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A 2017 photo of a teacher with her 3rd grade class in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. The number of schools forced to shut in Africa’s crisis-hit Sahel has doubled since 2017, depriving almost half a million children of education, according to the United Nations. Almost 2,000 schools have been closed in the region. (Photo by GPE Kelley Lynch) Photo used under CC BY

Poverty, lack of education imperil 400K kids in Sahel

Almost 2,000 schools have been closed in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, as heightened security fears and poverty have left more than 400,000 children without education

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Why the ‘giant of Africa’ still struggles with extreme poverty

CNN

UN seeks $234M in aid for drought-hit Zimbabwe

The UN has launched an international appeal for aid for Zimbabwe following a drought that it expects to affect around a third of the population as crop yields plummet.

Independent.ie

Autocrats hijacking laws globally for own benefit

Autocratic rule is on the rise throughout the world, with a growing number of authoritarian leaders hijacking laws to consolidate their own power, a study of global justice has found.

Guardian

Dozens of children die fleeing ISIS caliphate

Aid agencies have raised the alarm after dozens of children have died after leaving the last territory held by ISIS in eastern Syria.

The Independent

UN accuses Israel of war crimes in Gaza

UN investigators have said that Israeli security forces may have committed war crimes and crimes against humanity in killing 189 Palestinians and wounding more than 6,100 at weekly protests in Gaza in 2018.

NBCNews.com

Gaza’s youth stares into the abyss

Deutsche Welle

Rohingya risk trafficking to move to Malaysia

Many Rohingya refugees are desperate to make the journey to Malaysia from Bangladesh before the start of the looming monsoon season, leaving law enforcement on high alert as traffickers seek to cash in.

New Straits Times

HUMAN RIGHTS

Freedom of expression ranks low in Saudi

Recent events are a stark reminder that freedom of expression is under siege in Saudi Arabia, one of the worst jailers of journalists.

Deutsche Welle

Zehra Dogan: Turkey’s rebel with a pen and a paintbrush

Deutsche Welle

Program takes on period taboo in Afghanistan

A new Afghanistan-ministry led program with support from UNICEF, seeks to break the taboos surrounding female physiology, but in a region where religious orthodoxy lingers, the barriers remain high.

Undark

Oscar win seen ending shame about menstruation that puts women at risk

Thomson Reuters Foundation

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Buhari re-elected as Nigeria’s president

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has been re-elected for a second four-year term. While supporters argue he has delivered on tackling corruption, Boko Haram, critics accuse him of autocratic leanings and inaction.

BBC

Algeria protests: Students rally against president

YouTube

EU needs financial crime police, lawmakers say

The EU should set up a police force to investigate tax evasion, financial crime and money-laundering, EU lawmakers said in a report, which accuses seven member states of acting as tax havens.

Reuters

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Dell has recycled 2 billion pounds of e-waste

Dell set a goal of recycling 2 billion pounds of e-waste by 2020, which they met in 2018. They are now recycling gold from its motherboards, using marine plastics in its products and using other reclaimed materials.

Digital Trends

The world’s worst electronic waste offenders: An infographic

Forbes

CRISPR used to treat man’s blood illness

CRISPR, the groundbreaking and controversial gene-editing technique, has been used in a patient with a debilitating blood disease, scientists have revealed.

Daily Mail

GLOBAL HEALTH

Half of all kids with cancer going undiagnosed

Almost half of children with cancer are going undiagnosed and untreated, according to a new global study. The numbers stand highest with 49 percent in south Asia and 57 percent in western Africa.

Guardian

Doctor performs world’s first 5G surgery

Next-generation wireless technology is taking the medical world closer to robots performing remotely-controlled surgery, a doctor in Spain said after successfully carrying out the world’s first 5G-powered telementored operation.

Channel NewsAsia

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (Stanley M. Brand):

Indict or shut up: The public may never see a report from Mueller’s investigation

The Conversation

Editorial:

Malaysia’s worrying return to racial politics

Straits Times

Column (Robert Skidelsky):

Is AI the road to serfdom?

Asia Times Online

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GOOD NEWS

Firefighters become babysitters during call

Firefighters responding to a medical call became impromptu babysitters for two little boys after determining that the family’s father would have to be transported along with his wife to the hospital for medical attention.

New York Post

100-year-old grandma celebrates birthday by skydiving

12 News

Girl fighting leukemia becomes honorary cop

Ryleigh Williams, undergoing chemotherapy to fight leukemia is also now a new cop in Georgia. Williams received her own uniform and badge. She also learned to fingerprint and was shown K-9 demonstrations.

FOX News

NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

What will nonprofits look like in 2025?

Like all other businesses, nonprofits are subject to changes brought on by an evolving marketplace. From new tech to shifting consumer interests, countless things could impact the way nonprofits operate.

Forbes

Jeff Bezos topped US philanthropy in 2018

Amazon founder Bezos and ex-wife-to-be MacKenzie topped charitable giving in 2018 with $2 billion giving to existing nonprofits that help the homeless, and creating new preschools in low-income communities.

The Mercury News

ENVIRONMENT

Cuban tobacco growers confront climate woes

One of Cuba’s most valuable natural resources is cigar tobacco. But erratic weather attributed to climate change, and storms ripping out whole plants is affecting quality, as well as the production of their famed cigars.

CNN

Elephant ivory poaching is on rise in Botswana

Botswana has an elephant poaching problem. The numbers far exceed previous years according to a new survey. Surveyors observed carcasses and reported 104 out of 128 “fresh carcasses” as possibly poached.

Quartz

Fury as Botswana’s plan to cull elephants and sell them as pet food wins ministerial approval

Daily Mail

ECONOMIC EQUITY

Equal pay for men, women actually possible?

Iceland has long been ranked the world’s best for overall gender equality, and recently became the first country responsible for gender equal pay. Could other places benefit from its new workplace strategy?

BBC

Three gender equity predictions for 2019

Forbes

Sardinia’s farmers dumping milk in streets

Protesting dairy farmers in Sardinia have been throwing milk onto motorways, blocking roads and attacking delivery trucks in an ongoing protest over milk prices, which they say are now as low as in the 1970s.

The Local Italy

Photo of the Day

Afghani girls at a women and girls health education meeting by Combined Task Force Lightning at Baqi Tanah, Spin Boldak District, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, in 2011. (Photo by Pfc. Alicia Brand) Photo used under CC BY

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