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Refugee children from Darfur wait with their family for a food distribution at a camp in Central African Republic. (Photo by Nicolas Rost | UNHCR) Photo used under CC BY

Fears of genocide mount amid atrocities in Darfur

More than 200,000 civilians who fled the civil war in Sudan have taken refuge at a camp in Chad. Most of the refugees living there are from West Darfur; many tell of ethnic violence, and many women and girls also say they were raped by gangs of men with guns.

NBCNews.com

UN investigates genocide amid Sudan civil war

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Sudanese refugees in Chad scramble to survive

NPR

Iraq debates death penalty for homosexuality

A bill has been introduced in Iraq that would see the death penalty for homosexuality. It is an attempt to distract locals from the country’s far bigger political problems, critics say.

Deutsche Welle

Displaced Yemenis suffer hardships as war persists

The war in Yemen has displaced millions of people. As negotiations drag on in Saudi Arabia, the humanitarian situation in Yemen remains dire; only 30 percent of required aid is being provided, according to the UN, as displaced Yeminis live in extreme poverty.

France24

Blind boy helped rebuild his school in Yemen

BBC

Access to water remains difficult for Gabonese

Although Gabon possesses abundant water resources, estimated at 170 billion cubic meters annually, it is sorely deficient in water treatment and distribution infrastructure.

AfricaNews

60K kids migrated across Darién Gap this year

Record numbers of children are migrating across Latin America. More than 60,000 kids have risked their lives to cross the Darién Gap jungle this year, according to a UNICEF report.

Guardian

CAR faces humanitarian crisis; 2.4M need aid

Central African Republic is facing a humanitarian crisis with 2.4 million people in need of assistance, a UN official said.

Associated Press

HUMAN RIGHTS

Brazil rescues 500 held in modern-day slavery

Brazilian authorities rescued 532 workers held in modern-day slavery in August, in the country’s largest joint operation of the kind, labor prosecutors announced. Prosecutors said the cumulative rescues happened last month.

Reuters

Wagner declared a terrorist organization by UK

Wagner is set to be proscribed as a terrorist group by the U.K. - meaning it will be illegal to be a member or support the organization. A draft order will allow its assets to be categorized as terrorist property and seized.

BBC

DRC charges soldiers in killing of 56 protesters

Six soldiers were charged for their involvement in the killing of 56 people during an army crackdown on anti-U.N. demonstrations in Democratic Republic of Congo last week.

Reuters

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY

Military leaders free deposed Gabon president

Gabon’s military leaders say they have freed deposed President Ali Bongo from house arrest, where he has been since they seized power last week. The announcement to free Bongo follows pressure from neighboring countries.

BBC

Military-appointed PM says aiming for ‘swift’ French pullout

France24

A Gabon military coup leader is sworn in as interim president, promising elections

NPR

New hotspot for Tunisians departing to Europe

Sub-Saharan migration across the Mediterranean is on the rise. With Tunisia fast becoming the latest hotspot for departures, the European Union has pledged to help avert migrant flows.

Deutsche Welle

Determination, hope and longing in the Tunisians fighting for a better life

Al Jazeera

Court decriminalizes abortion across Mexico

Mexico’s Supreme Court has decriminalized abortion nationwide. The judgment comes two years after the court in northern state of Coahuila ruled that criminal penalties for terminating pregnancies were unconstitutional.

BBC

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

France planning to reduce aerial assets Niger

France plans to reduce its military presence in the West African nation. The negotiations come after Niger’s military junta, which seized power in a July 26 coup, called for the “swift” departure of French forces.

France 24

India’s female workers organize with Whatsapp

As women workers at India’s Urban Company prepared for a nationwide protest against its new rules and account deactivations, they exchanged hundreds of messages on WhatsApp on every small detail of the days-long action.

Context

GLOBAL HEALTH

Pakistan parents to be jailed for vaccine refusal

Parents in Pakistan who refuse to get their children vaccinated against infectious diseases could be jailed or fined under a new law introduced in Sindh province.

Guardian

Columns And Op-Ed

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From denial to delay: Climate action blockers adopt new tactics

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AI, tech, and health: The time to safeguard human rights is now

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Does a dead grain deal benefit Turkey?

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Column (Michael Jennings):

Climate change and a new Great Game in Africa

Asia Times Online

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The staggering implications of AI drone warfare

The Hill

Column (Mark Leon Goldberg):

Genocide may be underway in Darfur — again

The Hill

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Feeding big agribusiness, starving Africans

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GOOD NEWS

Mozambique‘s Tsemane is judo ’wonder girl’

At 16, judoka Shenidy Tsemane is already a African judo champion in the lightweight category. Her biggest ambition is now going to the Olympic Games and winning a gold medal.

Deutsche Welle

India turns to seaweed for sustainable future

As demand grows for extracts like agar, India wants to boost farming of seaweed - hailed as an untapped, climate-friendly resource.

Context

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

UN forced to cut food aid from 10M Afghans

As of September, 10 million Afghans have lost assistance from the U.N.’s World Food Program this year, the organization announced this week. They had to cut food assistance from 2 million people in Afghanistan this month.

CNN

World’s largest rhino farm bought by NGO

Conservation activists with African Parks hope to return 2,000 white rhinos to the wild in the coming decade after purchasing the “Platinum Rhino” breeding operation in South Africa.

Deutsche Welle

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Cartels in Ecuador exploit the banana industry

Ecuador’s geography makes it the perfect place to grow bananas. But drug cartels are exploiting this trade - packing cocaine in with legitimate shipments of bananas which pass undetected through ports.

Associated Press

ENVIRONMENT

Billions poured into African climate projects

European Investment Bank Vice President Thomas Östros speaks to DW correspondent Christine Mhundwa about why Europe is increasing its investment in African projects at the Africa Climate Summit in Nairobi.

Deutsche Welle

6B tons of sand taken from oceans each year

An alarming almost six billion tons of sand and other sediment are extracted from the world’s seas and oceans every year on average, according to the United Nations.

Al Jazeera

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A Palestinian man searches through the rubble of his destroyed home hit by Israeli strikes in the northern Gaza Strip. (Photo by UN Photo/Shareef Sarhan) Photo used under CC BY

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