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Indiscriminate attacks by the Islamist militant group Boko Haram in northern Nigeria are causing immense suffering. A violent campaign is being waged against innocent civilians who are being killed, chased, enrolled or enslaved. (Photo by EC/ECHO/Anouk Delafortrie) Photo used under CC BY

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What next for the millions uprooted by Boko Haram?

Over nine years, the Boko Haram insurgency has fractured families and claimed lives across the Lake Chad region, causing untold suffering. Eight million people are in acute need of aid.

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Guardian

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149 women and children rescued from Boko Haram

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Al Jazeera

South Africa: No proof of birth, no education

A pupil can be admitted conditionally if they don’t have a birth certificate but the parent must rectify the situation within three months.

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Mail and Guardian

PNG quake: 270K people need urgent assistance

The Papua New Guinea government estimates 270,000 people are in need of urgent assistance, including 125,000 children. The 7.5 magnitude earthquake on 26 February was followed by almost 200 aftershock tremors in the last 40 days.

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Guardian

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Papua New Guinea emergency teams scramble to reach villages feared hit by latest earthquake

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ABC News

The fearful life of China’s exiled dissidents

Chinese authorities have long been accused of silencing their critics at home but now it seems their threatening methods of censorship and surveillance are extending to activists who have fled to the supposed safety of foreign soil.

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Al Jazeera

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Long arm of China reaches into American universities

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The Australian Financial Review

Can football heal old wounds in Colombia?

After years of negotiations and revisions to peace deals, the government of Colombia and the left-wing rebel group FARC officially put an end to the longest-running conflict of the Western Hemisphere in November 2016.

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Al Jazeera

HUMAN RIGHTS

HRW calls Syria chemical attack a war crime

A suspected chemical attack on civilians in Syria is a war crime that bears the hallmarks of Bashar al-Assad’s government, but its ally Russia shares potential criminal responsibility for its use, the head of Human Rights Watch says.

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U.S. News & World Report

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Trump says US ‘cannot allow’ Syrian chemical weapons attacks

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CNN

Saudi Arabia outlaws spying on spouse’s phone

As part of a wide-ranging law designed to tackle cybercrime, Saudi Arabia has outlawed spying on your partner’s mobile phone.

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The Independent

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Hungary: PM Viktor Orban declares victory

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban had declared victory after preliminary results show his anti-migrant party is projected to win a commanding majority in the country’s key parliamentary elections.

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Al Jazeera

N. Korea set to discuss denuclearization

North Korea has told the United States for the first time that it is prepared to discuss the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula when North Korean leader Kim Jong Un meets President Donald Trump

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Reuters

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Adults keep growing brain cells

Researchers show for the first time that healthy older men and women can generate just as many new brain cells as younger people.

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ScienceDaily

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CRISPR might one day reverse devastating brain diseases

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STAT

Diet supplement shown to aid heart health

A novel nutraceutical called nicotinomide riboside has been found to kick-start the same biological pathways as calorie restriction does, and boost arterial health in people with mild hypertension.

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ScienceDaily

GLOBAL HEALTH

Could you fight off worms?

Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis made the discovery that the guts of individuals infected with parasites share common microbes — even if they live in completely different geographic locations.

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NPR

Depression’s impact on heart, stroke patients

Depression, even when undiagnosed, can have many negative effects on cardiovascular patients, including poor healthcare experiences, more use of healthcare resources and higher health costs, according to a new research.

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ScienceDaily

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GOOD NEWS

High school sweethearts wed 29 years later

It took 28 years for Chris Gash and Jenn Sudol, who met as freshmen at Clifton High School, to get to the altar, or in their case to the hallway of their alma mater where their first sparks flew. In took less than 10 minutes for them to become Mr. and Mrs. Gash.

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USA TODAY

School offers reward for kids to stop fighting

One school in Southwest Philadelphia is giving each eighth-grade student $100 at graduation if no one fights this school year. If any of the 37 students mess up, they all lose the cash.

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NBCNews.com

NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

University receives $11.3M for flu vaccine

The Institute for Protein Design at the University of Washington School of Medicine has announced an $11.3 million grant from the Open Philanthropy Project in support of efforts to develop a universal flu vaccine.

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Philanthropy News Digest

Changing geography of poverty a challenge

As more low-income people are forced by changing economic trends to move from the cities to the suburbs, social service and advocacy infrastructure need to follow.

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Nonprofit Quarterly

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Suburban housing costs are stretching families to the brink

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Slate

ENVIRONMENT

Cement industry urged to reduce emissions

Greenhouse gas emissions from cement production must be reduced sharply if the world is to meet the climate change goals set out in the Paris agreement, a new report has suggested.

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Guardian

China leads in global shift to renewable energy

Investment in renewable energy continues to grow at a record pace as countries look to move away from fossil fuel-based power production to eco-friendly generation. Over half of world’s new solar capacity is in China.

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ECONOMY

Richest 1% could own 2/3 of all wealth by 2030

The world’s richest 1percent are on course to control as much as two-thirds of the world’s wealth by 2030. World leaders are being warned that the continued accumulation of wealth at the top will fuel growing distrust and anger over the coming decade.

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Guardian

China takes aim at America’s soybean farmers

China is planning to make US farmers pay a 25% tariff to sell beans in the country in retaliation for President Trump’s proposed tariffs on Chinese goods.

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CNN Money

Some S. African cities ‘on brink of collapse’

South Africa’s Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene has said that some municipalities need to be pulled back from the brink of financial ruin due to slow economic growth and years of mismanagement.

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Bloomberg

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Asian kids trying to catch a fish. (Photo by Pixabay Public Domain Images) Photo used under CC BY

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