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Africa ‘leapfrogs’ to wider Internet access

Entrepreneurs ramp up efforts to bring access to areas in Africa held back by limited infrastructure.

Al Jazeera

Africa’s youth boom in Internet access is driving YouTube use across the continent

allAfrica.com

Juliana Rotich: Meet BRCK, Internet access for Africa

TED

How many climate migrants will there be?

Migration caused by climate change may cause huge problems. One of the latest warnings is that 200 million people or more may be forced to flee their country over the coming decades.

BBC

Syria asks the UN to stop US strike

Syria has asked the U.N. to prevent “any aggression” against Syria following a call by President Barack Obama for punitive strikes against the Syrian military for chemical weapons attacks.

Reuters

For Syrian bus drivers: mayhem, danger, and making a living

Christian Science Monitor

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Syria conflict

BBC

India passes massive program to feed 800 million in poverty

India passed into law an ambitious program to provide nearly free food to 800 million Indians. Supporters hailed the move long-overdue, while critics slammed it as a shameless, electoral ploy.

Los Angeles Times

Nigeria’s child brides: ‘I thought being in labor would never end’

Though child marriage is prohibited under Nigeria’s Child Rights Act, a toxic blend of routine and religion continues to ruin young lives.

Guardian

China: Burmese brides with no legal status

Pulizter Center on Crisis Reporting

PHILANTHROPY AND AID

Mexico sets ‘crusade’ to ease rural poverty

President Enrique Pena Nieto is trying to end conditions of destitution with the launch of the National Crusade against Hunger.

McClatchy Newspapers

South Korea offers $6.3M in aid for North via World Health Organization

South Korea announced $6.3 million in humanitarian funding for North Korea through the World Health Organization, the second such aid package in just over a month.

Gulf News

HUMAN RIGHTS

Azerbaijan: crackdown on civil society

The Azerbaijani government is engaged in a deliberate, abusive strategy to limit dissent. The strategy is designed to curtail political opposition, limit public criticism and control NGOs.

Human Rights Watch

Azerbaijan crackdown

Human Rights Watch

Senegalese human rights campaigner appointed as justice minister

Senegal’s new Prime Minister Aminata Toure has named a cabinet, putting a veteran human rights campaigner in the key post of justice minister.

New York Times

DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE

Tourism deserts Egypt

Egypt’s political unrest is taking a toll on its tourism industry, a sector that accounts for 11 percent of the country’s GDP.

InterPress Service

Tourism in Egypt takes a hit following turmoil

Denver Post

UN calls for greater focus on sanitation and an end to open defecation

In his World Water Week address, U.N. deputy secretary general Jan Eliasson pushes a social and an economic case for renewed efforts on sanitation.

Guardian

World Water Week opens with a call for lifesaving cooperation over water

PR Newswire

POLITICS AND GOVERNANCE

Manila, Philippines, accuses China of sea violation, Beijing talks peace

The Philippines accused China of violating an informal code of conduct in the South China Sea by planning new structures on a disputed shoal.

Reuters

Individual values, societal values and system of governance determine corruption

India’s top three anti-graft crusaders have unanimously said that though corruption is not in the nation’s DNA, people have developed a habit of accepting it as natural part of life.

ZeeNews

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Vietnam bans discussion of news from blogs and social sites

Contentious legislation that effectively prohibits Vietnamese bloggers and users of social networking sites from discussing current affairs came into force amid a fierce response from advocacy groups.

TIME

Blog:

An inside look at China’s censorship tools

(Wall Street Journal)

China Realtime

Wristband unlocks your devices with your heartbeat

A wristband called Nymi, developed by a Toronto-based company, confirms the wearer’s identity through electrocardiogram sensors that monitor heartbeat, and communicate that to devices.

New Scientist

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (Charles Kenny):

Why Johnnies around the world can’t read

BusinessWeek

Column (Tyler Cowen):

Who will prosper in the new world

New York Times

Editorial:

Lead paint’s tragic comeback

Bloomberg

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GOOD NEWS

Bringing coral reefs back from the brink

Shocks caused by climate and seasonal change could be used to aid recovery of some of the world’s badly-degraded coral reefs, an international team of scientists has proposed.

e! Science News

EU pledges to relieve drought in Marshall Islands

As world leaders prepare to discuss climate threat facing the Pacific Islands, EU pledges to provide water to 6,400 islanders.

Responding to Climate Change

NGOS AND NONPROFITS

Indian entrepreneur founds social venture to reduce fatalities during childbirth

Zubaida Bai, an Indian 32-year-old engineer-entrepreneur, founded Ayzh to provide health and livelihood solutions to underprivileged women.

Business Outlook India

Ghana: NGO settles 204 cases against women in Obuasi municipality

In Ghana, Defense for Children International has helped girls and women in the Obuasi municipality settle cases that included defilement, child maintenance, child labor and stealing.

allAfrica.com

ENVIRONMENT

Coalition releases long-term plan for Great Barrier Reef

The Coalition has announced a multi-million-dollar plan to protect the Great Barrier Reef which has been cautiously welcomed by environmental groups who say the policy does not go far enough.

Guardian

Kerry: Pacific Islands need urgent climate support

RTCC

Pollution, not rising temperatures, may have melted Alpine glaciers

Soot from the Industrial Revolution could have heated up glaciers in the Alps of Europe and started a rapid decline, according to a new study from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

NPR

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Children joyfully play and celebrate during Dol Purnima, the Festival of Color, in India. (Photo by Sam Sajan Thomas)

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