protest over power, water cuts

Venezuelans prepared to hold protests over continued shortages of power and water following angry demonstrations as the government of President Maduro appeared prepared to begin a rationing program.

Reuters

Guaido calls for final push to oust Maduro after Trump reaffirms support

CNBC

New Zealand outlines strict new gun controls

New Zealand has announced details of its ban on military-style semi-automatic guns. Owners of certain firearms — and accessories used to make weapons more deadly — will still have several months to hand them in.

Deutsche Welle

Poverty rises among kids, pensioners in UK

The number of children and pensioners in absolute poverty increased in 2017-18 as inflation and accommodation costs took a bigger chunk out of household finances.

Guardian

HUMAN RIGHTS

In Sudan protests, women call out sexism

Amid ongoing anti-government protests in Sudan, women, who make up an estimated 70 percent of protesters, are calling out the sexism of their male counterparts.

BBC

UK limit on aid to slavery victims unlawful

In the UK, a high court judge ruled that Home Office policy to cut off statutory support to people after they have been identified as victims of slavery is potentially unlawful.

Guardian

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Propaganda endangers upcoming Indian polls

In India, misinformation campaigns developed and run by political parties with nationwide cyberarmies are targeting political opponents, religious minorities and dissenting individuals, endangering coming elections.

The Atlantic

Authorities link Austrian to mosque attacks

The Austrian authorities are investigating possible connections after it emerged that the main suspect in the Christchurch mosque attacks made a large donation to the leader of the far-right Identitarian Movement in Austria.

BBC

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Facebook calls for government regulation

Amid rising white nationalism, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg called on governments to take a more active role in regulating harmful online content and ensuring the integrity of elections.

The Independent

Facebook charged with housing discrimination

BBC

New antibiotics could incorporate fish slime

With antibiotic resistance growing, researchers say the mucus that protects fish contains substances that could be used in new antibiotics for MRSA and E coli.

Guardian

GLOBAL HEALTH

Nationalism is posing a threat to global health

The growth of right-wing nationalism worldwide is causing countries to turn inward, harden their borders and distrust outsiders, resulting in new, and worse, outbreaks of disease.

The New Republic

Mistrust worsening Ebola crisis in DR Congo

One in four people interviewed in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo last year believed Ebola wasn’t real, according to a new study, underscoring the enormous challenges health care workers are now facing.

Al Jazeera

Climate crisis fuels mosquito-borne illness

truthout

Latest Yemen cholera outbreak kills doctor

Yemen’s third major outbreak of cholera since conflict began in 2015 has resulted in 110,000 suspected cholera cases and 200 deaths within three months and killed Mohammed Abdul-Mughni, a Yemeni doctor battling the epidemic.

Reuters

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GOOD NEWS

Cop comforts K9 partner shot in line of duty

After Officer Greg Shone’s K9 partner Titan, a Belgian Malinois, was shot while on duty, Shone rushed him to a hospital and watched over him while he healed.

MSN

Thai park rangers rescue baby elephants

Park rangers in northeastern Thailand rescued six baby elephants who were trapped in a mud hole and separated from their parents.

The Independent

NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

Otto Bremer Trust awards $9.1M in grants

The Otto Bremer Trust in St. Paul, Minnesota, announced grants totaling $9.1 million in support of organizations in Minnesota, North Dakota and western Wisconsin that address local challenges and increase opportunities.

Philanthropy News Digest

Women fighting for gender equality In NGOs

As it’s still Women’s History Month, it only seems fitting to turn our attention to some of the women who are instrumental to global gender equality activism and who are some of the key activists fighting for gender policy reform in NGOs.

Forbes

ENVIRONMENT

Oil giants invest $110B in new fossil fuels

Five oil giants—Exxon Mobil, Royal Dutch Shell, Chevron, Total and BP—are together investing $110 billion in new fossil-fuel production, despite having spent more than $1 billion on green PR since the Paris Agreement.

Huffington Post

Scientist says wildlife key to Afghan peace

An evolutionary biologist who formerly led the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Afghanistan program says conservation and protecting wildlife provide common ground among enemies and a vital pathway to peace.

NPR

Deadly fungus threatening amphibian species

The Hill

Feeding wild birds has impact on conservation

More than 57 million households across the U.S. have bird feeders in their backyards, and Americans spend more than $4 billion a year on bird food. These individuals have a significant impact on conservation.

Earth.com

Record 1K dolphins wash ashore in France this year

Channel NewsAsia

ECONOMIC EQUITY

India party chief vows minimum basic income

India’s main opposition party, the Congress Party, will give $1,045 to each of India’s poorest families every year if voted back into power, its chief said, in what he called a “final assault on poverty.”

Al Jazeera

UK firms lagging on gender pay gap reporting

With just one week to the reporting deadline, nearly two-thirds of UK companies still have not disclosed the average difference between what they pay male and female employees.

BBC

Photo of the Day

A girl walks down a road at sunset next to an Internally Displaced Persons camp near the town of Jowhar in the Middle Shabelle region of Somalia in December 2013. Fighting between clans, as well as flooding, displaced more than 12,000 people near the town with many seeking temporary shelter near an African Union military camp in the area. (Photo by UN Photo/Tobin Jones) Photo used under CC BY

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