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In the village of Zenam Kelouri, Nigerien soldiers demonstrate their force against Boko Haram in 2016. One of the challenges of securing civilians is that Nigeria‘s armed forces lack the manpower to hold areas they wrest from Boko Haram. (Photo by (VOA/Nicolas Pinault) Photo used under CC BY

In Nigeria, building peace requires smart leadership

Nigeria, Africa’s largest economy and most populous country, is battling conflicts and insurgencies that threaten the country’s future. Analysts say the problems can be resolved, but leadership across many sectors is necessary.

allAfrica.com

Bryant death spurs anti-homophobia campaign

The untimely death of Kobe Bryant has led to a campaign against homophobia in Brazilian football. Bryant wore the No 24, a shirt number that is often eschewed by Brazilian footballers because of anti-gay prejudice.

The Independent

Palestinians vow to fight Trump Mideast plan

Tens of thousands of worshipers descended on the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem for first Friday prayers after U.S. President Donald Trump announced his Mideast peace plan.

Al Jazeera

Bloody militia attacks deepen DRC instabilty

A militia group has launched a series of bloody attacks in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, plunging the country further into instability after months of violence and political tension.

Guardian

Fighting forces DR Congo refugees to flee to Uganda

Al Jazeera

Has President Felix Tshisekedi tackled DRC’s six biggest problems?

BBC

Brexit a turning point for EU-Africa relations

The UK’s exit from the EU could be an opportunity for African countries. Britain is repositioning itself, and the power dynamics in Brussels are changing.

Deutsche Welle

Special section:

UK begins wooing Africa as Brexit approaches

BBC

Markets retreat as virus stokes growth worries

Financial markets were rattled as the coronavirus death count mounted and more countries announced travel bans to China after the World Health Organization declared the outbreak a public heath emergency.

Asia Times Online

Fires, virus could drive Australia into recession

The unprecedented summer of bushfires and now the coronavirus outbreak could drive Australia into recession.

Sydney Morning Herald

3 airlines to halt flights between US, mainland China

South China Morning Post

Mass cervical cancer vaccine rollout could save 62 million lives in next 100 years

Guardian

HUMAN RIGHTS

U.S. asylum seekers face immigration backlog

Asylum-seekers face long odds, including fast-tracked cases without a lawyer or court dates assigned for years away during which evidence and witnesses can go stale.

NBC News

Girls sell sex to survive hunger crisis in Africa

Young girls in southern Africa are selling sex - sometimes for as little as 40 cents to feed their families - to survive a hunger crisis ensnaring tens of millions, World Vision says.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Sudan accused of duping men to work in Libya

Sudan’s government has been accused of failing young men who claim they were tricked into guarding Libyan oil facilities by a security firm from the United Arab Emirates.

Guardian

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Germany calls out abuse against Uighurs

Germany’s Foreign Ministry said that more than one million of the 10 million Uighurs living in Xinjiang possibly have disappeared into a network of prisons and camps that Chinese authorities have constructed since late 2016.

Deutsche Welle

China’s hi-tech war on its Muslim minority

Guardian

Taiwan’s female politicians forge path to equality

Now boasting a twice-elected female president, and a female vice president in 2000, Taiwan has arrived as a democracy where women have as fair a shot as men at any political office, paved for by a long history of gender quotas.

Al Jazeera

U.S. troops may get booted from Philippines

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte renewed a longstanding threat to sever security cooperation with the U.S., an angry response to recent travel bans imposed on Filipino officials involved in alleged rights abuses.

Asia Times Online

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Unique brain patterns found from painting

Neuroscientists determined that certain “sensory maps” in the brain become more refined when people use their feet like hands.

Smithsonian Magazine

New Google tool shows climate change impact

Google has launched a new tool that allows anyone with an internet connection to virtually monitor climate change at five of the world’s most precious cultural sites.

Conde Nast Traveler

Scientists found head of a 330M year-old shark in a Kentucky cave

CBS News

Unequal job opportunities in the age of AI

Beyond the often bewildering and dehumanizing experience lurk the concerns that attend automation and AI, which draws on data that’s shaped by inequality.

Guardian

GLOBAL HEALTH

Color-changing bandages tackle health threat

Researchers in China hope to help tackle the threat of antibiotic resistance with new color-changing bandages that can indicate infected wounds and dispense medication based on the type of bacteria present.

Inside Edition

US prisons, jails perpetuate opioid epidemic

Medications for opioid addiction work. Most prisons and jails don’t offer them, putting a vulnerable population of around 2.3 million people at risk.

Vox

Columns And Op-Ed

The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more.

Column (Athena Rayburn):

Education the answer to Rohingya kids’ plight

Asia Times Online

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The role of intelligence organizations in the world

Asia Times Online

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How rich people could help save the planet from climate change

CNN

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GOOD NEWS

Bangladeshi coach breaks gender barrier

Mirona is the first female trainer of a men’s football club in the South Asian country. The head coach of Dhaka City FC says her journey to becoming a football trainer in the Muslim-majority country was full of challenges.

Deutsche Welle

Chiefs fan battling cancer gets Super Bowl trip

Will Walker, a Missouri middle school student who has been battling cancer for five years, received a Super Bowl surprise from his Missouri community during a pep rally.

ABC News

NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

Google.org awards $3M to NAACP

Google’s charitable arm announced a $3 million grant to the NAACP in support of the Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological, and Scientific Olympics program.

Philanthropy News Digest

Superbowl parties for homeless community

Vlogger, Meir Kay is hosting at least 20 Superbowl parties for the homeless across the country with the help of volunteers and donors. He hosted the first ’Super Soul Party" three years ago.

CNN

ENVIRONMENT

Locust swarms in Africa are worst in decades

The worst outbreak of desert locusts in Kenya in 70 years has seen hundreds of millions of the bugs swarm into the East African nation from Somalia and Ethiopia.

Associated Press

Why are locusts so destructive?

Deutsche Welle

How Africa will be affected by climate change

Africa is more vulnerable than any other region to the world’s changing weather patterns, a climate specialist explains.

BBC

Egypt aims to turn families greener

As it strives to address climate change and better preserve its threatened environment, Egypt is turning to women, who make many household decisions

Thomson Reuters Foundation

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & INEQUALITY

Western students’ homework is big business

In recent years, contract cheating has become a lucrative, albeit informal, business in Kenya, which has become one of the largest sources of academic writers in the industry.

PRI

IMF: Raise taxes on the rich to tackle inequality

Raising income tax on the wealthy will help close the growing gap between rich and poor and can be done without harming growth, the head of the International Monetary Fund said.

Guardian

Climate action talks erasing African voices

Ugandan climate change activist, Vanessa Nakate, was cropped out of a photo with white climate activists. Now, she says it’s time to stop erasing African voices.

CNN

Self defense classes help Indigenous women

According to research funded by the Department of Justice, in some instances, Native women are killed at a rate 10 times higher than the national average.

NPR

Photo of the Day

A protester waves a peace flag at a demonstration in Eugene, Oregon‘s Wayne Morse Free Speech Plaza on January 4, 2020. The demonstration was held in response to Part of a nationwide response to the U.S. military attack that killed Qassem Suleimani, Iran’s top general. (Photo by David Geitgey Sierralupe) Photo used under CC BY

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