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A boy is treated at a leprosy hospital in the Philippines. Despite global progress, leprosy remains a problem in the developing world. Six out of every 10 leprosy cases originates from Southeast Asia, in regions characterized heavily by poverty, the World Health Organization reports. (Photo by moyorphotos) Photo used under CC BY

Nigerian leprosy colony endures stigma, neglect

Every year, more than 200,000 people are infected with leprosy globally; Nigeria records 1,000 new cases annually, according to a statement by the health minister. There are 64 leprosy settlements across Nigeria, but most are in varying states of disrepair.

Al Jazeera

Colombia’s war on drugs prolonged civil war

The punitive, prohibitionist war on drugs helped prolong Colombia’s disastrous civil war, the country’s Truth Commission has found in a landmark report published as part of an effort to heal the raw wounds left by conflict.

Guardian

Colombia Truth Commission presents final report

YouTube

7 million in Bangladesh need relief after flooding

More than seven million people in Bangladesh are in desperate need of shelter and emergency relief after what one aid agency has described as “the worst flooding to hit South Asia in living memory.”

CNN

Africa’s reliance on food imports unnecessary

African farmlands are mostly used to grow crops for export, but the land could be used to produce food locally, the World Bank said. Yet indigenous crops have been neglected for decades due to international companies.

Deutsche Welle

How Ukraine recaptured Snake Island from Russia

Newsweek

Cameroon separatists commit rights abuses

Separatist groups in Cameroon’s Anglophone region have become increasingly more violent, Human Rights Watch said in a report; the rebel group is “kidnapping, terrorizing and killing civilians” with impunity.

Deutsche Welle

Europe’s ‘blood money’ funds Syrian conflict

Cheap Syrian phosphate exports to Europe have boomed in recent years, but the trade provides an economic lifeline to the repressive government of Bashar al-Assad, according to financial documents and trade data.

Guardian

HUMAN RIGHTS

Peru fears rising violence from drug traffickers

Over a dozen indigenous and Amazon activists have been killed since the COVID-19 pandemic began, Peru’s human rights coordinator said, as criminal networks target land to grow coca, as well as for illegal mining and logging.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Drug killings savage facet to Philippine legacy

The thousands of killings during former Philippine President Duterte’s brutal campaign against illegal drugs are leaving families in agony as the International Criminal Court ends its investigation into human rights abuses.

Associated Press

Duterte wants drug war to continue after his term

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Bodies of 20 migrants found in Libyan desert

The bodies of 20 migrants who got lost in the Libyan desert have been found, the ambulance service said; Libya is a major launching point for migrants seeking to reach Europe.

Reuters

How Bangladeshi migrants end up in Cyprus

Deutsche Welle

Kenyan widows grieve, then evicted by in-laws

Discriminatory practices in marriage limit women’s capacity to own land in Kenya, human rights groups say, making widows vulnerable to eviction if in-laws regard the property as theirs.

Guardian

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY

UN envoy warns of spiraling DRC conflict

The United Nations envoy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has warned that fighting in the east of the country could spiral out of control, amid reports of grave human right abuses in the region’s restive provinces.

Al Jazeera

Afghan diplomats do not recognize Taliban rule

The Taliban is trying to establish its control over Afghanistan‘s institutions, but there is a big grey area. Most of the country’s 70 or so diplomatic missions are functioning independently of the hardline regime.

BBC

Taliban leader makes first visit to capital city Kabul

Yahoo! News

Indigenous leaders call off strikes in Ecuador

Indigenous leaders in Ecuador have signed an agreement with the government to end more than two weeks of tense protests.

BBC

Syrian teenagers face deportation in Denmark

Denmark has revoked the residency permits of hundreds of Syrians. Although refugees of war in the EU are protected from deportation, Denmark has broken that consensus; it is intended as a deterrence, experts believe.

Deutsche Welle

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

N. Korean hackers behind cryptocurrency heist

North Korean hackers are thought to be behind the theft of $100m in cryptocurrency from a US company, three digital investigative firms have concluded, as the regime steps up attempts to secure funding for its nuclear missile program.

Guardian

N. Korea suggests balloons flown from South brought COVID-19

FOX News

Nearly a quarter of Earth’s seafloor now mapped

The proportion of the global ocean floor that‘s been properly mapped is rising; it’s now up to nearly a quarter of the total area under water. The update was given at the second UN Ocean Conference in Portugal.

BBC

Astronauts struggle to recover bone density

Astronauts lose decades’ worth of bone mass in space that many do not recover even after a year back on Earth, researchers have found, warning that it could be a “big concern” for future missions to Mars.

Guardian

GLOBAL HEALTH

Africa needs test kits, vaccines for monkeypox

Africa has no vaccines for monkeypox and test kits are in short supply, international health agencies said, warning that richer countries already appeared to be hoarding vaccines.

Reuters

Mosquitos attracted to viruses, aiding spread

Mosquitos are more attracted to organisms infected with viruses such as Zika or dengue, as the diseases change the skin’s microbiome to produce an intoxicating aroma for mosquitos, a new study has found.

NPR

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GOOD NEWS

First Mexican-born woman goes to space

Katya Echazarreta recently made history as the first Mexican-born woman to fly to space, a lifelong dream she was able to accomplish at only 26 years old.

CBC News

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

Kenya startup turns plastics into usable items

Each month, Noma Green Plastic Limited salvages 40 tons of discarded plastic from landfills, and then molds it into chairs, tables and pickets for fencing.

Deutsche Welle

SE Asian students get lessons in nonprofits

A group of Southeast Asian students toured a nonprofit to learn about employing social programs. The students belong to the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative, which aims to foster leadership development in SE Asia.

Journal Inquirer

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

S. African rand slips amid extended power cuts

South Africa’s rand weakened in early trade, shortly after hitting a 20-month low as the country grapples with extended power cuts, as well as worries over a global recession.

Reuters

World Bank aids Egypt to boost food security

The World Bank has agreed to provide Egypt with $500m in development funds to boost food security amid fallout from the coronavirus pandemic and the war in Ukraine, Egypt’s international cooperation ministry said.

Reuters

IMF: Sri Lankan deal sees progress amid crisis

The International Monetary Fund has reported constructive talks with Sri Lankan authorities, raising hopes it could soon grant approval for a credit facility to alleviate a crisis in which the country is struggling to pay for imports.

Al Jazeera

ENVIRONMENT

Vietnam’s climate credentials under scrutiny

The Vietnamese government’s commitment to action on climate change is in the spotlight after a leading environmental activist was sentenced to two years in prison on murky charges of “tax evasion.”

Deutsche Welle

Zimbabwe fishing communities fear for future

Zimbabwean fishing co-operatives are lucrative for women, allowing them to invest in their families’ future, but that success is now in danger due to overfishing and a lack of rainfall, a park spokesperson confirmed.

Guardian

Photo of the Day

A Quechua-speaking Peruvian woman weaves a runner. Peru is the second biggest cocaine producer after Colombia, responsible for more than a quarter of global output, the United Nations says; 100 indigenous communities in the central Amazon region have been threatened in recent years by invading coca farmers who grow the crop for drug trafficking gangs. (Photo by Julie Edgley) Photo used under CC BY

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