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Afsana Ahmadi Shirinsukhan at the 5th United Nations Conference for LDC5 in Qatar on March 7. (Photo by Arya Rayan) Photo used under CC BY

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Taliban bar Afghan women from serving UN in country

Female Afghan employees of the United Nation have been banned by the ruling Taliban from working in the country, U.N. officials said.

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Associated Press

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Women bear the brunt of Taliban rule

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Troops film teen boy’s killing in Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso’s military has denied responsibility for the killings of young men captured on digital video and circulated on social media.

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Associated Press

Ugandan president decries homosexuality

The Ugandan president has called on African leaders to reject “the promotion of homosexuality,” suggesting he will sign into law a controversial anti-LGBTQ+ bill.

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Guardian

Climate risks African goal of silencing guns

The goal of silencing the guns in Africa this decade is being challenged by climate change, terrorism, coups and the continent’s history, the head of the African Union initiative told the U.N. Security Council.

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Associated Press

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Sudan’s Nile fishermen worry as climate change means fewer fish

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Al Jazeera

Rising salinity causes water struggle in India

Rising seas from climate change are bringing saltwater into the fresh water of places like Chellanam, rendering unusable what had been a vital part of everyday life.

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Associated Press

Mexico asks China to aid amid drug smuggling

President Obrador has written to Xi Jinping amid a spat with the U.S. about the trafficking of fentanyl. The Mexican president has asked China for information on drug shipments.

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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.

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

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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.

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

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CBS News

S. Sudan officials charged of rights violations

A United Nations-backed panel of investigators alleges in a new report that several officials in South Sudan have perpetrated serious human rights violations and should be held accountable for their crimes.

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FOX News

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Impunity driving violence in South Sudan, UN rights commission says

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Women hunt for explosives left from civil war

An increasing number of women in Angola are working to get rid of the scourge of landmines left from the 27-year civil war, which are still claiming victims long after the fighting finished.

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BBC

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY

Malaysia scraps death penalty, spares 1.3K lives

Malaysia‘s parliament has voted to remove the country’s mandatory death penalty, potentially sparing more than 1,300 prisoners on death row. The country has had a moratorium on executions since 2018.

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Kenya opposition leader suspends protests

Kenya opposition leader Raila Odinga suspended biweekly nationwide protests over soaring living costs and the alleged rigging of the 2022 presidential election, to allow for dialogue with the government.

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Al Jazeera

Pakistani government slammed for stampedes

The head of Pakistan’s largest charity slammed the government after at least 23 people died during stampedes to get free food during the holy month of Ramadan.

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Associated Press

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Stampede for Food Aid Kills 11 in Pakistan

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Voice of Africa

Plan to pay fair wages for chocolate withers

More chocolate than ever is eaten globally, but a program launched in 2019 that promised a living wage to growers in top cocoa producers Ivory Coast and Ghana has left many worse off.

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Reuters

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

AI may distort Indigenous culture, experts say

Indigenous experts say that while AI can help preserve and revive their languages, harvesting their data without consent risks abuse, distorting of Indigenous culture, and depriving minorities of their rights.

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How mobile phones have changed our brains

The first handheld cellphone call was made 50 years ago, and since then these devices have become an essential multi-tool that helps us run our lives. But are they also altering the way our brains work?

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BBC

GLOBAL HEALTH

Taliban rounds up drug addicts from the streets

In recent months, the Taliban have been rounding up hundreds of drug users across the capital. Most have been taken to a former US military base, which has been turned into a makeshift rehabilitation center.

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BBC

Mozambique struggles to fight cholera outbreak

Weeks after massive Cyclone Freddy hit Mozambique for a second time, the still-flooded country is facing a spiraling cholera outbreak that threatens to add to the devastation.

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GOOD NEWS

Jordan’s Iraqi refugee women sew up a future

Iraqi refugee women in Jordan are making and selling clothes through a project started by Italian priests and designers. The project provides them with a way to supplement assistance from the United Nations.

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Al Jazeera

Dalit musicians rap to fight caste oppression

New generation of Dalit musicians use song and social media to challenge thousands of years of caste injustice.

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Kshama Sawant on why she pushed for a caste ban in Seattle

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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.

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Associated Press

Harris pledges $100 million in aid to Ghana

Harris announced $100 million in assistance for the region and pledged that the United States would be “strengthening our partnerships across the continent of Africa.”

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NPR

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

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.

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ENVIRONMENT

Should ‘ecocide’ be an international crime?

European lawmakers gave a boost this week to efforts to make ecocide - large-scale environmental destruction - a crime that could be prosecuted by the ICC alongside offenses such as war crimes and genocide.

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Salvaging crop waste destined for the dump

A network of small cooperatives in Maharashtra buys unsold produce directly from farmers to combat the burgeoning problem of agricultural waste.

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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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