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A protester in London holds a sign to remind people of the shocking repression of the LGBTQ community in Uganda. (Photo by Alisdare Hickson) Photo used under CC BY

LGBTQ Ugandans fearful after anti-gay bill passes

There has always been hostility towards sexual minorities in East Africa, a deeply conservative region, but things have worsened after Uganda’s parliament passed one of the world’s strictest anti-homosexuality legislations.

Al Jazeera

LGBTQ Ugandans desperate to find safety from anti-gay law

i24 News

Egypt’s LGBTQ community battles crackdown

Deutsche Welle

Iran top court has no mercy for unveiled women

Iran’s judiciary chief has threatened to prosecute women who appear in public unveiled “without mercy," Iranian media reported.

Guardian

Palestinian youth despair; prospects dim amid crises

Young Palestinians in both Gaza and the West Bank are faced with an especially difficult situation, a Palestinian human rights lawyer said, as many feel desperate as they endure economic crisis and political paralysis.

France 24

Afghan Taliban close women-run radio station

A women-run radio station in Afghanistan has been shut down for playing music during the holy month of Ramadan, a Taliban official said.

Associated Press

Drought forces Tunisia to ration water supplies

Tunisia will cut off water supplies to citizens for seven hours a night in response to the country’s worst drought on record, the state water distribution company said.

Reuters

Migrants desperate to flee Tunisia as president brands them threat to national identity

YouTube

Ethiopia’s inflation squeezing family budgets

Annual inflation is running at more than 30% in Ethiopia, according to official statistics; food shortages have caused soaring prices, dealing another blow to low-income families.

Context

HUMAN RIGHTS

UN demands disarmament of DR Congo militias

Weeks after a UN Security Council delegation visited DR Congo, it has released a statement calling on rebel groups to disband. The country’s eastern region is rife with militias with conflicting goals and interests.

Deutsche Welle

Ugandan troops join regional force in DR Congo as rebel fighters ignore retreat deadline

France 24

India’s first trans parents a symbol of hope

A couple in Kerala, Ziya and Zahad, have given the transgender community new hope. In order to give birth to a child, Zahad had temporarily stopped his transition and became pregnant. Now the couple have a child.

Deutsche Welle

On Transgender Day of Visibility, a call to fight rise of anti-trans legislation

CBS News

Brazil may sue VW amid ‘slave labor’ claims

Brazil is threatening to take the German carmaker Volkswagen to court over allegations that it used slave labour on a vast ranch in the Amazon, after talks on compensating workers ended without agreement.

Guardian

Young Iraqis reflect on a life that began with war

While their recollections of the early period of the invasion are limited, the first memories of many young Iraqis include new homes, missing relatives, car bombs, confusion, and fear.

Al Jazeera

Senate votes to repeal decades-old measures that authorized Iraq, Gulf wars

ABC News

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY

Egypt turns Sinai schools into military bases

The UK-based Sinai Foundation for Human Rights (SFHR) accused the Egyptian armed forces of compromising the right to education of children during its campaign against militants in north Sinai.

Guardian

Anti-government protests in Kenya hit 2nd week

Thousands of anti-government protesters marched on the streets of Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, despite the government’s declaration that the protests are illegal.

Associated Press

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Corporate giants oppose Uganda anti-gay bill

A business group including corporate giants such as Google says it opposes Uganda’s anti-LGBTQ legislation, calling it “a concern for global businesses and investors operating or planning to invest” in the East African country.

Africa News

Plants make sounds imperceptible to humans

Plants make popping sounds that are undetectable to the human ear, according to recordings made in a new study — and they make more sounds when thirsty or under other kinds of stress.

CNN

Government tech stymies S. African refugees

Experts say that government technology has arbitrarily rejected pleas for help, slowing aid to eligible South African refugees and millions of local welfare recipients.

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GLOBAL HEALTH

Ghana medicine, vaccine shortage hits children

As Ghana faces economic meltdown, public hospitals struggle to provide basic healthcare amid a massive shortage of medicines and vaccines. For months, routine vaccinations of children have been stopped.

Deutsche Welle

Uganda’s gay bill will criminalize HIV programs

A new anti-gay bill in Uganda, labeled as “among the worst in the world” by the United Nations would “devastate” the HIV response in the east African country, activists warn.

Devex

WHO: Too few new drugs for deadly superbugs

Health officials are sounding increasingly urgent alarms about the need for powerful new drugs to treat increasingly resistant infections.

NBCNews.com

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GOOD NEWS

UK charity to create ‘nature recovery sites’

The charity says its first site, Heal Somerset, will help tackle the nature and climate crises while creating jobs and working with local businesses. The reserve will serve as a blueprint for its wider plans.

Positive News

Komodo dragons hatch at Spanish zoo

Five Komodo dragon hatchlings have been born at zoo in Spain, the first successful breeding of the endangered species in the country for a decade.

Reuters

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

UN: Billions needed to avert unrest, starvation

Without billions of dollars more to feed millions of hungry people, the world will see mass migration, destabilized countries, and starving children and adults in the next 12 to 18 months, a UN food chief warned.

Associated Press

Egyptians dig deep to give charity in Ramadan

In a time of dire economic trouble, Egyptians are holding fast to the Ramadan tradition of charity, with both donors and those in need pinning hopes on holiday generosity.

Al Jazeera

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Pakistan distribution center stampede kills 11

At least 11 women and children were killed in a deadly stampede at a Ramadan food and cash distribution center in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi, police said, as the country struggles with surging food prices.

National Post

Acute Food Crisis Leaves Pakistan Starving

YouTube

Qatar Security guards paid 43 cents an hour

Fifa and Qatar claimed the World Cup would transform workers’ rights, but 100 days on from the final, the Guardian has found that for some it has become worse.

Guardian

ENVIRONMENT

UN looks to court on climate in ‘win’ for Vanatu

The U.N., led by the island nation of Vanuatu adopted a historic resolution calling for the U.N.‘s highest court to strengthen countries’ obligations to curb warming and protect communities from climate disaster.

Yahoo! News

Senegal’s gold rush brings hope, despair

A gold rush has dramatically transformed Bantakokouta, town on the borders of Mali and Guinea. Risks facing miners are many, from landslides, cuts and fatal falls to drug abuse to the use of drugs to dull aches and pains.

Al Jazeera

Kenyan turns to crabs to protect mangroves

Mud crabs are a sign of healthy mangroves, but their numbers are decreasing. Restaurant owner Justin Aniere started the first crab hatchery in Africa to reduce overfishing and help conserve mangrove forests.

Deutsche Welle

Thais struggle to breathe amid toxic smog

Thai health authorities reported that in the first nine weeks of the year, more than 1.3 million people had already suffered air pollution-related diseases.

BBC

Photo of the Day

A mother gives her child a bowl of clean water in Charsarda District, in Pakistan‘s northwestern Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province, an area severely affected by monsoon floods. The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is providing safe drinking water to flood victims in accessible areas of the province. (Photo by UN Photo/UNICEF/ZAK) Photo used under CC BY

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