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Pledges take on Uganda’s domestic violence problem

A nonprofit group in rural Uganda says domestic violence is so widespread that it’s hard to find a woman who isn’t affected. The group focuses on instilling fear in offenders as much as educating them.

Associated Press

Uganda protests echo a year of uprisings

Protest movements are growing across Africa, where 70% of the population are under the age of 30. In Uganda, youth protesters are staging rallies outside parliament against alleged corruption and human rights abuses.

Context

How protests challenge Bangladesh’s past, future

Initially peaceful demonstrations against the quota have since metastasized into an all-out revolt against the Bangladeshi state. More than 200 people have been killed.

Time

Bangladesh protesters demand answers for brutal crackdown

Deutsche Welle

How Bangladesh protests turned deadly

BBC

Gazan refugees struggling to survive in Egypt

Israel’s war in Gaza has caused 100,000 Palestinians to cross the border into Egypt, where they have been unable to work or send their children to school.

Guardian

Climate, finance crises may leave 600M hungry

Climate-driven shocks, coupled with scant finance and government action, will leave nearly 600 million people living in hunger by 2030, the head of the U.N. International Fund for Agricultural Development said.

Context

HUMAN RIGHTS

Indian Muslims targeted in restaurant mandate

On July 2, police in Muzaffarnagar mandated restaurants and roadside vendors to prominently display their names to help Hindu devotees decide which food outlets to avoid as they observe the holy month of Shravan.

Al Jazeera

Ghana court upholds law criminalizing gay sex

Ghana’s Supreme Court upheld a six-decade-old law criminalizing gay sex as the west African country awaits another court decision on whether to introduce even harsher penalties in a new bill.

NBCNews.com

How many Palestinians has Israel’s war killed?

Palestinian health authorities say Israel’s ground and air campaign in Gaza has killed more than 39,000 people, mostly civilians, and driven most of the enclave’s 2.3 million people from their homes.

Reuters

How reliable are Hamas’ death toll figures?

Deutsche Welle

Kenyans detained in march to honor the fallen

Kenyan police detained several people who attempted to present a petition to the president’s office and lay flowers to honor those killed a month ago on the most violent day of anti-government protest.

Reuters

Why young Kenyan protesters are not backing down

Al Jazeera

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY

Evidence shows UAE involvement in Sudan war

Passports recovered from battlefields in Sudan suggest the United Arab Emirates is covertly putting boots on the ground in the country’s civil war, according to leaked documents.

Guardian

8M Venezuelan exiles’ fate hangs on vote

For the almost 8 million citizens who have left the country, Sunday’s vote could dictate whether they can return home.

Guardian

Armed groups in Myanmar capture military HQ

Ethnic armed groups claimed to have captured two strategically important towns in Myanmar: Lashio, which houses the major regional military headquarters, and Mogok.

Associated Press

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Senegal pioneers new era for transport in Africa

The introduction of e-buses aims to improve Dakar’s limited public transport options. The development in the Senegalese capital signals a new era for public transport in West Africa.

Deutsche Welle

Wind energy with planes, trains, automobiles?

Wind farms are key to a clean energy future but expansion in green zones faces growing opposition. Wind turbines on buildings, rail lines or airports could be a breath of fresh air.

Deutsche Welle

GLOBAL HEALTH

Doctors in Khan Younis, Gaza, overwhelmed

Doctors in the largest hospital in Gaza’s southern city of Khan Younis pleaded for supplies from a facility overwhelmed by wounded people, as Israeli airstrikes, artillery fire and fighting on the streets continued.

Guardian

Shingles vaccine may help delay dementia

Being vaccinated against shingles may also help delay getting a dementia diagnosis, a study in the journal Nature Medicine suggests.

BBC

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GOOD NEWS

Afghan cyclists defy Taliban to reach Olympics

Six years ago, Afghan sisters Yulduz and Fariba Hashimi did not know how to ride a bike; now they are heading to the Olympics.

Context

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

Volunteers help migrants reverse water trauma

Volunteers from NGO ProemAID’s “Water Project” help migrants in Spain’s Canary Islands overcome the traumatic experience of a dangerous sea crossing.

Reuters

Art is a comfort for displaced Lebanese kids

Kassem Istanbouli, the founder of Tiro Association for the Arts, created the foundation in 2014 in the belief that art can help heal the wounds of war and unite people from across the country.

NPR

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Venezuelans stretch wages through gambling

With many earning under $200 a month, getting the essentials is a constant struggle for Venezuelan families in rural and urban areas alike.

Associated Press

1 in 5 Africans go hungry as global crises bite

Hunger levels have risen in Africa and the world is off track to meet its goal of ending malnutrition this decade.

Context

Africa to overtake Asia with highest number of hungry people by 2030

Guardian

ENVIRONMENT

Sierra Leone rangers fighting deforestation

Mineral-rich Sierra Leone is one of the poorest countries in the world, with the rangers blaming economic hardship for the escalating exploitation of the natural landscape.

Al Jazeera

Sharks off Brazil coast test positive for cocaine

Marine biologists tested 13 Brazilian sharpnose sharks taken from the shores near Rio de Janeiro and found they tested for high levels of cocaine in their muscles and livers.

BBC

Ethiopia landslide death toll could jump to 500

The death toll from landslides in Ethiopia earlier this week has risen to 257 and is expected to almost double, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said.

Reuters

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