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A baby’s arm is measured for malnutrition in South Sudan, where the risk of famine has never been higher, the UN says. (Photo by EC/ECHO/Martin Karimi) Photo used under CC BY

Starvation used as tactic in South Sudan civil war

Starvation tactics are being used as a weapon of war by South Sudan government forces against their own citizens, an investigation has found, driving civilians out of their homes and exacerbating Africa’s largest refugee crisis.

Guardian

South Sudan officials oversee gang rapes, beheadings

Reuters

Water levels in Zimbabwe dam too low for power

The electricity shortages that have been plaguing Zimbabwe are set to worsen after water levels in the country’s biggest dam have become too low to continue power generation activities, authorities said.

AfricaNews

Zimbabwe workers exposed to mercury in illegal gold mining operations

YouTube

Women activists resolute in Taliban-run Afghanistan

The Taliban promised women’s rights and free speech when they stormed to power, but Afghanistan’s new rulers have reneged on their promises. Now female activists, despite threats to their safety, are secretly building support networks for marginalized women.

Al Jazeera

Afghan activist recounts torture in Taliban prison

Deutsche Welle

Kidnappings, looting cited in Tigray after truce

Allies of Ethiopia’s federal military are looting property and carrying out mass detentions in Tigray, eyewitnesses said, raising concern about alleged atrocities more than three weeks after the warring parties signed a truce.

Associated Press

Cybercrime surging across sub-Sahara Africa

Police fear cybergangs are expanding across sub-Saharan Africa, exploiting new opportunities as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and the global economic crisis.

Guardian

Japanese filmmaker: Myanmar detention ‘hell’

A Japanese filmmaker jailed for nearly four months in Myanmar described some of his detention there as “hell” and called on Tokyo to take a tougher stance against human rights abuses in the military-controlled country.

Reuters

HUMAN RIGHTS

NGO: At least 488 killed in Iran protests

Iranian security forces have killed at least 488 people in a crackdown on protests, the Iranian Human Rights group said. More than half have been killed in areas with high Kurdish and Baloch populations.

Deutsche Welle

Strikes and protests expand to more cities

YouTube

Cambodians face uncertainty after evictions

Nearly 10,000 people across Angkor archaeological park are being evicted by the Cambodian government, which says it is necessary to preserve the famous park.

Guardian

African females want equal trade opportunities

When the African Continental Free Trade Area was launched, many female entrepreneurs hoped that the world’s largest free-trade area would boost their businesses and reduce endemic poverty.

Deutsche Welle

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY

Rohingya ID card system denies citizenship

Myanmar’s identity card system has been used as a surveillance tool against the persecuted minority, human rights groups say.

Context

Unknown aircraft targets Wagner base in Africa

Authorities in Central African Republic have opened an investigation after a low-flying fighter jet dropped explosives near a base for Russian mercenaries working with the military.

Associated Press

Zambian who died in Ukraine fighting with Wagner

Reuters

Taliban ends ceasefire with government

The armed group Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, also known as the Pakistani Taliban, has announced the end of an indefinite ceasefire agreed with the government in June.

Al Jazeera

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

India PM: Digital currencies used to fund terror

Digital currencies need more regulation to stamp out funding for terror operations, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi said at a major international forum to combat the financing of extremist groups.

i24 News

Could centuries-old wheat help feed the planet?

That‘s one of the hopes of scientists combing through 12,000 specimens of wheat and its relatives held in the Natural History Museum.

BBC

NASA’s Orion capsule breaks distance record

The U.S. space agency’s Orion capsule has reached a key milestone on its demonstration mission around the Moon.

BBC

GLOBAL HEALTH

Air pollution linked to 1M yearly stillbirths

The research estimated that almost half of stillbirths could be linked to exposure to pollution particles smaller than 2.5 microns, mostly from the burning of fossil fuels.

Guardian

Israeli company at the edge of curing diabetes

In Israel, a breakthrough diabetes treatment—although still in its pre-clinical phase—looks promising. A professor says he is working on a cure using human cells that act exactly like the original human pancreas.

i24 News

Pakistan women face worsening health crisis

Hundreds of thousands of women are still struggling with reproductive issues and spiraling mental health concern.

Al Jazeera

COVID lockdown protests continue in China

Protesters have taken to the streets across China following a deadly fire in a locked down block of flats. They are demanding an end to COVID lockdowns - and some have made rare calls for President Xi Jinping to stand down.

BBC

China’s COVID protesters battle censors to air online dissent

Al Jazeera

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GOOD NEWS

Senegal celebrates culture during festival

The third edition of the Dakar carnival ended after three days of hundreds of dancers, instrumentalists and artists parading through the streets of Senegal’s capital to showcase the best of their culture.

AfricaNews

Indian women rally to protect endangered stork

The Hargila Army is a group of women led by a wildlife biologist who aim to make an impact on their local communities and environments. They connect their communities with their surrounding ecosystems.

Euronews

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

Kenya soccer league targets deviant youth

Kibera is a poor neighborhood on the outskirts of Kenya’s capital. Here, a community soccer league is making a difference, mentoring young people in the community.

AfricaNews

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Inflation, debt pressure Ghana’s economy

Ghana is experiencing a deep economic crisis, with a rampant inflation that has reached almost 40%. The president admitted that Ghana is in crisis and blamed COVID and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

AfricaNews

EU eyes private sector support in Afghanistan

The European Commission wants to expand the kind of funding it can provide in Afghanistan, telling European Union states that “aid is not enough, Afghan people want income and jobs to improve.”

Devex

Nigeria’s slum lords evict poorest as rents soar

Rent inflation is causing pain in a nation where most people spend over half their income on housing, especially in Abuja.

Context

Calm grips Ukraine as West prepares aid

NATO allies made plans to boost provisions of blankets, generators and other basic necessities to ensure Ukraine’s 43 million people can maintain their resolve in the 10th month of fighting against Russia’s invasion.

Associated Press

ENVIRONMENT

In Mongolia, climate crisis threatens herding

One-third of Mongolia’s three million citizens continue nomadic traditions, but as the climate becomes more extreme, both droughts and worsening winter storms are disrupting ancient traditions across Mongolia’s steppe.

Al Jazeera

Panama confronts illegal trafficking of animals

This month, Panama hosted the World Wildlife Conference, where participants voted to tighten restrictions on the international trade in animals and plants.

Associated Press

Hunger stones auguring drought in Europe

As water levels dropped across Europe this year, ancient river stones once again emerged to tell their centuries-old tales of despair.

Al Jazeera

Photo of the Day

Two boys play soccer in Kibera, Kenya. “A lot of people are being killed in our society and football was the only uniting factor which could unite us as one family,” the founder of a community league said. (Photo by Aaron Williamson) Photo used under CC BY

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