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A pregnant woman receives care at a clinic in Somalia. Children born in sub-Saharan Africa are 15 times more likely to die in childhood than children in Europe and North America. (Photo by Sarah Bones, CARE) Photo used under CC BY

UN: 5M children in 2021 died before fifth birthday

Five million children worldwide died before their fifth birthday in 2021, with almost half dying during their first month, UN figures show; most of the deaths could have been prevented with better healthcare, campaigners say.

Guardian

Myanmar jails Rohingya over travel documents

Myanmar authorities have sentenced 112 Rohingya, including a dozen children, to between two and five years in prison for attempting to travel to Malaysia “without legal documents," state media reported.

France 24

Rohingya seek a better life in Indonesia

Deutsche Welle

Climate shocks stir havoc, create global health crises

Heatwaves kill thousands of people; massive floods spread typhoid and cholera; mosquito-borne illnesses reach areas never before seen. These are just a few of the potential health effects of climate change, and not a century from now, but within the next decade.

Devex

Insecurity could derail Nigeria general election

Nigeria’s general election in late February could be cancelled or postponed if insecurity is not tackled, the electoral commission has said.

Al Jazeera

Killings, kidnappings, extortion leave Nigerians living in fear

BBC

Pakistan sending refugees back to Afghanistan

Over 600 Afghans have been deported from Pakistan, and hundreds more face expulsion in a renewed crackdown on migrants.

Guardian

Soldiers toss bodies into fire in Mozambique

Members of the Southern African Development Community military mission in Mozambique are being investigated after a video circulated on social media showing them throwing bodies on a pile of burning rubble, officials said.

Associated Press

HUMAN RIGHTS

Taliban: Afghan girls’ education ‘postponed’

The Taliban has claimed that Afghan women and girls are not permanently banned from attending schools and universities but that their education is being “postponed” until they create a conducive environment for them.

The Independent

Group urges Algeria to annul death sentences

Amnesty International has urged Algeria to annul death penalties against dozens of people over the lynching of a man falsely accused of starting deadly forest fires.

Al Jazeera

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY

Peru’s mining south braces for ‘endless battle’

In Peru’s south, a mining region that has been roiled by deadly protests over the ouster of former leftist President Pedro Castillo, protest leaders say they are ready for an “endless battle” against the government.

Reuters

Police officer killed in burning car in Peru after 17 killed in protests

Reuters

Russia escalates onslaught against Ukraine

Russian forces are escalating their onslaught against Ukrainian positions around the wrecked city of Bakhmut. “Everything is completely destroyed. There is almost no life left,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.

PBS

100’s arrested for storming Brazil government

Hundreds of protesters have been arrested in Brazil as police retook the government buildings in the country’s capital nearly three hours after supporters of ex-president Jair Bolsonaro stormed them.

i24 News

Pro-Bolsonaro rioters ransack Brazil government buildings

France 24

Flames engulf highway as Brazil protests block roads

Newsweek

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Israelis sold spyware to Bangladesh via Cyprus

Advanced surveillance equipment designed to intercept mobile and internet traffic by a company run by Israeli businessmen was sold to Bangladesh last year, a report said.

i24 News

US Supreme Court backs WhatsApp lawsuit

The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a bid by NSO Group to block a WhatsApp lawsuit accusing the Israeli tech firm of allowing mass cyber espionage of journalists and activists.

i24 News

Meta removing posts backing Brazil riots

Facebook parent Meta said it is removing posts from the platform that praise or support anti-democratic demonstrators in Brazil who stormed the country’s Congress, Supreme Court and presidential palace.

CBS News

GLOBAL HEALTH

African-produced cancer tests to slash costs

The first African-produced tests to diagnose breast cancer and leukemia will become commercially available within months, cutting costs and waiting times for patients.

Guardian

Uganda set to declare end to Ebola outbreak

Uganda said it was expecting to declare an end to an Ebola virus outbreak that emerged late last year and has claimed the lives of at least 56 people.

CBS News

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GOOD NEWS

Hawaii leading US charge in renewable energy

Renewable sources of energy will account for 24% of the United State’s energy in 2023, more than double what it was a decade ago. Hawaii is on track to use 100% renewable energy before 2045.

CBS News

Nigeria’s love for anime sees festival expand

Almost 1,000 fans of anime converged to Nigeria’s capital for the second edition of the Eko Anime Festival. Some anime fans performed on stage, and many were cosplaying their favorite characters.

AfricaNews

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

Can happiness measure charity effectiveness?

Moral philosopher and founder of the Happier Lives Institute Michael Plant posits people’s happiness should serve as the most important measure of a charity’s cost-effectiveness.

Devex

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

World Bank warns of looming global recession

The global economy will come “perilously close” to a recession this year, led by weaker growth in all the world’s top economies — the United States, Europe and China — the World Bank warned.

PBS

Inflation persists in DRC despite measures

The rise in food prices in the Democratic Republic of Congo continues despite the measures taken by the government to combat the high cost of living.

AfricaNews

Difficult times ahead in Egypt as inflation rises

Egypt continues to battle surging inflation amid a dramatic slide of its currency as many Egyptians struggle with price hikes. Prices rose across various sectors, from food items and medical services to housing and furniture.

Al Jazeera

Inflation making lives difficult for Filipinos

The Philippines is in the middle of battling record inflation, something which the president says is “out of control.” For many Filipinos, the increasing cost of basic commodities was that of a “developed nation.”

Al Jazeera

ENVIRONMENT

Ozone layer on track to fully recover by 2066

In rare good news for the environment, a UN report confirmed that the hole in the ozone layer that had been threatening Earth since the 1980s is shrinking.

i24 News

Ivory Coast farmers fear prolonged dry spell

No rain fell last week in most of Ivory Coast’s cocoa regions for the second consecutive week, raising fears of a prolonged dry spell which could weigh on the outlook of the April-to-September mid-crop, farmers said.

Reuters

Activists fight to save vanishing Sierra Madre

Around 90% of the Sierra Madre, which protects the Philippines from the worst of climate change, is gone, due to illegal logging, mining, and quarrying. Now, environmental activists struggle to save what is left of it.

BBC

Dozens evacuated from India’s ‘sinking town’

Dozens of families from Joshimath town in India’s Uttarakhand state have been evacuated after large cracks appeared in their homes and on roads. Many blame the region’s rampant construction for the crisis.

BBC

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A fried fish vendor displays her products in Nairobi, Kenya. (Photo by International Monetary Fund) Photo used under CC BY

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