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A child drinks water in Kenya. According to the WHO, only one in four people globally have access to safe drinking water. (Photo by Aqua Mechanical) Photo used under CC BY

1 in 4 people can’t access safe water for drinking

Only one in four people globally have access to safely managed water, according to the World Health Organization. Safely managed water is most lacking in Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa.

Quartz

10M lack safe water six months after Pakistan floods

Al Jazeera

Ethiopia, Eritrea deny accusations of war crimes

Ethiopia’s government accused the U.S. of unfairly apportioning blame for crimes committed during the two-year Tigrayan conflict, calling the statement “inflammatory.”

France 24

US says all sides committed war crimes in Ethiopia

Al Jazeera

UN: Somalia drought may have killed 43K last year

Around 43,000 people may have died in Somalia last year after several failed rainy seasons, a new report from the Somali government and UN suggests.

BBC

Uganda passes harsh new anti-LGBTQ bill

Ugandan lawmakers passed a bill prescribing jail terms of up to 10 years for offenses related to same-sex relations, responding to popular sentiment but piling more pressure on the East African country’s LGBTQ community.

Associated Press

East Africa’s LGBTQ community under siege

Deutsche Welle

UN calls for intervention in Haiti amid violence

The UN has called for the deployment of an international “specialized support force” to impede Haiti’s accelerating tumble into extreme violence.

Guardian

Cyclone Freddy leaves 500 dead in SE Africa

The death toll in southeast Africa due to the long-lasting Tropical Cyclone Freddy has risen to 522, according to authorities in Malawi, Mozambique and Madagascar.

Al Jazeera

HUMAN RIGHTS

Afghanistan schools open without girls

Afghanistan’s schools reopened for the new academic year, but no classes were held as students were unaware of the start and hundreds of thousands of teenage girls remain barred from attending class.

CBS News

Afghan girls turn to Islamic schools after being denied higher education

YouTube

Violence as Palestinians prepare for Ramadan

88 Palestinians, of whom about half were militants and half civilians, and 16 Israelis, of whom 15 were civilians, have been killed since January, according to rights groups.

Guardian

Rwanda’s detention centers ‘life-threatening’

Britain’s closest ally, the US, has criticized Rwanda’s dire human rights record, describing conditions in the country’s detention centers as harsh to life-threatening.

Guardian

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY

Ethiopia removes Tigray group from terror list

Ethiopian lawmakers have removed the Tigray Peoples Liberation Front from the country’s list of designated terror groups months after a peace agreement ended a conflict that killed hundreds of thousands of people.

France 24

400 sentenced in Chad for death of ex-ruler

More than 400 rebels accused of killing Chad’s former president have been sentenced to life in prison. The rebels were convicted of terrorism, using child soldiers and undermining Chad’s integrity and security.

Africa News

S. African protestors call for president to resign

South African police monitored protests by the country’s leftist Economic Freedom Fighters party, which is demanding the resignation of President Cyril Ramaphosa.

PBS NewsHour

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Cambodians charged for insulting king online

Two anti-government activists in Cambodia were charged in court with insulting the king and incitement to commit a felony for comments they made online about Prime Minister Hun Sen and King Norodom Sihamoni.

ABC News

App helps SE Asian LGBTQ+ workers find jobs

A mobile app for job listings for freelance LGBTQ+ workers in Southeast Asia can help tackle workplace discrimination and provide more economic opportunities for the growing number of people in the informal sector.

Context

US retains the biometrics of millions of Iraqis

The U.S. biometric program in Iraq set the stage 20 years ago for a new era of mass collection of biometric data. Human rights groups say it trampled Iraqis’ rights.

Context

GLOBAL HEALTH

Indonesians find relief from cough syrup suit

Parents whose children died or were injured by tainted cough syrup have wept with relief after an Indonesian court allowed a class action lawsuit. “My child’s struggle was not in vain,” said Nur Asiah, whose daughter died last year.

BBC

Guinea’s Ebola orphans ‘abandoned’ by society

It is a decade since the Ebola virus swept across West Africa, leaving more than 11,000 dead. In Guinea, those who were orphaned in the outbreak say they now feel abandoned by society and the government.

Deutsche Welle

China approves home-grown COVID vaccine

China has approved its first home-produced mRNA COVID vaccine. Drug regulators cleared the vaccine, developed by CSPC Pharmaceutical Group, for emergency use.

Yahoo! News

Tanzania announces outbreak of Marburg virus

Tanzania has announced its first outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus disease after five fatalities and three further cases were reported at a hospital in the country’s Kagera region.

Guardian

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GOOD NEWS

New hope for football in the Middle East

The re-establishment of diplomatic relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran in March surprised many around the world. If relations improve, the hope is that football in both countries and the wider region will benefit.

Deutsche Welle

Dealing with Holocaust trauma through music

Poems set to music by 14 Holocaust survivors feature in the album “Silent Tears.” It is the first Yiddish-language album that has topped the European World Music charts.

Deutsche Welle

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

Meet the volunteers evacuating Ukrainians

A group of volunteers is braving artillery barrages to evacuate residents from Bakhmut, in eastern Ukraine. NPR’s Frank Langfitt profiles one of them, a 29-year-old who used to work as a journalist in Poland.

NPR

Japan pledges aid for Ukraine-backing Poland

Japan’s prime minister pledged to provide Poland with development support to help the European country assist neighboring Ukraine as it defends itself from Russia’s invasion.

The Hill

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

IMF: Sri Lanka faces scrutiny for corruption

The International Monetary Fund said it is assessing Sri Lanka’s governance in the first case of an Asian country facing scrutiny for corruption as part of a bailout program.

NBCNews.com

Sri Lanka secures bailout amid economic crisis

BBC

ENVIRONMENT

190M African children victims to water scarcity

An estimated 190 million children in 10 African countries are at the highest risk from inadequate access to clean water and sanitation facilities exposing them to hygiene-related diseases, according to a new analysis.

Associated Press

UN warns of ‘imminent’ global water crisis

Deutsche Welle

World’s water in focus as clean supplies squeezed

Associated Press

UN ‘survival guide’ report a stark warning on climate

France 24

Deadly quake kills 13 in Afghanistan, Pakistan

The death toll from a strong earthquake that struck northeast Afghanistan could rise much higher, authorities warned, after tremors were felt in several major Pakistani cities and as far away as the Indian capital New Delhi.

CNN

Africa may swap debt for climate funding

African countries saddled with debt and ravaged by losses and damages from weather events like cyclones, drought and extreme temperatures have agreed to consider swapping debt to invest in climate action.

Yahoo! News

High hopes of Malawi cannabis farmers dashed

Malawian farmer Ethel Chilembwe has paid out hundreds of dollars, cleared six hectares of land and got ready for the training, but after two years of waiting she has not cultivated a single cannabis plant.

BBC

Deadly earthquake in Ecuador brings fear, grief

Ecuador is particularly vulnerable to earthquakes. The quake killed at least 15 people and injured more than 445 others.

NBCNews.com

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Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) at the Nifasha Camp in North Darfur, have access to water only two hours in the morning, not enough time for all to be fully provided. A woman leaves a water access point with empty jerry cans just after the enforced closing time. (Photo by UN Photo/Albert González Farran) Photo used under CC BY

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