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A Sierra Leonean woman and her child follow a UK serviceman carrying food to their village. A global relief fund of a record $51.5B will be needed to assist 339 million people worldwide because of 2022’s ‘extreme events,’ according to the UN. (Photo by Cpl Jamie Peters RLC) Photo used under CC BY

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One in 23 people to require humanitarian relief in 2023

The number of people who will be in need of humanitarian relief in 2023 has increased by almost a quarter in the past year, as the climate crisis, the war in Ukraine and the largest global food crisis in modern history pushes millions to the brink, the UN warned.

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Guardian

Activist, hospital provide care for FGM victims

Over 200 million girls and women have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM) in 30 countries, the UN says; an activist has established safe houses for girls, and a Kenyan hospital provides reconstructive surgery.

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France 24

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Surgery returns ‘womanhood’ to Kenya FGM survivors

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In Ghana prayer camps, mental illness shackled

Ghana must take “immediate steps” to end the shackling and inhumane treatment of people with real or perceived mental health conditions, Human Rights Watch has said, a practice that continues despite legislation.

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Al Jazeera

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Africa‘s physically challenged remain ‘invisible’

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Afghan winter under Taliban ‘death of the poor’

There is a saying in Afghanistan: “winter is the death of the poor.” There is no escaping the truth in the adage this year, as a majority of Afghan households are struggling to meet the basic necessities of life under Taliban rule.

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CBS News

Egypt mothers misled into Caesarean sections

C-section rates are significantly higher in Egypt than other parts of the world, with some doctors accused of deliberately steering expectant mothers to choose it for their own convenience and as a way of making money.

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BBC

Eritrean forces still killing Tigray civilians

Eritrean troops have continued killing dozens of civilians in Ethiopia’s Tigray region weeks after the two main warring parties signed a peace deal, according to an official document.

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Associated Press

HUMAN RIGHTS

Protesters claim sexual abuse in Iranian prisons

Women in Iran detained for protesting against the ruling regime are suffering sexual violence carried out by agents of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ intelligence agency, according to reports.

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Newsweek

Women in China demand trains sell tampons

For many people in China, it is still considered taboo to openly discuss menstruation or to take out sanitary pads in public. A group wants to bring the subject out into the open and fight against the stigma surrounding it.

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NPR

Colombia police harassed, tortured protestors

Colombian police used sexual harassment, torture and forced nudity to target women and LGBTIQ+ people as they cracked down on a nationwide wave of protests in 2021, a report by Amnesty International has found.

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Guardian

Somalia’s people endure deadly refugee camps

Drought, hunger, conflict and rampant inflation have pushed about 130,000 people into camps around Galkayo in central Somalia. Many arrive with children suffering acute malnutrition only to face a new set of dangers

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Guardian

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY

US warns Turkey against new operation in Syria

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin expressed the Pentagon’s “strong opposition” to Ankara’s military operation in Syria in a phone call with his Turkish counterpart.

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i24 News

Congolese youth join the army to fight rebels

The escalating clashes against M23 rebels in eastern DR Congo is motivating young Congolese to join the army. Military training has already begun in the city of Goma.

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Afghan opposition urges legitimizing elections

Only elections can lead Afghanistan out of political crisis, even if they legitimize Taliban rule, an Afghan anti-Taliban leader told a conference in Tajikistan.

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Reuters

Lebanon vigilantes take security in own hands

Lebanese men are taking security into their own hands, wielding batons and torches as they patrol Beirut’s unlit streets.

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i24 News

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Russian mercenary videos top 1B TikTok views

TikTok is hosting dozens of videos that glorify violence by Russia’s Wagner Group of mercenaries and they have been viewed more than a billion times, according to a new report.

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BBC

Musk’s wireless brain chip to begin human trials

Tech billionaire Elon Musk said he expects a wireless brain chip developed by his company to start human clinical trials in six months.

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i24 News

Kenyan teenager builds military robotic dog

Kenya could be on course to unveil its prototype of a military robotic dog. That is, if they can adopt and advance the idea of a 19-year-old student who has finalized building one using local materials.

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GLOBAL HEALTH

Venezuela indigenous community hit by AIDS

The Warao people are Venezuela’s second-largest indigenous group and live in the low-lying grasslands of the Orinoco Delta, in the east of the country. They have been hit particularly hard by an outbreak of HIV/AIDS.

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France 24

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Middle East lags behind in fighting HIV

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BBC

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GOOD NEWS

Ivorian festival promoting peace, tourism

Boyé Gôh, the first edition of a cultural festival in Guiglo, Ivory Coast, celebrates the culture of Wés, a people living across the western Ivory Coast and neighboring Liberia.

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AfricaNews

‘Green Bonds’ offer debt-ridden countries path

“Debt-for-nature” swaps could see debt-ridden countries being offered a path to solvency, but there’s a catch: They have to use the money for environmental protection.

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Euronews

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

Crypto donations support exiled journalists

Following the invasion of Ukraine, authorities in Russia have clamped down on independent media; at least 150 journalists have left Russia since the start of the conflict.

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Devex

Donors want accountability in UNOPS scandal

The United States and other wealthy donors called for further investigation into allegations of fraud and mismanagement in a multimillion-dollar, United Nations-backed investment project.

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Devex

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Finance needed for Africa’s energy transition

Africa’s transition to cleaner fuels and power generation presents investors with opportunities across the value chain, but more direct financing is needed on projects.

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Reuters

Puerto Rico extends contract amid outages

A heavily criticized private company that operates the transmission and distribution of power in Puerto Rico secured a last-minute extension on its contract despite objections.

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Associated Press

ENVIRONMENT

Two dead, dozens missing in Brazil landslide

At least 30 people were missing after a landslide hit a coastal highway in the Brazilian state of Parana. Two people died while rescue teams were able to pull out six people alive from the mud.

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Brazilian landslide engulfs motorway

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Euronews

Ho Chi Minh City’s plastic ‘habit’ leaves waste

In Vietnam’s southern city and commercial hub, there is no official recycling system. Its population of more than 10 million produces about 9,500 tons of rubbish every day.

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Al Jazeera

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EU takes step toward banning plastic waste exports

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Human Rights Watch

Palestinian beekeepers feeling climate change

Unpredictable, extreme weather patterns in the Gaza Strip are threatening the existence of Palestinian beekeepers and their honeybees, which are considered “natural treasures."

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i24 News

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Two men compete in Bökh, a traditional style of wrestling in Mongolia. (Photo by Tyler J. Davis) Photo used under CC BY

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