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Floodwaters cause traffic in Cotonou, Benin. This year, every part Africa has been affected by extreme weather events, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. (Photo by Theresa Carpenter) Photo used under CC BY

UN: Floods displace 3.4M in West African countries

Destruction from flooding has displaced over 3.4 million people in west and central Africa, the UN’s refugee agency said, as "the link between climate shocks and displacement is clear and growing.” Floods in West Africa contrast with droughts in the Horn of Africa.

Associated Press

Cholera preys on children in flood-hit Nigeria

Reuters

Pandemic worsens antibiotic resistance in India

Resistance to antibiotic drugs was already an issue in India, but the COVID-19 pandemic may have accelerated the trend, with a new report showing a drastic increase in resistance to several antibiotics and antifungals in India.

Deutsche Welle

Young girls sold in India as ‘repayment’ for loans

Girls in India are being sold as “repayment” for loans, a rights group said. People living in rural areas often have to borrow money from fellow villagers. If a family cannot repay a loan, by way of “settlement," caste councils order families to hand over their daughters.

Guardian

96,000 Haitians flee homes amid gang violence

Some 96,000 people have fled Haiti’s capital, the UN said, as the country faces a crisis that has prompted the government to request the immediate deployment of foreign troops.

Associated Press

Ukraine-type approach required for Myanmar

The types of Russian weapons used in Ukraine are also killing people in Myanmar, an expert said, urging countries at the UN to form a coalition—as they did when Moscow invaded Ukraine—to put pressure on Myanmar’s junta.

Al Jazeera

ASEAN foreign ministers fail to take tough stance on Myanmar

YouTube

Food on ballot for millions of poor Brazilians

Food is on the ballot for poor Brazilians as they head to the polls to choose their next president; over 33 million people are experiencing hunger in Brazil, a study shows.

CNN

HUMAN RIGHTS

Iran’s women creating threat to religious rule

The death of a young Iranian woman in police custody sparked what activists are now calling an “uprising.” The women of Iran have emerged as the dominant force in the protests.

Newsweek

Palestinian refugees in Lebanon at rock bottom

Palestinians living in crisis-torn Lebanon were falling deeper into poverty, spelling a "dramatic humanitarian crisis,” the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees warned.

i24 News

Future unclear for Syrian refugees as Lebanon repatriations begin

Reuters

Russia continues ‘relocating’ Ukranian civilians

Russian occupation officials continued to indicate that efforts to relocate Ukranian civilians to Russian-held territory are part of a wider resettlement scheme.

Euronews

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY

Videos emerge of rare protests in Tibet capital

Footage has emerged showing what appear to be rare large-scale protests against strict COVID-19 measures in the Tibetan capital.

BBC

Russia may again block Antarctic protections

Delegations from Russia and Ukraine are among those meeting in Australia to decide the future of Antarctica. Conservationists say new protections are needed, but Russia could use its veto-like powers to block progress.

Associated Press

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Google fined $162 million by Indian regulators

India’s antitrust regulator has imposed a penalty of approximately $162 million on Alphabet Inc’s Google for abusing its “dominant position in multiple markets in the Android mobile device ecosystem.”

CNN

Kenya debuts electric bus in clean energy push

A Kenya-based green mobility company unveiled an electric bus that its inventors hope will encourage commuting.

Euronews

GLOBAL HEALTH

African official: Ebola in Uganda under control

Uganda’s Ebola outbreak is under control, a top public health official in Africa said, noting that local health authorities are doing well to trace most contacts.

Associated Press

Ugandan government under fire as Ebola outbreak spreads

Al Jazeera

India’s pharma industry hounded by scandals

India is the world’s leading manufacturer of vaccines and the largest producer of generic drugs, but a massive pharmaceutical market carries more risk of tainted and counterfeit medicine as many question India’s regulators.

Deutsche Welle

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GOOD NEWS

Kenyan telecom operator launches 5G network

Kenya’s largest telecoms operator, Safaricom, launched its 5G high-speed internet service, becoming the first firm to deploy the technology commercially in East Africa.

Reuters

Colombian teacher uses donkey as library

In remote regions of Colombia, books are a luxury. During the COVID-19 pandemic, a teacher risked a lot to bring reading material to his students on his trusted donkey.

Deutsche Welle

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

South Africa, Indonesia get $1B from trust fund

A new financing deal worth $1 billion in concessional loans and grants was approved for South Africa and Indonesia to fund their transition away from coal to clean energy.

Devex

NGO: Libya threatened to shoot down plane

Sea-Watch accused the Libyan coast guard of threatening to shoot its humanitarian monitoring aircraft over international waters while it was on a mission to monitor the interception of migrants.

Deutsche Welle

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

UN gives millions to sanctioned Syrians

The United Nations has procured $68 million in contracts to Syrians sanctioned for human rights abuses.

i24 News

Saudi giant unveils $1.5B sustainability fund

The Saudi oil and gas company Aramco unveiled a $1.5 billion fund for sustainable investments, part of efforts to burnish the state-owned company’s green credentials ahead of the UN climate conference in Egypt.

ABC News

Climate crisis funds not reaching countries in need

Guardian

IMF, Egypt reach $3 billion, 46-month deal

The International Monetary Fund and Egypt have reached a $3 billion funding deal that will run over 46 months, the IMF’s representative in Egypt said in remarks aired on state TV.

Reuters

Needy Zimbabweans sand poach in cemetery

For years, illegal sand mining has been a growing cancer in Zimbabwe. As places with sand dwindle, sand poachers have resorted to digging in a cemetery.

AfricaNews

ENVIRONMENT

UN: planet heading for ‘climate catastrophe’

The planet is heading for “climate catastrophe," the UN has warned as a report showed how far off track nations are on cutting global warming pollution.

Al Jazeera

Recycling plastic practically impossible, problem getting worse

NPR

Over logging threatens key forest in Angola

The Mayombe forest, which stretches across four southwestern African countries, is at risk of being over logged.

AfricaNews

African project to emit vast amounts of carbon

An oil pipeline under construction in east Africa will produce vast amounts of carbon dioxide, according to new analysis, resulting in 379m tons of climate-heating pollution.

Guardian

Photo of the Day

After fleeing from violence in Sudan’s Blue Nile State, refugees wait for water at a camp in South Sudan. Blue Nile has seen land disputes boil over into communal violence for more than a decade. (Photo by Robert Stansfield/Department for International Development) Photo used under CC BY

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