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A Sudanese boy returns from the grocery store, where he bartered millet for sugar and onions. Nearly 12 million people face acute hunger in Sudan. The deepening food crisis is caused mainly by the county’s fragile economy, prolonged dry spells, reduced areas of cultivation and erratic rainfall, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization said. (Photo by UNHCR / F. Noy) Photo used under CC BY

Nearly 12 million facing acute hunger in Sudan

The UN painted a grim picture for Sudan’s humanitarian situation, saying a quarter of the country’s population was inching toward starvation amid a shortage of funding; 11.7 million people are facing acute hunger this summer, about 2 million more than last year.

ABC News

Nigeria’s illegal oil thrives despite crackdown

Illegal oil refineries in Nigeria are lucrative; many engage in the practice despite a government crackdown, but the operations are dangerous and damaging to the environment, a state commissioner for the environment said.

Deutsche Welle

Nigeria intensifies operation against crude oil thieves

YouTube

Myanmar’s army leaders planned Rohingya purge

War crimes investigators have obtained documents that shed light on Myanmar’s campaign to expel the country’s Muslim minority, as well as efforts to hide it from the world. The group is handing its material to the International Criminal Court in Hague.

Reuters

India walks diplomatic tightrope on Myanmar’s junta

Deutsche Welle

Africa pushing for reparations from Europe

There is a renewed campaign by African countries for reparations to be paid by European countries for the transatlantic slave trade and other colonial-era wrongs.

Deutsche Welle

Mali boosts security, fearing jihadi attacks

Mali’s military has tightened security in the capital and has closed major roads, an army spokesman said, as an al-Qaeda-linked group issued a threat to directly attack the city.

Associated Press

Al Qaeda militants heap pressure on Mali’s junta

i24 News

Mass graves in El Salvador alarming critics

In El Salvador, testimony from police officers and conflicting statistics on mass graves are leading critics to question if homicides in the country are being fully reported.

Reuters

HUMAN RIGHTS

Colombia drug gangs recruit vulnerable children

Colombia’s Farc guerrilla group demobilized in 2016 after signing a peace deal with the government, but about 600 children, mostly from poor rural areas, have been recruited by armed gangs since then, the UN said.

BBC

Iran arrests women for protesting against hijabs

Women protesting hijabs have been treated more strictly in Iran recently; those arrested are facing more severe sentencing, with Iranian officials saying the protests amounted to a plot against Iranian women’s “chastity.”

ABC News

Man with loaded gun arrested near NYC home of Iranian activist

YouTube

Malaysia mothers fight unequal citizenship laws

Malaysian mothers are unable to pass citizenship to their children born abroad, a right only afforded to men. Local rights groups have challenged the law in courts, asking that judges interpret it in line with gender equality.

Al Jazeera

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY

Somalia names al-Shabaab founder as minister

The Somalian prime minister named a co-founder of al-Shabaab as minister for religious affairs, a move that could either help strengthen the fight against the insurgents or provoke further clan clashes.

Reuters

From al-Shabab to the cabinet: Somalia’s move fuels debate

Al Jazeera

South Sudan delays its first election until 2024

Parties to the peace deal ending South Sudan’s devastating civil war have again delayed the country’s first elections since independence by extending the transitional period by two years.

Associated Press

Rwanda attacked Congo troops, backed rebels

A United Nations group of experts said it has “solid evidence” that Rwandan soldiers are fighting alongside the M23 rebel group in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, providing it with weapons and support.

i24 News

Rwanda rejects UN report on support for rebels in Congo

Associated Press

Israeli warplanes strike Gaza amid tensions

Israeli warplanes struck numerous sites in the Gaza Strip in what Israel said was a preemptive strike against Palestinian factions allegedly planning rocket strikes at targets in Israel.

Guardian

Israel sends reinforcements to Gaza border

ABC News

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Election technology under spotlight in Kenya

Following violence after Kenya’s 2007 election, technology was implemented to bolster transparency and reduce delays. It was a success, but the use of technology remains a source of worry for some poll watchdogs.

AfricaNews

‘It’s an illusion of choice’: why young Kenyans are boycotting the election

Guardian

Russia to put an Iranian satellite into orbit

Russia will launch an Iranian satellite into orbit, the two countries confirmed, two weeks after the Russian president visited Iran.

i24 News

Cell function restored in pigs after death

Researchers at Yale University say they have been able to restore blood circulation and other cellular functions in pigs a full hour after the animals‘ deaths, suggesting that cells don’t die as quickly as scientists had assumed.

CNN

GLOBAL HEALTH

‘Viral reservoirs’ in body may cause long COVID

It is not just the acute infection of COVID that has an impact on society, as 200 million individuals have experienced long COVID symptoms, according to a study, adding that “viral reservoirs” may be the cause.

Al Jazeera

Infant dies from Marburg outbreak in Ghana

Ghana’s most recent outbreak of the Marburg virus, a disease similar to Ebola, has claimed its first infant victim, according to a report.

Newsweek

Sewage a warning tool for infectious waves

Shortly after the start of the pandemic, scientists developed a way of using wastewater analyses to forecast imminent waves of infection. A pilot project has been up and running in parts of Germany since early 2021.

Deutsche Welle

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GOOD NEWS

Rwanda increases salaries for school teachers

Primary school teachers in Rwanda will get an 88% pay raise as part of the country’s goal of improving teachers’ livelihoods, the country’s education ministry announced.

AfricaNews

Great Barrier Reef records highest coral cover

Australia’s Great Barrier Reef showed the highest levels of hard coral cover since 1985, a new report said, but experts still warn the UNESCO World Heritage Site is at risk.

Deutsche Welle

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

Tricycles ease burden for Zimbabwe’s farmers

Zimbabwe’s small-scale farmers are receiving solar-powered tricycles as part of an EU-funded project, as the country’s transport has been historically inadequate in rural areas.

Euronews

Uganda TV bridges information gap for the deaf

A Ugandan woman has teamed up with a friend and started a news station for the deaf, as over a million people in the country have a hearing disability, limiting their access to news due to a lack of sign language services.

Reuters

Volunteers clean stretch of river in Hungary

Volunteers in Hungary have been clearing up a stretch of one of the country’s longest rivers. The seven-day mission saw them go out on boats and fish out trash such as plastic bottles, shoe soles and ice cream wrappers.

Euronews

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Sri Lanka considering restructure of debt

Sri Lanka is considering a restructure of local and sovereign debt, the president said, as the island nation battles its worst financial crisis in its independent history.

Reuters

Zimbabweans use scrap metal trade to survive

Zimbabweans are selling scrap metal for survival as the cost of living soars, piling pressure on a population already facing food shortages and high unemployment.

Reuters

Cameroon greenhouse farms aid food security

In Cameroon, greenhouse farming is becoming an alternative to fight food insecurity, as well as high food prices due to the Ukrainian war.

Deutsche Welle

ENVIRONMENT

Record seaweed chokes shores in Caribbean

Record amounts of seaweed are smothering Caribbean coasts, killing fish and other wildlife, choking tourism and releasing stinky, noxious gases. Scientists say more research is needed to determine why levels are so high.

Associated Press

Mountains of clothes wash up on Ghana beach

Piles of discarded clothes have piled up on a beach in Ghana, reflecting the shortcomings of a global trade buoyed by fast fashion.

The Independent

Iraqis get day off as temperatures pass 122F

State employees in many parts of Iraq have been given a day off from work as temperatures rise to above 122 Freiheit in several areas, local media reported.

BBC

Magnolia species rediscovered in Haitian forest

A conservation team has rediscovered a native magnolia tree in a forest in Haiti for the first time since it was lost to science in 1925.

Guardian

Photo of the Day

A Colombian coca farm worker speaks with police while other farmhands eradicate crops from the region. Since the 2016 peace deal between the left-wing guerilla group, Farc, and the government, right-wing paramilitaries and newer criminal gangs have been vying for territory in the power vacuum. A 2021 report by a Bogotá think tank claims at least 611 environmental defenders have been killed since the deal. Of these, 332 were Indigenous. (Photo by William Fernando Martinez) Photo used under CC BY

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