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Children sit and wait in the sun for food at a humanitarian relief site in Somalia. Desperation has prompted thousands of people to flee their homes in the south of the country. (Photo by Fabrico Hernandez Sanz) Photo used under CC BY

500K children in Somalia to die from drought, war

Somalia is facing poverty and hunger on an unprecedented scale. Crippling drought and a 20-year insurgency by al Qaeda-linked militants are the two main factors driving the crisis. More than 500,000 kids could die by summer unless urgent action is taken, UNICEF says.

CBS News

Somalia captures key port town from al-Shabab

Al Jazeera

Former female Afghan MP shot dead in capital

A former Afghan MP and her bodyguard have been shot dead by unknown assailants at her home in the capital, Kabul, police have said.

Guardian

Afghan Taliban buying blue checks on Twitter

BBC

Kashmir women trafficked as brides against their will

Over 1,700 cases of human trafficking were recorded in India in 2020, according to India’s National Crime Records Bureau, including adults and children trafficked into marriage, but this is just the tip of the iceberg, experts say, as “trafficking is gravely underreported.”

Al Jazeera

Mozambique fights against child marriage

Deutsche Welle

Tanzania’s Maasai speak on ‘forced’ removals

Maasai communities in northern Tanzania say the government is cutting off their access to water, healthcare and education in an effort to remove them from ancestral lands and expand lucrative game reserves.

Guardian

India’s richest own 40% of country’s wealth

The richest 1% in India own more than 40% of the country’s total wealth, while the bottom half of the population together share just 3% of all wealth, according to a new report.

The Independent

Global firms fueling Myanmar’s killer weapons

Myanmar’s military is producing a vast range of weapons to use against its own people thanks to supplies from companies in at least 13 countries, former top UN officials say.

BBC

HUMAN RIGHTS

UN in Afghanistan about Taliban crackdown

The highest-ranking woman in the United Nations arrived in Kabul at the head of a delegation promoting the rights of women and girls, a response to the recent crackdown by Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers.

ABC News

HRW accuses police unit of Rohingya abuse

An elite Bangladesh police unit is engaged in the “rampant” extortion, harassment and wrongful arrests of the Rohingya refugees it has been tasked with protecting, Human Rights Watch alleges.

Al Jazeera

UN decries ‘alarming’ rise in Rohingya deaths at sea in 2022

VOA

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY

Over 80K Israelis protest Supreme Court reform

More than 80,000 Israeli protesters have rallied in Tel Aviv against plans by the new right-wing coalition government to overhaul the judiciary.

BBC

Peru extends state of emergency over protests

Peru’s government has declared a state of emergency in the capital, Lima, and three other regions following protests which have killed at least 42 in recent weeks.

CNN

Hundreds of Tunisians protest economic crisis

Hundreds of Tunisians marched after opponents of President Kais Saied called for protests over a worsening economic crisis.

France 24

Young Nigerians flocking to get voting cards

Braving stressful waits, red tape and repeated visits, Nigerians are rushing to pick up their voting cards for the presidential election.

Al Jazeera

Nigeria voters face registration challenges

Deutsche Welle

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

TikTok in talks with Jordan to lift last year’s ban

TikTok announced that talks were underway with Jordanian authorities to lift a ban that was imposed on the social media platform at the end of last year after accusations of videos that “incite murder and chaos.”

i24 News

Giant sunspot visible with naked eye from Earth

One of the sunspots facing the Earth is now so large that it can be seen with the naked eye—with proper viewing protection, of course.

Newsweek

GLOBAL HEALTH

Study: Social isolation increases dementia risk

Socially isolated older adults have a 27% higher chance of developing dementia than older adults who aren’t, a new study by Johns Hopkins researchers found.

NPR

Parasite-borne disease deadly in Latin America

Six to seven million people around the world who are infected with the parasite that causes the life-threatening disease, Chagas. About 12,000 people die from Chagas every year.

Guardian

Pakistan launches first anti-polio drive of 2023

Pakistan launched its first anti-polio campaign of the year, targeting 44.2 million children under the age of 5.

Associated Press

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GOOD NEWS

Nigeria’s female bouncers shatter stereotypes

The all-female Nigerian bouncers’ team is honing skills and shattering stereotypes in a male-dominated industry.

Al Jazeera

Lab-grown options to cut palm oil dependence

A high demand in palm oil has led to significant deforestation in areas where oil palm trees grow - low-lying, hot, wet areas near the equator. Two biotech firms have developed lab-grown alternatives.

BBC

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

Israeli doctors to help children with eye cancer

Israeli doctors in Nigeria said they are expecting to help many children with eye cancer using pinpointed chemotherapy.

i24 News

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Ghana extends debt exchange deadline again

Ghana has extended the deadline of the debt exchange program for the third time, the finance minister said.

AfricaNews

South Africans say no price hike amid crisis

South Africa’s energy crisis could land the government in court, as opposition groups and trade unions threaten to sue over a decade of crippling blackouts.

France 24

2/3 of economists expect global recession

Two-thirds of chief economists surveyed by the World Economic Forum predict a global recession in 2023, the Davos organizer said.

i24 News

WFP chief: Somali famine slowed, not avoided

The head of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning World Food Program says support from donors like the United States and Germany have allowed it to postpone — though not entirely avert — famine in Somalia.

Associated Press

The world’s response to hunger crisis in East Africa is inadequate, say aid workers

NPR

ENVIRONMENT

African activists doubt climate talks’ credibility

Climate activists in Africa are expressing anger toward the UN climate agency, accusing it of allowing corporations with dubious climate credentials to greenwash their polluting activities by participating in its conference.

Associated Press

More climate-hit Kenyans count on fish farms

A Kenya county is helping farmers build fish ponds in a bid to even out water availability and diversify incomes.

Context

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Two farmers from an indigenous community in Mexico toil in a dying field as unpredictable weather patterns and higher temperatures makes it harder to grow food. (Photo by Ainhoa Goma/Oxfam) Photo used under CC BY

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