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Ethiopians wait to receive food aid at a transit camp. (Photo by Cate Turton/Department for International Development) Photo used under CC BY

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Officials, soldiers stole food aid in Ethiopia

Regional and federal government officials as well as Eritrean soldiers were involved in the theft of food aid in northern Ethiopia’s Tigray region, the head of an investigation by the Tigrayan authorities said.

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Reuters

West Darfur state governor abducted and killed

A regional governor in Sudan has been killed after publicly blaming the deaths of civilians on the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, as the brutal war between the group and the Sudanese army entered its third month.

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Al Jazeera

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Sudan slips into crisis with critical shortages

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Africa News

9 more killed in NE India as ethnic violence grows

At least nine people have been killed in the latest clashes between members of rival ethnic groups in India’s northeastern state of Manipur, police said, as security forces pressed on with a hunt for illegal weapons.

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NBCNews.com

Hope dims in search for migrant boat survivors

Nine survivors from a migrant boat that sank were arrested on suspicion of smuggling as hope faded for hundreds of missing passengers and attention turned to Greece’s failure to act before the ship capsized.

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Associated Press

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A look at migration trends behind the latest shipwreck off Greece

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Associated Press

UN may hand over Afghan projects to Taliban

The UN children’s agency said it was holding discussions with Afghanistan’s Taliban over “timelines and practicalities” for a possible required handover of its education programs.

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Reuters

COVID orphans still experiencing grief, poverty

The global health emergency is over but the crisis has left behind millions of orphaned children, many in urgent need of help.

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Context

HUMAN RIGHTS

Kids cross border alone to flee Sudan fighting

Hundreds of unaccompanied children have crossed the border from Sudan into Chad in recent weeks as fighting separates families and forces minors to make the arduous journey to safety without their parents.

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Guardian

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Gunfire, air strikes rock Khartoum as clashes intensify

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France 24

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The children growing up in urban war

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Al Jazeera

Migrants kidnapped for ransom on Iran border

Afghans fleeing the Taliban are being kidnapped and tortured by gangs as they try to cross the border between Iran and Turkey. The gangs then send videos of the abuse to their families, demanding a ransom for their release.

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BBC

DRC asks ICC to probe war crimes allegations

The International Criminal Court (ICC) said that it will examine war crimes allegations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo after the government made a request to the tribunal.

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GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY

UN: Venezuelan asylum seekers tripled in 2022

Venezuelans seeking asylum nearly tripled in 2022, according to the United Nations refugee agency, which found that more than two in five new asylum applicants globally last year came from Latin America and the Caribbean.

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Reuters

Lebanon fails second attempt to elect president

Lebanese lawmakers failed in yet another attempt to elect a president and break a seven-month power vacuum that has roiled the tiny Mediterranean country.

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Associated Press

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Scientists create first synthetic human ’embryo’

Research says embryo-like structures will lack organs such as a beating heart or a brain, but include cells that would typically go on to form the placenta, yolk sac and the embryo itself.

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Al Jazeera

Archaeologists in Peru find 3K year-old mummy

Peruvian archaeologists have discovered an approximately 3,000-year-old mummy in Lima, the latest discovery in the Andean nation dating to pre-Hispanic times.

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Reuters

GLOBAL HEALTH

Children in Peru fall victim to dengue outbreak

Battered by heavy rains and flooding in recent months, Piura has seen more than 40,000 cases and 69 deaths this year, at least a dozen of them children, in the city of around half a million, according to the local health authority.

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Guardian

Why does India have so few organ donors?

India has one of the world’s lowest rates of organ donation and lags far behind the rest of the globe. Experts believe that significant changes are needed to increase the donor rate in the South Asian nation.

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GOOD NEWS

The women saving Mexico City’s bee colonies

Over the past five years, the group has traveled across Mexico City, saving bee colonies from trees, street gutters and lamp posts. They have relocated around 510 hives, with an average size of about 80,000 bees.

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Associated Press

Ivory Coast turtle poacher turned protector

It’s nighttime at the Roc Dougbalé beach in Ivory Coast and Hie Amiral Picard is on turtle guard. Like many locals, he used to catch turtles for meat and eggs. But now, he is trying to conserve this endangered species.

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Al Jazeera

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

Donor nations commit $10.3B in aid for Syrians

International donors said they would commit $10.3 billion in aid for millions of Syrians battered by war, poverty, and hunger, both at home and as refugees abroad.

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Associated Press

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Ghana economy showing signs of stabilization

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said that Ghana’s economy is showing signs of stabilization, with softening inflation, an increase in international reserves and a less volatile exchange rate.

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Reuters

Israel’s judicial reform risks harming economy

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) praised Israel‘s “remarkable economic performance” in 2022, but warned the government’s proposed judicial reforms may harm the economy.

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i24 News

ENVIRONMENT

Human trafficking surges in cyclone-hit India

Recurrent climate disasters in east India have left people poorer than ever. And into that vacuum of vulnerability, human traffickers have come in droves, luring people with promises of jobs and marriages.

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Guardian

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Cyclone Biparjoy makes landfall in South Asia

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CBS News

Locusts destroy Afghan crops amid food crisis

Hundreds of thousands of locusts have descended on crops in northern Afghanistan under the helpless gaze of farmers and their families already stalked by food shortages.

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Al Jazeera

Water woes clear out villages in hilly Nepal

Climate migration is rising among many communities in Nepal as worsening droughts and erratic rainfall cause water shortages.

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Residents of the Sunderbans use diminishing underground resources to meet some of their drinking water needs, and harvest rainwater in shallow ponds for all other purposes, including household tasks and rearing fish. (Photo by Joel Bassuk/Oxfam) Photo used under CC BY

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