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A baby suffering from malnutrition gets a blood test at a hospital in Niger. Temperatures are rising 1.5 times faster in Niger than the rest of the world, leading to a cycle of droughts that are eroding the 14% of land that is arable. (Photo by Sean Smith) Photo used under CC BY

Niger’s children starving; droughts wither harvest

Niger is on the frontline of the climate crisis. Erratic rainfall and longer dry seasons mean that many parts of the country have not had a good harvest in a decade. About 44% of Niger’s children are malnourished, according to the UN.

Guardian

India, Bangladesh floods destroy homes, lives

Early and strong monsoon rains have brought heavy flooding to northeastern India and Bangladesh, killing dozens of people, forcing hundreds of thousands from their homes and cutting millions off from crucial supplies.

Associated Press

Officials try to deliver aid to flooded South Asia villages

Associated Press

Water taps running dry in South African city

A South African city is counting down to “day zero,” when no meaningful amount of water can be extracted from the taps, local officials say. Like many of the world’s natural resource crises, the severe water shortage is due to human-made climate change.

CNN

Tigrayans flee starvation, forced conscription

People in Ethiopia’s besieged Tigray region are taking dangerous smuggling routes out of the area to escape forced military service, as well as starvation and repression.

Guardian

Mexicans outraged by toll of slain journalists

11 journalists have been killed in Mexico this year, according to human rights groups, sparking outrage across the country. Critics say the Mexican government is either unable or unwilling to protect journalists.

CNN

Mexico, a lethal field for journalists

YouTube

Jihadists kill more than 130 civilians in Mali

Suspected jihadists have massacred more than 130 civilians in neighboring central Mali towns, local officials reported.

France 24

HUMAN RIGHTS

UK cancels first deportation flight to Rwanda

The first asylum-seeker deportation flight from the UK to Rwanda was canceled after a ruling from the European Court of Human Rights.

Deutsche Welle

Refugees in Rwanda warn of challenges for arrivals from UK

Associated Press

Saudis seize toys for promoting homosexuality

Authorities in Saudi Arabia have been seizing rainbow-colored toys and children’s clothing, which they claim encourage homosexuality, state TV says.

BBC

India’s BJP under fire for protest crackdown

Authorities in New Delhi are being criticized for a heavy-handed response to violent protests by Indian Muslims after senior government officials made remarks allegedly insulting the Islamic prophet Muhammad.

Deutsche Welle

Muslims in India stage protests over Prophet comments

Al Jazeera

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY

Pakistan minister slammed for ‘less tea’ appeal

A minister in Pakistan’s newly elected government is facing criticism following his plea to the nation to drink less tea to help save on imports amid a deepening economic crisis.

Al Jazeera

Pakistanis told to drink less tea as nation grapples with economic crisis

CNN

Kenya to deploy regional force in DR Congo

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta said the East African Regional Force will deploy in three provinces in DR Congo to “enforce peace.”

Deutsche Welle

Congo official: Rwanda will have war if it wants

If Rwanda wants war with neighboring Congo, “it will have war,” a top Congolese military official said to thousands in eastern Congo protesting the recent capture of a nearby town by rebels.

ABC News

At least 55 killed by militants in Burkina Faso

Gunmen killed at least 55 in northern Burkina Faso, in the latest attack in the west African country, which is seeing mounting violence blamed on Islamic extremists, a government spokesman said.

Guardian

Ethiopia forms body to negotiate with Tigray

Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said the federal government had formed a committee to negotiate with forces from the rebellious northern region of Tigray.

Reuters

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Mexico politician lynched for WhatsApp rumors

A Mexican political advisor has been killed by a lynch mob after child kidnapping accusations were spread on messaging groups.

BBC

Facebook fails to catch Africa extremist content

A new study has found that Facebook has failed to catch Islamic State group and al-Shabab extremist content in posts aimed at East Africa.

Associated Press

Gaia continues quest for the ultimate sky map

Europe’s Gaia telescope has dropped its latest batch of data as it seeks to assemble the largest catalogue of light sources in the sky.

BBC

GLOBAL HEALTH

N. Korea reports another ‘epidemic’ outbreak

North Korea reported a new “epidemic” of an intestinal disease, an unusual announcement from the secretive country that is already contending with a COVID-19 outbreak and severe economic turmoil.

Associated Press

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GOOD NEWS

Senegal recyclers put dump site refuse to use

Hundreds of informal recyclers gather each day as the sun rises over the trash mountains of Senegal’s main dump site in the capital, and one of West Africa’s largest, eking a living from scraps of iron, aluminum and plastic.

Reuters

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

Afghan charity educates girls amid Taliban ban

The Taliban reneged on their initial promise to allow young girls above the sixth grade to return to school. The abrupt reversal hasn’t stopped Afghan women from keeping up the fight for girls’ education.

FOX News

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Africa could feed itself with right infrastructure

Many African countries have the potential to become food exporters, a Tanzanian economist said. They could produce more than they need for their own markets simply because of their large swaths of arable land.

Deutsche Welle

US plans to build silos on Ukrainian border

Temporary silos will be built along the Ukraine border, including in Poland, in an attempt to help export more grain from the country and avert a global food crisis, President Joe Biden has announced.

Guardian

ENVIRONMENT

Rich nations accused of climate crisis betrayal

Developing nations say rich ones have betrayed them by dragging their feet on paying for centuries of climate damage.

BBC

Namibia rhino poaching sees surge in June

Namibia recorded an increase in rhino poaching cases in June, the government said, as it announced the discovery of 11 carcasses in less than two weeks.

Reuters

Photo of the Day

A Pakistani man tends to his tea house. The South Asian nation of 220 million is the world’s largest importer of tea, buying more than $640 million worth in 2020, according to the Observatory of Economic Complexity. The federal minister for Planning and Development said Pakistanis could reduce their tea consumption by “one or two cups” per day as imports are putting additional financial strain on the government. (Photo by Anne Rigby, AusAID)

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