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Men prepare food for South Sudan refugees seeking safe haven at Imvepi settlement in Arua district, Uganda. (Photo by Felix Warom Okello) Photo used under CC BY

‘Super beans’ boost rations for S. Sudanese refugees

South Sudanese refugees in Uganda are being given drought-resistant “super beans” to reduce their reliance on food aid and encourage self-sufficiency. The bean is not genetically modified.

Guardian

Satellite images show how the tiny Ugandan village of Bidi Bidi became the world’s largest refugee camp

Business Insider

South Sudan fast facts

CNN

Young, poor and pregnant in Philippines

While teen pregnancy rates in most countries are declining, the numbers are rising in the Philippines. The age of consent in this deeply conservative Catholic country is just 12.

Al Jazeera

Punishment won’t stop teen pregnancies in Tanzania as ‘bad behaviour’ isn’t the cause

The Star

Working poverty rife around the globe: UN

The global unemployment rate is expected to tick down in 2018, the United Nations has said, while warning that far too many workers still live in desperate poverty.

The Independent Magazine - Uganda

Gap between rich and poor a simmering volcano

IOL

US failed to tackle sex abuse of Afghan kids

The U.S. military showed little interest for years in tackling widespread sexual abuse of children by Afghan security forces it still funds and trains, according to a newly declassified report by a U.S. government watchdog.

Guardian

Trash-pickers face uncertain future in Brazil

The closure of a massive garbage dump in Brasilia leaves some 2,000 trash-pickers, often single mothers who depend on it for survival, with an uncertain future.

NPR

Here are 5 ways the world is pulling apart

As world leaders gather at the World Economic Forum in Davos to discuss how to create “a shared future in a fractured world,” a look at some of the major forces that are driving countries and people apart.

CNNMoney

Pope sends Davos stern warning: Capitalism is failing to serve the people

Guardian

HUMAN RIGHTS

Activists blame EU for ignoring human rights

The E.U. has been accused of a fatally slow response to human rights warnings in Kenya. Thousands of homes have reported to have been burned down by Kenyan Forest Service rangers.

Guardian

N. Korea has least-reported humanitarian crisis

North Korea is home to the world’s least reported humanitarian crisis, according to a new report. 18 million North Koreans, around 70 percent of the population, lack sufficient access to nutritious food.

Al Jazeera

Women’s March: Thousands rally against Trump

Thousands have taken part in women’s marches across the U.S. on the one-year anniversary of President Donald Trump’s inauguration, in a bid to generate more female candidates running for office as well as to protest against the U.S. president’s policies.

Al Jazeera

Women’s marches across the U.S.

CNN

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Pence visits Western Wall amid tensions

Vice President Mike Pence visited the Western Wall amid tensions with the Palestinians over President Donald Trump’s recent decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.

U.S. News & World Report

Pence Says U.S. Must Play ‘Preeminent’ Role as Peace Broker

Bloomberg

Puigdemont nominated as Catalonia’s president

The leader of Catalonia’s parliament has nominated Carles Puigdemont to a new term as president, adding another twist in the story of the separatist leader who was ousted from power by Spain last year.

NPR

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

56,000 people flee from Philippine volcano

The Philippines’ most active volcano spewed fountains of red-hot lava and massive ash plumes in a dazzling but increasingly dangerous eruption that has sent more than 56,000 villagers fleeing to evacuation centers.

ABC News

Researchers develop needle-free HIV test

Stanford chemists in the U.S., collaborating with the Alameda County Public Health Laboratory in California, have now developed a test that gives the convenience of a saliva sample, but allows for reliable results.

Deutsche Welle

GLOBAL HEALTH

Yellow fever claims 15 in Brazilian state

Brazil’s southeastern state of Minas Gerais has declared a public health emergency following a deadly outbreak of yellow fever. At least 15 people have died there since December.

BBC

Feds freeze mental health practices registry

Federal health officials recently froze a program aimed to educate the public and provide information about evidence-based mental health and substance abuse treatment programs.

CNN

Columns And Op-Ed

The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more.

Column (Sarah Jones):

Telling rural people to move won’t solve poverty

The New Republic

Editorial:

Trump’s New Tariffs Will Hurt the U.S.

Bloomberg

Column (Sharan Burrow):

Davos co-chair: Why your backyard might save the planet

CNN

Column (Sheila S Cornonel):

A ‘Fraught Time’ For Press Freedom In The Philippines

NPR

Column (Christine Emba):

The women’s march: Outrage is not enough, it’s time for solidarity

Gulf News

Column (ohn McLaughlin):

The US must lean in to preserve its stake in Syria

OZY

Column (Fred Muvunyi):

Rwandan President Kagame’s plans to revamp Africa likely to hit snag

Deutsche Welle

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GOOD NEWS

Blind student uses knitting to focus, donate

19-year-old Aspen Poole was born blind, has obsessive-compulsive disorder and is on the autism spectrum. She knits as a tool to help her stay focused and has donated the scarves she has knit to the Salvation Army.

MSN

Man gives boots to homeless stranger in need

When Maurice Anderson saw a homeless man riding the Chicago subway wearing run-down sneakers on an ice-cold day, he took off his brand-new $260 snow boots and gave them to him. He wished he had more pairs of socks.

FOX5DC

NONPROFIT AND PHILANTHROPY

Apple partners with Malala Fund

Apple has announced that it will become the Malala Fund’s first Laureate partner, enabling a significant expansion of the organization’s efforts to support education and advocate for equal opportunity for girls.

Philanthropy News Digest

The shutdown’s potential fallout for nonprofits

Government shutdowns are often passed off as non-events, with little impact unless you are a government employee, but that’s not exactly the case.

Nonprofit Quarterly

ENVIRONMENT

Assam’s tea growers collide with elephants

Growers of world-famous Assam tea are encroaching into forests, fuelling a conflict between elephants and humans, locals and authorities in the Indian state have said.

BBC

EPA may sue over pesticide threat to sea life

Commercial fishermen and environmental groups could file lawsuits against the Trump administration, if it fails to follow a recommendation by one of its own agencies to protect salmon, sturgeon, orca and other endangered species in the Pacific north-west.

Guardian

BUSINESS AND TRADE

Trump hits solar, other imports with tariffs

President Donald Trump is signing a measure imposing tariffs on imported solar-energy components and large washing machines in a bid to help U.S. manufacturers.

U.S. News & World Report

The winners and losers in Trump’s trade crackdown

Bloomberg

S. Korea to regulate cryptocurrency trading

South Korea will ban the use of anonymous bank accounts in cryptocurrency trading from Jan. 30, regulators said in a widely telegraphed move designed to stop virtual coins from being used for money laundering and other crimes.

Reuters

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A young monk walking on the streets of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (Photo by Michael Coghlan) Photo used under CC BY

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