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A Nigerian baby. Despite the presence of government and international aid agencies, “the health and nutrition situation has been allowed to deteriorate up to the current crisis point.” (Photo by SIM USA) Photo used under CC BY

In Nigerian war refuge, childhood is harsh, risky

More than one in 200 children under 5 at a camp in northeast Nigeria died in just two weeks in early August, according to calculations based on data from aid agency Doctors Without Borders.

U.S. News & World Report

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Nigeria: Children dying in Bama as health crisis escalates

Doctors Without Borders

Magnitude 6.3 earthquake rocks Lombok island

A strong earthquake jolted the Indonesian island of Lombok, causing landslides on Mount Rinjani and damaging buildings, as it tries to recover from a quake earlier this month that killed hundreds of people.

Al Jazeera

Ebola outbreak strikes 78, kills 44 in DR Congo

There have been 78 cases of Ebola reported in the current outbreak in North Kivu and Ituri provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Health Organization said.

CNN

DR Congo militia threat setback to Ebola fight

africanews

Egypt ratifies law tightening internet control

The Egyptian president signed a law that tightens internet controls. The legislation allows websites to be blocked if deemed to constitute a threat to national security or the economy.

BBC

Cuba and Canada sign deal to fight trafficking

Cuba and Canada have signed an agreement to reinforce cooperation on sex trafficking of minors and women, pledging to track and apprehend citizens from either country.

U.S. News & World Report

US to send hospital ship to Colombia, refugees

The U.S. is preparing to send a hospital ship to Colombia and other parts of South America to help relieve strain on health care systems overloaded by the influx Venezuelan migrants.

CBS News

Shopkeepers alarmed by new economic moves

CNBC

HUMAN RIGHTS

‘Gender’ desks help women trust the police

Over 400 police stations across Tanzania have Police Gender and Children’s Desks, units that deploy dedicated, specially trained detectives to handle “sexually-based offenses” like rape, sexual assault and domestic violence.

NPR

Brazilians drive out Venezuelan immigrants

Angry residents of the Brazilian border town of Pacaraima ran riot and drove out Venezuelan immigrants after a local restaurant owner was stabbed and beaten, residents and government officials said.

Reuters

Change needed for free election in Maldives

An international human rights group said that the Maldives government is intimidating the political opposition and the media and that threatens the prospects for a fair presidential election next month.

ABC News

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

White farmers plan escape in South Africa

Tensions among the country’s white farming community have been rising since the election of Cyril Ramaphosa assumed office earlier this year and committed his African National Congress to land expropriation.

Express

Leftists rattle rand with plan to nationalize South Africa’s central bank

Reuters

Israel closes its only crossing with Gaza Strip

Israel closed its only crossing for people with the Gaza Strip except for humanitarian cases after weekend border protests, the latest tightening of its blockade on the Palestinian enclave despite truce efforts.

Daily Star

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Children ‘at risk of robot influence’

Forget peer pressure, future generations are more likely to be influenced by robots, a study suggests. The research, conducted at the University of Plymouth, found that while adults were not swayed by robots, children were.

BBC

Ancient mummification ‘recipe’ revealed

Examination of a mummy has revealed the original ancient Egyptian embalming recipe, first used to preserve bodies. A battery of forensic chemical tests confirmed that it was developed earlier and than originally thought.

BBC

GLOBAL HEALTH

Life expectancy drops in the US and the UK

Life expectancy fell across the majority of high-income countries, signaling a collective and simultaneous decline among affluent nations for the first time in decades, a new study finds.

CNN

Passive smoking ‘increases chronic lung risk’

Non-smoking adults have a higher risk of dying from serious lung disease if they grew up with parents who smoked, according to research.

BBC

Disease rife amid crisis in Yemen

As the conflict nears its fourth year, poor sanitation, an acute shortage of food and the resulting malnutrition is worsening what is already the greatest humanitarian crisis.

Al Jazeera

Columns And Op-Ed

The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more.

Column (Garsen Subramoney):

Why land expropriation without compensation is the wrong medicine for South Africa’s economic ills

The Independent

Column (Krishnadev Calamur):

How the International Failure in Rwanda Shaped Kofi Annan’s Worldview

The Atlantic

Column (Lorenzo Kamel):

Torpedoing Africa, and then complaining about ‘migration’

Al Jazeera

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GOOD NEWS

How quinoa is changing farmers’ lives in Peru

Quinoa has become a popular food globally thanks to its healthy image. The boom has benefited farmers in Peru, but gains are under threat from growing international competition.

BBC

Rohingya crisis offers earning opportunity

The makeshift Rohingya camps have now congealed into tent cities spread out across hills and farmland. They contain new and dynamic economies, pump-primed by donor money and driven by a captive market.

The Economic Times

PHILANTHROPY AND NONPROFITS

Lebanese NGOs concerned over free speech

A number of Lebanese human rights organizations wrote an open letter to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights over the recent surge in the number of activists and journalists being summoned for investigation.

Daily Star

Dubai Cares invests $2M for gender equality

Dubai Cares, in partnership with the Global Fund for Children, has announced the launch of a four-year, $2 million initiative to promote gender equality in Central America.

Philanthropy News Digest

UAE humanitarian programs adopt importance

The UAE continues to re-emphasise the importance of its foreign aid agenda, and carrying on its position as a global leader in humanitarian aid.

The Gulf Today

Saudi Arabia remains ‘wedded’ to death penalty

Newsweek

ENVIRONMENT

Factor missing from predictive disease models

A study suggests that computer models used to predict the spread of epidemics from climate change, such as crop blights or disease outbreaks, may not take into account an important factor.

ScienceDaily

Drones fly to rescue of Amazon wildlife

A project called EcoDrones monitors populations of dolphins. “We need to understand their behavior and habits so that we can propose policies for their preservation,” said the World Wildlife Fund.

Channel NewsAsia

113 dead turtles wash ashore on Mexican coast

ABC News

ECONOMY

Argentina’s president warns of poverty rise

More Argentines are likely living in poverty now compared with last year, President Mauricio Macri said, as the country’s economy slides toward recession following a currency crisis and a severe drought.

Reuters

Economic forecasts blind spot: climate change

Climate change is having a real impact, not just on the environment but on the economy too. And a growing body of research shows that extreme weather will weigh on economic growth even more so in the future.

CNNMoney

Photo of the Day

A student of the Safar School smiles while listening to local elders speak about security and education in Garmsir district during a shura, Afghanistan. (Photo by Cpl. Reece Lodder) Photo used under CC BY

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