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A boy uses donkeys to transport barrels of water in Tanzania. Of all regions, sub-Saharan Africa has the highest rates of education exclusion; 98 million children in the region are not in school, according to UNESCO, accounting for 40% of the total of out-of-school children worldwide. (Photo by ssilberman) Photo used under CC BY

Regional inequities persist for out-of-school children

New UNESCO data shows that 244 million children between the ages of 6 and 18 worldwide are still out of school; more than 40% live in sub-Saharan Africa. UNESCO calls for collective mobilization to ensure that every child has the right to access quality education.

AfricaNews

2.5K wild animals moved due to climate change

Zimbabwe is moving more than 2,500 wild animals from a southern reserve to one in the country’s north to rescue them from drought, as the ravages of climate change replace poaching as the biggest threat to wildlife.

Associated Press

Zimbabwe reports rise in cases of human-elephant conflict

YouTube

Gold mining pollutes sacred Nigerian river

Nigeria’s Osun River is associated with the Yoruba goddess of love and sexuality; it flows across five states and is used for different purposes, including mining, which has contaminated the water, as water samples revealed high levels of heavy metals.

Al Jazeera

The pollution of Nigeria’s sacred Osun River

Al Jazeera

Afghan woman accuses Taliban official of rape

In a video that appeared on social media, an Afghan woman accused a senior Taliban official of forcing her into marriage and raping her.

Associated Press

Deadly blast hits mosque in Afghanistan

Deutsche Welle

N. Korea’s COVID measures pressure women

North Korean women and girls face increased pressure in providing food for their families, as well as the state, under coronavirus measures, even as closed borders hamper market activity and push up prices, a UN expert said.

Reuters

Tribal violence flares in Sudan’s Blue Nile state

Seven people were killed and 23 injured as tribal violence flared in Sudan‘s southern Blue Nile state, the state’s security committee said, coming weeks after major clashes.

Reuters

HUMAN RIGHTS

Some girls’ high schools open in Afghanistan

Authorities in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Paktia said girls’ high schools had opened in recent days, though the move had not been officially approved.

Jerusalem Post

Iranians have plan to enforce new hijab law

The Iranian government is planning to use facial recognition technology on public transport to identify women who are not complying with a strict new law on wearing the hijab.

Guardian

Groups condemn torture in Lebanese prisons

International human rights groups condemned acts of torture in Lebanese prisons following the death of a Syrian refugee in detention and urged authorities to transfer the investigation into his death from a military to a civil court.

Associated Press

Lebanon arrests agents suspected of torturing Syrian man to death

YouTube

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY

Ethiopia’s war reigniting as truce falls apart

A fragile peace agreement has allowed desperately needed humanitarian relief into Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region, but the war appears to have returned.

CBS News

Iran-backed militias suspend operations in Syria

Iranian-backed militias in Syria were reportedly told to stop their activities by their leadership, the Al-Arabiya news site reported.

i24 News

Yemeni officials: Militants attack security post

Suspected al-Qaida militants attacked a security post in southern Yemen, sparking clashes that killed at least 21 troops and six militants, military officials said.

ABC News

Egypt exits Arab League meeting in protest

Egypt’s foreign minister withdrew from an Arab League session chaired by the chief diplomat of one of Libya’s two rival governments.

ABC News

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Solar power helps Indians vaccinate people

Frequent and long power outages in India’s remote villages prevent the installation of refrigeration facilities in local health centers to store vaccines.

Deutsche Welle

Astronomer thinks alien tech on the ocean floor

An astrophysicist professor is planning an expedition to retrieve fragments of a meteor from the ocean floor. By analyzing the debris, he is hoping to determine the object’s origins.

NPR

GLOBAL HEALTH

China approves inhaled COVID-19 vaccine

China has become the first country to approve an inhaled COVID vaccine. Inhaled as a fine mist, Convidecia Air can provide good protection after just one breath.

BBC

Long COVID is haunting the US labor market

Jobs were on the up this August in the U.S., but there’s still nearly 3 million fewer people in the labor force. For many, the lasting health impacts of COVID-19 continue to haunt them.

NPR

Hospital train helping Ukraine’s sick, wounded

Chronically ill and injured patients are evacuated from the embattled east to find treatment in the west’s safer hospitals.

Al Jazeera

Indians are saying no to the abortion of girls

More girls are born as women achieve success in business and sport, and police raid clinics that carry out sex-selective abortions.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Children dying in Somalia nutrition centers

Hundreds of children have already died in nutrition centers across Somalia, the United Nations children’s agency said, a day after it warned that parts of Somalia will be hit by famine in the coming months.

Al Jazeera

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GOOD NEWS

Palestinians with disabilities working in hotel

In the heart of Bethlehem in the West Bank, Palestinians with learning disabilities are front and center at a new boutique hotel, making them more visible and overhauling perceptions within the community.

i24 News

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

Islamic NGOs endure financial discrimination

Islamic NGOs in the United Kingdom say their finances are being unfairly targeted by restrictive measures from major banks, disrupting humanitarian operations, including the response to the Pakistan flooding.

Devex

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

UN: Part of Somalia to reach famine this year

The United Nations says “famine is at the door” in Somalia with “concrete indications” famine will occur later this year in the southern Bay region.

Associated Press

China spiking Indonesia’s offshore oil, gas risk

After unilaterally extending its territorial claims into Indonesia’s Economic Exclusion Zone, China has yet to respond to plans by a British oil company to pipe newly discovered natural gas across the maritime border into Vietnam’s offshore network.

Asia Times Online

Guyana expects $1B oil earnings this year

Guyana is likely to earn more than $1 billion this year from its production share of offshore oil exports, more than it will garner from gold, bauxite, timber or any other sector, the central bank said.

Associated Press

Turkey forced to raise gas, electricity prices

Turkish authorities raised electricity and natural gas prices for households by around 20 percent and by 50 percent for industries on, putting further upward pressure on increasing inflation.

i24 News

ENVIRONMENT

Poor Pakistanis face the heavy cost of floods

Floods have ruined crops and homes across Pakistan, leaving many of the country’s poor struggling to restart their lives.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Death toll in Pakistan floods crosses 1,300 mark

Al Jazeera

Moroccan farmers embrace organic farming

Moroccan farmers are turning to organic farming in increasing numbers. Organic produce sells for 20% more than conventional farming, and it’s also better for the planet.

AfricaNews

Morocco fights water waste as reserves take a hit

YouTube

Doomsday glacier may be melting even faster

A new study on Thwaites Glacier suggests it may retreat at twice its recent rate in the future, threatening to cause a substantial rise in sea-level.

NBCNews.com

Cuban scientists race to save rare crocodiles

Cuban scientists estimate that around 4,000 Cuban crocodiles live in the wild. But because the area they prefer within the wetland is relatively small, a climate-related disaster could wipe out most of the population.

Reuters

Photo of the Day

An Iranian woman uses an exercise machine at a park in Tehran, Iran, while wearing a burka. The Iranian government announced it is planning to use facial recognition technology on public transport to identify women who are not complying with a strict law on wearing the hijab or head coverings. (Photo by Kamyar Adl) Photo used under CC BY

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