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Sudan’s displaced crisis peaks; millions eye return

Khartoum, Sudan, faces the world’s largest internal displacement crisis, with 14 million people forced from their homes, yet a fragile trend of return is emerging for the first time, despite shattered infrastructure.

Al Jazeera

What it takes to help children in Sudan get their childhoods back

Forbes

Colombia’s jailed moms getting a second chance

More than 6,000 women are in prison in Colombia, about half of whom are serving sentences for drug offenses. The Public Utility law recognizes that many of these women come from poverty.

Guardian

Could community service work better than jail?

Guardian

One year under M23 rule in Goma, DR Congo

One year after the M23 rebels captured Goma in Democratic Republic of the Congo, fighting may have stopped, but life is far from normal. From wounded bodies to struggling businesses, the city is still recovering.

Deutsche Welle

Congolese reflect on life in Goma under M23 control

YouTube

Rebel leader denounces US-DRC minerals deal a year after Goma’s fall

YouTube

HUMAN RIGHTS

EU lists Iran Revolutionary Guard as terrorists

The European Union agreed to list Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard as a terrorist organization over Tehran’s bloody crackdown on nationwide protests.

Associated Press

Who are Iran’s Revolutionary Guards?

Deutsche Welle

Iran: A mosaic state rife with internal conflicts

Deutsche Welle

How mass kidnapping changed Nigerian village

After gunmen abducted a quarter of the people in a village in Kaduna State, many who remain are now leaving for good.

Al Jazeera

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY

SDF, Syrian government reach new agreement

The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces announced a new agreement with the country’s central government in Damascus to stabilize a ceasefire that ended weeks of fighting and to lay out steps toward integrating the two sides.

Associated Press

170 killed during Myanmar’s criticized election

At least 170 people were killed in military air strikes during Myanmar’s weeks’ long election period, the United Nations has said.

Yahoo! News

Myanmar election delivers victory for military-backed party amid civil war

Yahoo! News

Southeast Asian nations reject Myanmar junta election

The Independent

Uganda accuses US Embassy of aiding Wine

Uganda’s army chief accused U.S. Embassy officials of helping opposition leader Bobi Wine as he went into hiding, in an escalation of political tensions that have alarmed Ugandans days after a disputed presidential election.

ABC News

Why has Burkina Faso banned political parties?

After several years of suspension, political parties in Burkina Faso have been formally dissolved by the military government, which has also seized all their assets in a move analysts say is a major blow for democracy.

Al Jazeera

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Millions creating deepfake nudes on Telegram

Millions of people around the world are creating and sharing deepfake nudes on the secure messaging app Telegram, a Guardian analysis has shown.

Guardian

A potentially habitable new planet discovered

The Earth-size planet HD 137010 b has a “50% chance of residing in the habitable zone” of its sun-like star, scientists say.

Newsweek

GLOBAL HEALTH

Tech enables healthcare for all in Indian region

DW follows a health worker, who is blind, to see how a tablet helps her collaborate with colleagues, serve patients, and bring primary healthcare to one of the most isolated regions in India’s West Bengal state.

Deutsche Welle

AI screening cuts later breast cancer diagnosis

The use of artificial intelligence in breast cancer screening reduces the rate of a cancer diagnosis by 12% in subsequent years and leads to a higher rate of early detection, according to the first trial of its kind.

Guardian

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GOOD NEWS

Kenyan transforms earth into empowerment

In the heart of Nairobi, an artist is turning earth into something meaningful. Check out how Elizabeth Natul Nenge uses ceramic art to teach children life skills in Kenya.

Deutsche Welle

AID, NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

UN is at risk of ‘imminent financial collapse’

The United Nations is at risk of “imminent financial collapse” due to member states not paying their fees, the body’s head has warned.

Yahoo! News

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Cubans scramble to survive; US vise tightens

Cubans are hustling to become more self-sufficient as the U.S. government tightens its economic noose over the island in a move experts say is meant to force a popular uprising and usher in a new government.

Yahoo! News

Palestinians face a deepening economic crisis

More than two years on, West Bank GDP data shows the signs of an economic depression, its economy shrunk by nearly a fourth last year, according to Palestinian Authority statistics.

NPR

ENVIRONMENT

Liberia’s largest gold miner creates tensions

Residents told visiting journalists with The Associated Press and The Gecko Project that explosions have cracked or crumbled homes during the operations of Liberia’s largest gold miner, the Bea Mountain Mining Corporation.

Associated Press

Environmental crises add to Iran’s troubles

Iranians are running out of water and choking on some of the world’s worst air pollution, environmental crises that critics say exemplify the failures fueling anger at the country’s theocratic regime.

Deutsche Welle

How did Tehran end up in the world’s worst water crisis?

YouTube

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A mother and daughter run a small shop in Dadaab, Kenya. (Photo by Jo Harrison/Oxfam) Photo used under CC BY

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