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Without food distributed by aid groups, an estimated 7 million people – more than half the population of South Sudan – would go hungry. Continued conflict makes humanitarian access to many areas extremely difficult. (Photo by Arsenie Coseac) Photo used under CC BY

Fighting driving up hunger in S. Sudan’s lean season

The failure of the latest ceasefire in South Sudan is terrible news for millions of South Sudanese in the midst of their “lean season,” when food stocks are low and heavy rains can arrive suddenly, washing out lifesaving roads.

IRIN

Mercy Corps warns of escalating crisis in Syria

The global organization Mercy Corps is deeply concerned about the escalating humanitarian crisis unfolding in southern Syria, as civilians continue to flee the violence and are unable to access life-saving essentials.

ReliefWeb

Nigeria leapfrogs India on extreme poverty list

Nigeria has overtaken India as the country with the largest number of extremely poor, with 87 million people living in extreme poverty, according to the Brookings Institution.

CNBC Africa

UN report on US poverty: Dystopian future or devastating reality?

The Hill

Australia proposes law to stop modern slavery

Australia plans to halt modern slavery by forcing more than 3,000 businesses to report what they are doing to avoid using forced labor in their supply chains.

Reuters

Bill marks progress but sets no penalties for breaching act

Guardian

US secretly engaging in African combat raids

American special operations teams are playing a more direct role in military actions against suspected terrorists in Africa than the Pentagon has publicly acknowledged, planning and participating in combat raids by African troops.

Politico

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US has conducted 550 drone strikes in Libya

The Intercept

HUMAN RIGHTS

Nigerian warns of genocide against Christians

A bishop in Nigeria has warned of the threat of genocide against Christians in the country’s Middle Belt, describing an upsurge of violence by Fulani herdsmen as “ethnic cleansing.”

The Tablet

Abortion foes strategize to overturn Roe v. Wade

Now that President Donald Trump has the opportunity to appoint a new justice to the Supreme Court, some abortion opponents hope that Roe v. Wade will be overturned or gutted — and they are working toward that moment.

CNN

Trump narrows choices for Supreme Court seats

Yahoo! News

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

France aiding Egypt repression, NGOs claim

France has “participated in the bloody Egyptian repression” for the past five years by delivering weapons and surveillance systems to President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s government, rights groups charged in a report.

Al Jazeera

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

New tech lowers cow waste by 15 percent

A software tool developed by India’s National Dairy Development Board is helping balance the diets of Indian cattle leading to increased milk output and reduced methane emissions.

SciDev

Smartphones track climate-caused migrations

Researchers have developed a system that tracks human displacement caused by climate change using the tracks of mobile phones.

ScienceDaily

Uganda begin taxing social media ‘gossip’

Ugandans have taken to Twitter to complain about the imposition of a tax on the use of social media. President Museveni has spoken out about people using social media to spread gossip and said a tax could boost government revenue.

BBC

Sex workers leave Twitter to guard privacy

USA TODAY

GLOBAL HEALTH

New drugs sought to fight malaria, TB in Africa

In a bid to generate African solutions to African challenges, researchers on the continent are being offered grants to come up with new drugs to fight malaria, tuberculosis and neglected tropical diseases.

allAfrica.com

Murder rate high for retirees back in Jamaica

Jamaican expats who retire there after decades in the UK face an “extreme risk” of murder. According to official figures, at least 85 Britons, Americans and Canadians have been killed in the country since 2012.

Guardian

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GOOD NEWS

Soccer team found alive after 9 days in cave

Rescue teams have found all 12 boys and their soccer coach alive in a cave in Thailand nine days after the group went missing.

CNN

People of different faiths voiced support for search

Al Jazeera

Astronauts welcome coffee, ice cream, berries

A SpaceX Dragon cargo ship has arrived at the International Space Station carrying nearly 3 tons of supplies for astronauts, including super-caffeinated coffee, Texas blueberries and an extra special treat: ice cream bars.

SPACE.com

NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

How international aid became relevant again

The Western world’s understanding of global poverty and disadvantage has fundamentally changed over the last 30 years. People take a much more active interest in where their charity dollars go than they used to.

Guardian

US stops funding NGOs in Zimbabwe

In a move that could pose a major set-back for the opposition in Zimbabwe ahead of general elections, the United States has pulled the plug on leading human rights and lobbying groups amid revelations of financial plunder.

allAfrica.com

ENVIRONMENT

Restaurants illegally sourcing rare fish

There’s a growing trend of restaurants across Vietnam that are aggressively cultivating a dangerous market for megafish. The species offered are so rare that the removal of a few individuals tips the animal toward extinction.

National Geographic

The Anangu will ban sacred Uluru climb

For decades the Anangu people in central Australia have asked tourists not to climb Uluru, formerly known as Ayers Rock, because of its sacred value. From next year, scaling the giant monolith will be banned.

BBC

ECONOMY

Activists seek to protect hotel workers

Unite Here, a labor union that represents workers in the hospitality industry, is seeking stronger protections for hotel workers against sexual harrassment.

NPR

Low-wage worker can’t afford a 2-BDRM in US

A worker making the federal minimum wage of $7.25 for 40 hours a week is unable to afford a two-bedroom rental anywhere in the country, according to a recent study.

U.S. News & World Report

Tariff battle could spark economic downturn

Guardian

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Ethiopian herders bathe with their livestock. ILRI Follow Now it is time for the herders to cool their body Awash River Basin (Batu Degaga), Oromia (photo credit: ILRI). (Photo by International Livestock Research Institute) Photo used under CC BY

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