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Asbestos imports in India a health crisis ‘time bomb’

India’s unmatched scale of exposure to asbestos means that in the coming decades more than 6 million people could have an asbestos-related disease, including more than 600,000 cancer cases, according to research.

Guardian

Climate change forces saffron farmers to try new methods

Deutsche Welle

Tunisian election records just 8.8% turnout

Tunisia has plunged into political uncertainty after it recorded the lowest electoral turnout in recent history, following the president’s suspension of parliament and the subsequent redrawing of the country’s political map.

Guardian

After death of migrants, Gaza’s despair deepens

“A whole generation is lost, suffering, blockade, scarce jobs, bad mental health. That is what pushes them to migrate,” a Gazan father said at his son’s funeral who drowned, along with several others, when their boat sank crossing the Mediterranean.

i24 News

Congolese coping with M23 rebel violence

Communities in eastern Congo are struggling to survive in the wake of massacres in which at least 130 people were killed by M23 rebels.

Associated Press

Fighting cuts supply routes in DR Congo

Reuters

Sudan protesters face tear gas, stun grenades

Sudanese security forces used stun grenades and tear gas to disperse crowds of protesters rallying in the capital on the fourth anniversary of the uprising that toppled former leader Omar al-Bashir, a reporter said.

Reuters

Ghana suspends part of foreign debt payment

Ghana has temporarily suspended the payment of part of its external debt as it seeks to restructure it after reaching an agreement with the International Monetary Fund.

AfricaNews

HUMAN RIGHTS

Taliban official: 20 men lashed in Afghanistan

Twenty people were lashed in public in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan as punishment for alleged adultery, theft, and other crimes.

ABC News

Deadly 2012 Afghanistan raid never investigated

i24 News

Civilians wounded as fighting erupts at Pakistan-Afghan border

Al Jazeera

Zanzibar men leaving to join extremist groups

Violent extremism remains under the radar in Tanzania, as communities are often hesitant to draw attention to the risk of extremism in their neighborhoods, a security expert said.

Guardian

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY

El Salvador extends gang crackdown yet again

The congress of El Salvador has voted to extend President Bukele’s emergency powers to crack down on gangs for another month.

ABC News

Peru declares nationwide state of emergency

Peru has declared a nationwide state of emergency amid a week of protest and political upheaval following the removal and arrest of former President Pedro Castillo.

Al Jazeera

Iran ousted from UN women’s body for policies

Iran was ousted from a United Nations women‘s group for policies contrary to the rights of women and girls, a move proposed by the U.S. after Tehran’s crackdown on protests.

i24 News

As Tigray calms, Ethiopia sees growing conflict

As one deadly conflict in Ethiopia begins to calm, another is growing, challenging a government that’s eager to persuade the international community to lift sanctions and revive the economy.

Associated Press

Ethiopians file lawsuit against Meta over hate speech in war

Associated Press

African leaders gather in US to reboot relations

Dozens of African leaders have assembled in Washington for a summit aimed at rebooting U.S. relations on the continent, which have languished in recent years.

Guardian

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Twitter bots surfaced during Chinese protests

As anti-COVID lockdown protests broke out across cities in China and photos and videos were shared over social media, researchers noticed something odd on Twitter.

NPR

Microsoft seeks to bring internet to Africans

Microsoft announced plans to bring internet access via satellite to 10 million people, half of them in Africa, as part of efforts to bridge a digital divide with the developing world.

i24 News

GLOBAL HEALTH

Ebola vax produced lasting antibodies in trial

Ebola vaccines developed by Johnson & Johnson and Merck & Co produced virus-fighting antibodies and appear to be safe in children and adults, according to data from two studies conducted in West Africa.

Al Jazeera

Irregularities in management of Senegal’s funds

Senegal’s anti-COVID funds have been subject to “mismanagement and criminal offenses” according to a report by the Court of Auditors.

AfricaNews

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GOOD NEWS

HSBC to end funding for new oil, gas fields

HSBC has announced it will stop financing new oil and gas fields, as part of its efforts to drive down global greenhouse gas emissions.

BBC

S. African manufactures off-road wheelchairs

Ernest Mongezi Majenge is known as the wheelchair doctor. He refurbishes old wheelchairs and turns them into stair friendly, off-road transportation.

AfricaNews

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

Bezos Earth reveals $110M grants for climate

The Bezos Earth Fund has committed $110 million in grant funding to organizations developing climate research and working to restore deforested and degraded land within the African continent and in the United States.

Devex

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Nigerian inflation rate climbs for 10th month

Annual inflation in Nigeria climbed to 21.47% in November from October’s rate of 21.09%, accelerating for the 10th straight month as food prices surged, the statistics bureau said.

Reuters

Kenya GMO push sows trouble for food sector

With more than 4 million people in Kenya facing acute food shortages, the country lifted a decade-old ban on cultivation and imports of genetically modified maize.

Reuters

ENVIRONMENT

Floods devastate DRC, causing landslides

Hit by heavy rains, the Democratic Republic of Congo’s capital, Kinshasa, is facing the worst floods in years. At least 100 people have been reported dead, according to state television.

Deutsche Welle

Endangered tortoises sent to Senegal for aid

Forty-six young tortoises have discovered the soil of their ancestors in Senegal, where they will have to forget their years in captivity and learn about life in the wild in order to save the threatened species.

AfricaNews

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A Kenyan farmer collects maize stalks to use as fodder for his animals. (Photo by EC/ECHO/Daniel Dickinson) Photo used under CC BY

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