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Drought in Kenya. Insufficient rains caused the number of people facing food insecurity to increase from 655,800 in August 2018, the National Drought Management Authority said. A drought in 2017 contributed to a slowdown in Kenyan growth to the weakest pace since 2011. (Photo by Climate Centre) Photo used under CC BY

1M need urgent food aid in drought-hit Kenya

More than a million people in a dozen Kenyan counties are in urgent need of food assistance after below-average rainfall curbed farm output, according to the East African nation’s drought-management agency.

Daily Maverick

Horn of Africa: Millions suffering due to prolonged drought

Al Jazeera

Devastating economic losses in Manicaland, as flood misery escalate

The ZImbabwe Mail

Nuns speaking out after years of priests’ abuse

The sexual abuse of nuns by priests is an issue that had long been kept under wraps. In the #MeToo era, now, a #NunsToo movement has emerged, and abuse is more widely discussed.

NPR

US diluting agreements on women’s rights

US officials in New York are attempting to water down language and remove the word “gender” from documents being negotiated at the UN, in what is being seen as a threat to international agreements on women’s rights.

Guardian

Gender equality the focus of UN summit

Mission Network News

Trump administration ‘empowering domestic abusers’ by targeting immigrants in courthouses

The Independent

UK’s homeless get trapped in modern slavery

Homeless people in UK are approached and, before they know it, can find themselves trapped in a murky world of hard labor, pain and living in squalor and fear.

The Big Issue

UN accuses Israeli forces of war crimes

Israeli forces committed violations against Palestinian protesters in Gaza last year that may amount to war crimes, a United Nations report has said.

Al Jazeera

Kenya’s satellite cities may increase inequality

On the outskirts of Nairobi, vast tracts of agricultural land are seeing growth and development that some urban planners believe may create further divisions between the rich and poor.

The Standard

HUMAN RIGHTS

Sudan’s rape investigations spur ethics debate

In South Sudan, where women and girls frequently suffer brutal sexual violence, aid organizations debate the ethics involved in investigating sexual assaults.

Devex

Saudi prince ratified actions against dissidents

Saudi Arabia’s powerful Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman authorized a clandestine campaign against Saudi dissenters before Jamal Khashoggi’s murder that included the torture of women.

Al Jazeera

Saudi women activists face ‘bogus’ charges, says Amnesty

Al Jazeera

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Buddhist monks threaten Myanmar’s democracy

Radical, nationalistic Buddhist monks allied with the military are fueling anti-Muslim sentiment in Myanmar and pose an increasing threat to the country’s fragile democracy.

Al Jazeera

Photos: The Tibetan uprising of 1959 that led to the Dalai Lama’s long exile

Quartz

Activist could be Slovakia’s first female leader

An environmental lawyer with no history in public office is poised to win the election for the presidency in Slovakia. Zuzana Caputova, an activist and anti-corruption candidate, captured 40 percent of the vote.

Quartz

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Company ‘grows’ biodegradable coffee cups

Biodegradable coffee cups are being ‘grown’ from gourds, a fruit in the pumpkin family, by an innovative design company called Creme, in a bid to cut down on plastic waste.

Telegraph.co.uk

Could DNA discovery lead to limb regeneration?

Humans may one day have the ability to regrow limbs after scientists at Harvard University uncovered the DNA switch that controls genes for whole-body regeneration.

National Post

GLOBAL HEALTH

China’s heart disease rates are rising rapidly

Between 1990 and 2016, the proportion of Chinese people living with heart disease increased by about 15 percent, according to a new study. This implies, high health care costs given the rapidly aging and growing population.

Quartz

New study links eggs to heart disease

TIME

C-section death rates 50 times higher in Africa

A recent study in the Lancet Global Health found that maternal deaths following a cesarean section are 50 times higher in African countries than in the U.K. — .5 percent compared to .01 percent.

NPR

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GOOD NEWS

Homeless refugee wins chess championship

A homeless eight-year-old Nigerian refugee won New York’s annual state-wide chess tournament, despite only learning the game last year.

The Independent

Teen with cancer celebrates early graduation

A Texas high school senior is months away from her graduation, but because her cancer battle might prevent her from feeling strong on the big day, she and her family celebrated the milestone in an early ceremony.

Inside Edition

Adopted woman finds 13 siblings nationwide

Shaquanna Bell was in middle school when she found out she was adopted. She was 33 and newly relocated to the Houston area when she discovered she had 13 other siblings she previously knew nothing about.

Atlanta Black Star

NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

Impact investing key to long-term success

Deval Patrick, the former governor of Massachusetts and current managing director of Bain Capital’s Double Impact Fund, argues that long-term investing success requires a commitment to the planet and its people.

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

$3M grant awarded for dementia prevention

The Harry T. Mangurian, Jr. Foundation has awarded Florida Atlantic University a three-year, $3 million grant to expand the scope and reach of dementia prevention research at its Schmidt College of Medicine.

Philanthropy News Digest

ENVIRONMENT

Are we in the midst of the 6th mass extinction?

The planet is undergoing a sixth mass extinction, the sixth time in the history of life on Earth that global fauna has experienced a major collapse in numbers. This time, however, human activity is primarily to blame.

The Insider

Dead whale consumed 88lbs of plastic bags

Researchers said a dead whale that washed up in the Philippines had 88lbs of plastic bags inside its stomach, reflecting the growing threat plastic litter poses to ocean life.

BBC

The new rules of recycling: A practical guide to our waste crisis

Real Clear Life

ECONOMIC EQUITY

Some Google jobs paid women more than men

In a surprising contrast with typical pay disparity situations, Google found it was paying men less than women working in similar roles in 2018, in particular Level 4 Software Engineers.

Engadget

Venezuelans are bartering amid hyperinflation

As inflation in the Venezuela soars, impoverished Venezuelans are turning to barter as a way to pay for essentials.

Guardian

Photo of the Day

A woman holds her young children at Côte d’Ivoire in May, 2013. European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations supports the government’s policy of free healthcare for children and pregnant women in order to reduce the high rate of illness and preventable deaths, but also the improvement of food security and social cohesion in areas affected by conflict. (Photo by EC/ECHO/Anouk Delafortrie) Photo used under CC BY

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