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Some 800,000 Somalians displaced by fighting and floods cram into settlements on the outskirts of Mogadishu, the capital. Now efforts are afoot to bolster local resources. (Photo by Odd Magne Ruud, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs) Photo used under CC BY

Conflict, climate spark rush to Somalia’s capital

The number of Somalis being pushed out of the countryside and into Mogadishu has reached an unprecedented high, putting pressure on the city’s poor infrastructure and threatening its recovery from three decades of conflict.

Guardian

Driven out by drought: Farmland turns barren in Somalia

Al Jazeera

Street children detained, abused in Rwanda

Street children in Kigali, the capital of Kenya, are being detained and abused at a holding center, Human Rights Watch. Vulnerable minors are beaten and exposed to overcrowded and unhygienic conditions.

Al Jazeera

W. African violence forces 8M children out of school

A newly released UNICEF report quantifies the alarming human cost of escalating violence in West Africa. More than 8 million school-aged children in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have been forced from school.

CNN

Millions of children living in fear in Sahel region, UNICEF warns

France24.com

S. Africans face generations of statelessness

Lawyers for Human Rights has seen only 10 cases where stateless people have been granted South African nationality over the past seven years.

Al Jazeera

Ugandan men’s breast milk demand does harm

Men drinking their partners’ breast milk is not uncommon in some areas of Uganda, and in parts of Tanzania and Kenya. It is now being linked to gender violence, coercive behavior, and impact concerns on babies’ nutrition.

Guardian

Wuhan virus could infect 150,000 people a day

A world-renowned scientist in Hong Kong has warned that the deadly Wuhan coronavirus could infect as many as 150,000 people per day in Chongqing, China.

Asia Times Online

HUMAN RIGHTS

Holocaust survivors mark Auschwitz liberation

Over 200 Holocaust survivors and delegates from more than 50 countries gathered at the the former Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau to mark the 75th anniversary of the camp’s liberation by Soviet troops.

Deutsche Welle

Scrap $500M loan to Tanzania, activists urge

An opposition MP and activists in Tanzania are urging the World Bank to withdraw a $500 million loan to the country amid concerns over deteriorating human rights, particularly for women and girls.

Guardian

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Palestinians say Trump peace plan ends dream

U.S. President Donald Trump announced details of his Middle East peace plan to Israeli leaders as Palestinian officials decried it as a bid “to finish off” the Palestinian cause.

Reuters

Trump unveils controversial Middle East plan alongside Netanyahu

CNN

Violence escalates as Iraq aims to end protests

Gunmen shot dead two protesters in the city of Nassiriya and a Baghdad district became a battlefield as part of a drive by security forces to end months of demonstrations against the Iran-backed ruling elite.

Reuters

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Parkinson’s disease may start before birth

People who develop Parkinson’s disease before age 50 may have been born with disordered brain cells that went undetected for decades, according to new research.

ScienceDaily

Body temperature decreased over last 200 years

Since the 1800s, the average human body temperature in the U.S. has actually dropped almost a full degree, according to researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine.

Forbes

Scientists recreate voice of ancient Egyptian priest 3,000 years after his death

Evening Standard

GLOBAL HEALTH

Hong Kong slashes border travel to halt virus

Hong Kong has announced plans to slash cross-border travel between the city and mainland China as the coronavirus continues to spread.

BBC

China struggles to contain ‘strengthening’ virus

The virus thought to have originated in a Wuhan food market continues to spread as China steps up containment efforts.

Al Jazeera

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (Joshua Keating):

Dictators without borders

Slate

Column (Jumana Abu-Ghazaleh):

Why Google gets away with so much

OneZero

Column (Julian Brave):

No, climate action can’t be separated from social justice

Guardian

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GOOD NEWS

Motorcycle ambulances saving lives in India

According to government figures, up to 130 mothers die per every thousand births in India. Many of these women can’t get to the hospital in time. A local initiative is proving extremely beneficial to deal with the issue.

Deutsche Welle

Fighting for Congo’s most vulnerable girls in Kinshasa

BBC

Millennials are “death positive” generation

Unlike boomers, young people are embracing planning their own funerals. It’s fueling changes in the death industry.

Vox

300-foot-long pizza raises funds for firefighters

A brother and sister proved one size doesn’t have to fit all when it comes to raising money for embattled firefighters in Australia: Their restaurant created a 300-foot long Margherita pizza that was gobbled up for charity.

CNN

NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

$1B pledged to fight ‘would-be dictators’

George Soros pledged $1 billion to fund a university network to tackle the spread of nationalism at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland, where he also condemned President Trump and President Xi Jinping.

Forbes

Lyft to give teens free access to bicycles

CBS News

ENVIRONMENT

How mega-dams could kill the Nile River

For the 280 million people from 11 countries who live along the banks of the Nile, it symbolizes life. For Ethiopia, a new dam holds the promise of much-needed electricity; for Egypt, the fear of a devastating water crisis.

Al Jazeera

Zimbabweans use unsafe wells amid drought

City authorities say they have had to shut down water for 96 hours a week — more than half the time — to cope with a sharp fall in reservoir levels caused by the country’s worst drought in years.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Global Ideas: New life for waste in India

Deutsche Welle

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & INEQUALITY

Zimbabwe’s farmers lament: taxes too high

Despite food crisis, Zimbabwe fields lie fallow as farmers grapple with drought, hyperinflation and onerous taxes.

Al Jazeera

Africa braces for 4th industrial revolution

Countries in Africa are seeing economic progress and regional integration that could support the spread of transformational technologies such as artificial intelligence or the internet of things.

U.S. News & World Report

Cambodia rice crisis signals economic rot

Cambodia’s beleaguered rice sector is both literally and figuratively drying up, with drought parching crops and commercial banks refusing liquidity to farmers and millers in need of loans to stay afloat.

Asia Times Online

Photo of the Day

A mother and her son wait in line to engage in ritual bathing at Tirta Empul temple in Bali, Indonesia, on Jan. 21, 2020. (Photo by Tiket2) Photo used under CC BY

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