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A patient has blood drawn for an HIV test in Tanzania. There were an estimated 38.4 million people worldwide living with HIV at the end of 2021, two-thirds of whom are in the WHO African Region, according to the World Health Organization. (Photo by Riaz Jahanpour for USAID Tanzania / Digital Development Communications) Photo used under CC BY

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Needle exchange program used in Nigeria to fight HIV

The Nigerian government approved its first needle exchange program in three states in 2020, as about 1.9 million people in Nigeria are HIV positive, with rates among injectable drug users more than double the national average, according to the Drug Use in Nigeria Survey.

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Guardian

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Overpopulation hitting the poorest in Nigeria’s cities

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YouTube

Tunisia opposition leader banned from traveling

The leader of a Tunisian opposition party and prominent critic of President Kais Saied announced that he has been barred from leaving the country without any prior notice.

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AfricaNews

Donors must act to save East Africa from famine

Donors need to provide cash now and not wait for famine to be declared in East Africa, where tens of millions of people are starving, the head of the International Rescue Committee said; half of all deaths in Somalia’s last famine in 2011 occurred before famine was declared.

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Reuters

Mideast’s Fertile Crescent dries up as rains fail

As world leaders meet in Egypt for a climate summit, many across Iraq, as well as the broader Middle East, are facing a crisis that could fuel more regional turmoil as communities fight over water resources.

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Al Jazeera

Four more ‘rioters’ sentenced to death in Iran

Another four people have been sentenced to death in connection with the anti-government protests in Iran, bringing the total to five.

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BBC

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Iranian police open fire at Tehran metro station, beat women on train

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Guardian

First aid trucks arrive in Tigray after peace deal

A medical aid convoy arrived in the capital of Ethiopia’s Tigray region, the Red Cross said, the first since a peace deal between the federal government and Tigrayan rebels.

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France24

HUMAN RIGHTS

Syria amnesties freed less than 6% of detainees

Prisoner amnesties decreed by the Syrian leader, Bashar al-Assad, during the country’s 10-year war have freed less than 6% of detainees, with an estimated 136,000 people remaining in state prisons.

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Turkey vows 100K houses for Syrians displaced by war

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i24 News

UN office urges Iran to free detained protesters

The UN human rights office is calling on Iran’s government to immediately release thousands of people who have been detained for participating in peaceful protests.

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Associated Press

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY

Russian missiles cross to Poland during strike

A Russian missile barrage on the Ukrainian power grid sent the war spilling over into neighboring countries, hitting NATO member Poland and cutting electricity to Moldova.

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Associated Press

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UN calls for Russia to pay reparations

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Al Jazeera

Haiti’s PM sacks top officials as tensions rise

Haiti’s acting prime minister has sacked the country’s justice and interior ministers, along with its government commissioner, in a new round of political upheaval that comes under the shadow of international sanctions.

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Al Jazeera

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Nigeria’s TikTokers lashed for defamation

A Nigerian court has convicted two men over a comedy skit on the social media platform TikTok, which the court deemed defamatory.

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GLOBAL HEALTH

Climate change-induced hunger is killing kids

Almost half of the 16 million people who live in Somalia are facing extreme hunger. More than a third of the nation’s 5 million children under the age of five are acutely malnourished.

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CBS News

Food insecurity increases HIV risk for Africans

Many women and girls living with food insecurity in sub-Saharan Africa face a dilemma. Severe food insecurity approximately doubles the risk of contracting HIV among women in six countries in the region.

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NPR

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GOOD NEWS

Cameroon celebrates the legacy of cotton

In Cameroon, fashion week has kicked off in the capital with a parade dedicated to the celebration of cotton. Models opened the way to an impressive parade of dancers, performers, clowns and even giant puppets.

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AfricaNews

Tunisia’s floating solar station starts to operate

In Tunisia, the first floating solar station on a lake next to a Tunis industrial park has started to operate. The expectation is that the 200-kilowatt project can be a prototype for bigger projects nationwide.

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AfricaNews

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

NGO supports Indian women’s independence

An NGO trained women in India to become farmers and entrepreneurs, enabling them to become financially independent and rise above the adversity and loss they’d encountered.

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NPR

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Can the world feed 8B people sustainably?

More than enough food is produced to feed all of the 8 billion people currently alive on the planet, yet after a decade of steady decline hunger is back on the rise, affecting 10% of the global population.

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Guardian

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Climate justice gets harder as world population passes 8 billion

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NBCNews.com

UK to cut health aid pledge by almost a third

Charities and MPs have criticized the UK for reducing the amount of money it gives to a major global health fund by almost a third, lambasting it as a “disastrous decision” that will cause preventable deaths and mean “a more dangerous world for us all."

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Guardian

India raises base import price of palm oil, gold

India raised the base import prices of gold, crude and refined palm oil, the government said in a statement, as prices rose.

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Reuters

ENVIRONMENT

Israelis to help Africa adapt to climate change

An Israeli platform for climate technologies launched a program in partnership with the UN and the 11 African nations leading the “Great Green Wall” initiative, which is aimed at restoring almost 250 acres of degraded land.

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i24 News

US, China climate envoys meet at COP27

U.S. climate envoy John Kerry met with his Chinese counterpart at annual United Nations climate negotiations in Egypt in a further hint of improving relations between the world’s top two polluters.

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ABC News

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Activists task giants to fight misinformation

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AfricaNews

Nigeria approves hydropower plant project

Nigeria has approved the construction of a 1,650 megawatt hydropower plant at a cost of $3 billion, making it one of the single biggest power projects in the country, the vice president’s spokesperson said.

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Reuters

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Families flee from fighting between M23 rebels and government forces in eastern DR Congo. (Photo by MONUSCO/Clara Padovan) Photo used under CC BY

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