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Zambian girls participate in a safe space session to learn about health and financial issues, as well as how and why to avoid early marriages. Six of the world’s 10 countries with the highest rates of child marriage are in West and Central Africa. Average prevalence across the region remains high: about 41 per cent of girls marry before reaching the age of 18, according to UNICEF. (Photo by Jessica Lea/Department for International Development) Photo used under CC BY

Child marriages, FGM rising in Horn of Africa

Families in drought-hit East Africa are facing desperate choices to survive. In Ethiopia, child marriage has more than doubled in the space of one year, according to local government figures, and cases of female genital mutilation has increased by 27 percent.

Al Jazeera

Doctor helps women recover from FGM circumcisions

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Sri Lanka’s political turmoil impairs recovery

Sri Lanka’s parliament is expected to elect a new president, but it is unclear if that’s enough to fix its shattered economy, deepening worries that solutions to the crisis may be delayed, according to a political analyst.

Associated Press

Haiti’s gang warfare traps thousands in city district

Haiti’s capital has been racked by heavy fighting between gangs, with the global medical charity, Doctors Without Borders, warning that thousands of people were trapped without food or water in one district of Port-au-Prince’s notorious Cité Soleil slum.

Guardian

UN votes to ban small arms sales to Haiti amid gang violence

BBC

Extremism the root of crisis in Western Africa

Jihadist alliances continue to destabilize Africa’s Sahel region, and now they target the northern borders of West African nations such as Benin; the proselytism of extremist groups finds fertile roots in marginalized areas.

Deutsche Welle

N. Korea labor could be sent to rebuild Donbas

North Korea could send workers to two Russian-controlled territories in eastern Ukraine, Russia’s ambassador in Pyongyang said, posing a challenge to sanctions against North Korea’s nuclear weapons program.

Guardian

Bolsonaro attacks Brazil’s electoral system

Electoral officials and senior politicians have criticized the Brazilian president for calling foreign diplomats to the presidential palace and making unfounded allegations about the integrity of the upcoming election.

Guardian

HUMAN RIGHTS

China to stop UN from releasing Xinjiang report

China is asking the United Nations human rights chief to bury a highly-anticipated report on human rights violations in Xinjiang, according to a Chinese letter confirmed by diplomats from three countries who received it.

Reuters

Lebanon LGBTQ community suffers setback

A wave of anti-LGBTQ hate speech has followed a government decision to ban events promoting “sexual perversion." The setback is part of a broader clampdown, which aims to distract the public from the economic crisis, activists say.

Associated Press

Russian parliament moves to expand ‘gay propaganda’ law

NBCNews.com

Tensions spread in Sudan as tribal clashes rage

The death toll from tribal clashes triggered by land disputes in southeastern Sudan has risen to at least 64, medical sources said, with tensions spreading into some other states.

Reuters

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY

Violence in South Sudan threatens peace pact

A wave of violence in South Sudan is raising fears that the country’s fragile peace agreement will unravel before elections can be held next year, a panel of UN experts said.

Associated Press

Pakistan’s former PM stuns rivals in by-election

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has renewed his call for early elections after a stunning by-election upset saw his party take control of a crucial provincial assembly.

BBC

Russian President Putin meets Iranian leader

Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Iran, sending a message to the West about Moscow’s plans to forge closer strategic ties with Iran in the face of Western sanctions.

Reuters

Iran claims ‘technical ability to build a nuclear bomb’

CBS News

Sri Lanka crisis warning to other Asian nations

Sri Lanka is in the midst an unprecedented economic crisis that has sparked huge protests and seen its president quit after fleeing the country. Other countries could be at risk of similar troubles, according to the IMF.

BBC

State of emergency in Sri Lanka as inflation heads toward 70%

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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Pegasus spyware targeted activists in Thailand

At least 30 Thai activists involved in pro-democracy protests were victims of Pegasus spyware during a government crackdown on dissent, according to an investigation by a group of internet watchdog organizations.

Al Jazeera

NASA’s telescope delivers spectacular pictures

Stunning images of space have been captured by NASA’s new James Webb telescope. Viewed as the successor to the Hubble telescope, Webb is expected to be a dominant force for discovery for at least the next 20 years.

BBC

GLOBAL HEALTH

Africa left behind in COVID vaccine distribution

Institutional racism, greed and a broken global health system are all contributing to COVID vaccine inequity in Africa, according to a scathing assessment from the African Union.

NPR

Ghana confirms first outbreak of Marburg virus

Ghana has officially confirmed two cases of the Marburg virus, a highly infectious disease similar to Ebola, its health service said, after two people who later died tested positive for the virus earlier this month.

Reuters

Nigeria fighting highest child pneumonia deaths

Nigeria has the highest number of child pneumonia deaths worldwide, with as many as 443 succumbing to the infection per day, as overpopulation strains health resources.

The Independent

Skin whitening cosmetics persist in Rwanda

The Rwandan government began enforcing a nationwide ban on skin lightening cosmetics; it is working but an underground market persists, a government spokesperson said.

CNN

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GOOD NEWS

Teacher collects 30K books to send to Zambia

A seventh-grade English teacher, with help from her students and donations from the community, has collected 30,000 books and sports equipment for the children of Zambia.

WCVB

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

Ray of hope for rural India’s healthcare system

A shortage of trained medical staff has been a concern in India for several years; the Rural Hospital Network is trying to fill this gap. The project is already showing benefits.

Deutsche Welle

Kenyan turns scraps into electric wheelchairs

Self-taught engineer, Lincoln Wamae, builds electric wheelchairs out of recycled parts. His discounted wheelchairs help disabled people gain independence.

Deutsche Welle

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Guyana rushes to cash in on its oil bonanza

With sky-high oil prices and 750,000 citizens desperate for better lives, Guyana is racing to reap the rewards of its offshore oil jackpot, a senior official said, even if that means sacrificing some longer-term gains.

Reuters

Pakistanis struggling to fuel everyday life

Pakistanis are struggling to afford the basics; many people are unable to fuel their homes and vehicles due to rising oil and gas prices. Now skyrocketing battery prices have left Pakistanis without any alternatives.

Deutsche Welle

AU urges farmers to boost food production

The African Union has called on farmers in Africa to boost agricultural production amid a worsening drought in the Horn of Africa, rising food insecurity and supply chain disruptions.

Deutsche Welle

Drought in Mexico threatening livelihoods

A deepening drought in northern Mexico is not only making everyday life challenging for residents, but also, in some cases, is threatening their livelihoods.

ABC News

ENVIRONMENT

Climate crisis ‘collective suicide’ for humanity

Wildfires and heatwaves worldwide show humanity facing a “collective suicide," the UN secretary general has warned, as governments around the world scramble to protect people from the impacts of extreme heat.

Guardian

Kenya’s droughts put herding cultures at risk

As East Africa faces a debilitating succession of droughts, the worst in 40 years, Kenya’s pastoralist communities are being pushed to their limits, the Kenya Food Security Steering Group found in a report.

Al Jazeera

How Kenya is flooding in a drought

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Africa pays for climate crisis it did not create

African countries that are least responsible for the climate crisis will have to spend up to five times more on adapting to global heating than they do on healthcare, according to the international NGO, Tearfund.

Guardian

Photo of the Day

Two men herd cattle in Kenya. The continuing decline in rangeland resources, as well as lackluster harvest from poor, short rains have contributed to livestock disease and mortality, leading to general household food insecurity, a report by the Kenya Food Security Steering Group found. In February 2022, there were an estimated 3.1 million food-insecure people in northern Kenya, a 40 percent increase from August 2021. (Photo by Greg Westfall) Photo used under CC BY

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