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The Dharavi slum in Mumbai, India, the city with the world’s largest slum population. The slums sit at the heart of economy activity in the urban core. This has resulted in a unique geography, wherein packed low-rise dwellings border the city’s expensive high-rise buildings. (Photo by M M) Photo used under CC BY

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Mumbai home to billionaires and millions of slum dwellers

Mumbai has an estimated wealth of $950 billion, making it the 12th richest city in the world. At the same time, more than half of the city’s population lives in slums, areas of extreme poverty that often lack access to clean water, electricity, and public transportation.

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Inequality levels in Cape Town the highest in 10 years

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IOL

Cameroon lesbians chained, raped by families

Almost 600 homophobic attacks and violations were reported in Cameroon last year, according to Humanity First Cameroon, an LGBT+ umbrella organization, with one in five lesbians and one in 10 gay men reporting that they had been raped.

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70K flee ethnic violence amid Ethiopian reforms

More than 70,000 people have fled ethnically charged violence in western Ethiopia — part of an eruption of unrest that has piled pressure on reformist Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.

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Thomson Reuters Foundation

Illegal surrogacy industry thrives in Cambodia

Cambodia’s health ministry banned commercial surrogacy in late 2016. However, the industry continues to thrive in the shadows, with surrogates being hired by companies to deliver babies to Chinese clients.

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Guardian

Germany agrees to new immigration laws

Germany’s coalition government has agreed on new immigration laws that would make it more difficult for the poor and uneducated to immigrate to Germany, according to a draft of the deal seen by journalists.

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Trump administration halts visas for unmarried same-sex partners of diplomats

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TIME

Brazil’s poor bear brunt of funding cuts

Brazil’s outgoing President Michel Temer had promised to lift Latin America’s largest economy from a deep recession. Although unemployment rates have fallen, the cuts in social programs have impacted poor Brazilians.

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Al Jazeera

HUMAN RIGHTS

Protests erupt over rape of S. African girl, 7

Hundreds of protesters gathered outside a South African court, where a man accused of raping a 7-year-old girl appeared for a hearing.

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Women recount sexual assaults, and detail what consent means

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Myanmar’s neighbors urge accountability

Southeast Asian foreign ministers have urged Myanmar to give a full mandate to an inquiry commission to hold accountable those responsible for the violence in Rakhine State.

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Al Jazeera

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Violence in Kashmir exposes need for unity

As diplomacy between New Delhi and Islamabad becomes more bitter, experts warn of more violence in India-administered Kashmir. Weary of bloodshed, residents want an end to conflict.

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Italy’s migrant-friendly mayor is arrested

Mayor Lucano has been detained over his alleged involvement in organizing “marriages of convenience” for immigration purposes.

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34 migrants drown in Mediterranean shipwreck, 26 survivors

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Channel NewsAsia

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

China to train African scientists as part of plan

China wants to train Africa’s next generation of scientists. The goal is to improve African science in fields from climate change to quantum physics and artificial intelligence.

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Nature

Cryptocurrency seeps into Uganda as a solution

Blockchain enthusiasts have been railing for years against the centralized world of banks, but many have been doing so from the privileged vantage point of developed countries. Uganda, however, wants to take advantage.

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TechCrunch

GLOBAL HEALTH

Aid workers cannot reach hungry Yemeni DPs

People in northern Yemen are living in makeshift camps on the verge of famine. They’re in a Houthi-controlled area that the Saudi-Emirati coalition has been attacking, and it’s making it hard for aid to reach camps.

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Al Jazeera

Polio vaccines possibly tainted in India

The public health scare, which potentially affected thousands of children, put a renewed spotlight on lax pharmaceutical quality control procedures in India.

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Reuters

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Boy dies of polio in Papua New Guinea

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GOOD NEWS

Couple weds years after meeting as patients

In the 1990s, Joel Alsup and Lindsey Wilkerson were patients at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Decades later, the cancer survivors have tied the knot at the Memphis, Tennessee, hospital where their friendship began.

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MSN

DNA test reunites woman, oblivious father

One woman had always wanted to know where she came from. So after her adoptive parents’ deaths, she contacted the adoption agency for information about her biological parents.

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Greenville News

NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

Logistical crisis hampers aid efforts in Palu

Damaged infrastructure is creating a logistical nightmare for the Indonesian government and relief agencies as they try to get vital supplies to Palu, days after the city was devastated by an earthquake and tsunami.

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Al Jazeera

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Indonesia quake turns ground into liquid

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Survivors of Vegas massacre band together

In the days after the Las Vegas shooting, a clinical psychologist realized there were few services available for survivors dealing with the trauma of a mass shooting. So she began leading a support group for survivors.

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NPR

ENVIRONMENT

DRC ape sanctuaries seek to fend off Ebola

Ebola can be transmitted between humans and apes, so conservation groups in the country need to take extra precautions to keep the animals in their sanctuaries safe.

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Mongabay

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Risk of Ebola spreading beyond the Congo is high

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Vox

Tobacco production burdens environment

The price of a packet of cigarettes should rise to reflect the wide-ranging environmental damage caused by the tobacco industry, from deforestation to water pollution.

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The Independent

BUSINESS

Nigerian economy diversifies post-recession

Oil remains Nigeria’s biggest source of income, but Africa’s most populous country is looking to diversify its economy. Some entrepreneurs have bet on the leather industry — thought to be worth around $700 million dollars annually.

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CNN

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Relief then recession in South Africa

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Axios

India shadow bank crisis spurs concerns

With the rupee hovering close to its all-time weakest against the U.S. dollar, India’s central bank is widely expected to hike interest rates this week to shore up its currency.

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CNBC

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Kids ready to ride bike through town in Uganda. (Photo by Rod Waddington) Photo used under CC BY

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