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Women harvest rice in the remote village of Tanjung Alam in the highlands of Jambi Province, Sumatra. The Indonesian government has granted ownership certificates for customary forests, but its insistence on only recognizing “clean and clear” land excludes conflicted areas and those where ownership is disputed, denying millions of people a chance for legal titles. (Photo by Rainforest Action Network) Photo used under CC BY

Indonesia’s land reform excludes millions of poor

Millions of landless peasants and indigenous people in Indonesia are being left out of an ambitious push by the government to give land titles in a process that campaigners say ignores the concerns of some of the country’s most impoverished people.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Greenpeace activists rappel down refinery tanks to protest deforestation in Indonesia

The Straits Times

Yemen’s Houthis accused of torturing prisoners

International NGO Human Rights Watch has accused Yemen’s Houthi rebels of torture, hostage-taking, and other serious abuses against people in their custody.

Al Jazeera

German bishops confirm rampant clergy sex abuse

The German Bishops Conference has released a report on sexual abuse inside the Catholic Church in Germany saying 3,677 people were abused by clergy between 1946 and 2014.

ABC News

German abuse survivors say Church‘s $5,900 ’recognition fee’ is not justice

CNN

US airstrikes are killing more Afghan civilians

The United Nations mission in Afghanistan has voiced concern over increasing numbers of civilian casualties as a result of airstrikes by U.S. or government forces.

Channel NewsAsia

Chile announces aid for indigenous region

Chile’s public and private sectors are locked in an ongoing struggle with the Mapuches. The indigenous group accuse them of taking their ancestral land, draining its natural resources, and acts of violence.

Deutsche Welle

Child abductions, killings on the rise in Nigeria

In 2017, 391 cases of child abuse were reported between October and December. Over 30,000 cases of child abuse were reported in Kenya over the past 10 years through the national child helpline service 116.

Capital News

HUMAN RIGHTS

US not saying Myanmar committed genocide

A U.S. government investigation concluded that Myanmar’s military orchestrated a well-planned campaign of violence against the country’s Rohingya minority, but stopped short of labeling the atrocities as genocide.

TIME

Mexico’s truck of corpses highlights crisis

Authorities confirmed that 273 corpses had been dumped in the trailer after the relentless pace of violent crime left the local morgue without any space for new arrivals.

Guardian

Rapid refugee screenings on ships draw fire

Europe’s increasingly hardline refugee policy is raising concerns about the transparency of search and rescue in the Mediterranean, now that all vessels operated by aid organizations have been put out of action.

Al Jazeera

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Tunisia struggles to govern post-autocracy

Efforts to rescue Tunisia’s ailing economy face the prospect of fresh turmoil after the president declared his alliance with moderate Islamists at an end, deepening divisions in a fragile coalition managing the country.

Reuters

Vietnam jails activist for anti-government posts

A court in southern Vietnam has sentenced an activist to 27 months in prison for Facebook posts that judges say insulted the ruling Communist Party and government and called for anti-government protests.

ABC News

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Addictive genes inserted by ancient viruses

Human genome is littered with viral DNA but problem drug users are three times more likely to carry genetic fragments in regions which control reward centers and addictive behavior.

The Independent

Tracking animals from space predicts quakes

A global team of researchers are finalizing plans for an elaborate global initiative to see if the behavior of wild animals can form the basis of an earthquake early-warning system.

NBCNews.com

GLOBAL HEALTH

Per WHO, Congo faces Ebola ‘perfect storm’

After weeks of control efforts having made impact, the outbreak could now worsen due to attacks in the region, movement of people and distrust in the community.

CNN

Migrants face mental health crisis in Lesbos

Greece moved 400 people from its biggest migrant camp as the International Rescue Committee charity warned of a mental health emergency there with 30 percent of people having attempted suicide.

Yahoo! News

Palestinian schools, health centers at risk if funding gap not plugged

Reuters

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GOOD NEWS

Boys honored for donating to sick friend

Christian Redmon, 8, and Anthony Torres, 9, were recognized by Apopka City Council for giving away proceeds from their summer lemonade stands to help a family friend who is fighting a rare cancer.

Orlando Sentinel

Sudanese surgeon gets prize for service

Dr. Adaha is the recipient of the Nansen Refugee Award for his service at a hospital in the conflict-ridden South Sudan. The prize is awarded to those demonstrating extraordinary service to people who have been displaced.

Deutsche Welle

NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

Man cooks food for hurricane victims

Jeff Odell is helping to feed people impacted by Hurricane Florence with delicious barbecue. “It’s about giving back at this point of my life that I’ve got the opportunity,” Odell said.

NBC 12

When it comes to trauma, who helps the helpers?

WNPR

Money diverted toward migrant kid detention

Costs of detaining migrant children at shelters in Texas, and other locations are skyrocketing. The Trump administration says it may cost $100 million a month to operate a tent facility outside of El Paso.

Nonprofit Quarterly

Predictive policing in U.S. provokes fears of profiling

YouTube

ENVIRONMENT

Kenyan tribe seeks to govern ancestral forest

The Sengwer are preparing to take their petition to govern their forest international. At the same time, they are pleading with the government to let them conserve the forest, by putting together a governing council.

Mongabay

Colombian forest now open after war

Shut away from most but a small group of armed guerrillas for more than 40 years, some of the richest tropical rainforest on Earth was recently opened to a handful of lucky visitors to take stock of the biodiversity there.

National Geographic

ECONOMY

Nigerian unions act after government stalls

Labor leaders had already cautioned the federal government against foot-dragging on the new minimum wage and allow the tripartite committee to conclude its job to avoid action.

Premium Times

Big-data project aims to transform farming in world’s poorest countries

Nature

World Bank warns Gaza economy in free fall

The economy in the Gaza Strip is collapsing mainly due to the 11-year blockade on the coastal enclave in addition to cuts in donor aid, according to a new report.

Al Jazeera

Photo of the Day

Girls just collected water from a recently opened bore hole. Plastic bottles are reused in South Sudan for practically all purposes - water, alcohol, vegetable oil, etc. (Photo by Arsenie Coseac) Photo used under CC BY

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