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On the night of April 14, 2014, 276 female students were kidnapped from the Secondary School in the town of Chibok in Borno State, Nigeria. Responsibility for the kidnappings was claimed by Boko Haram, an Islamist extremist terrorist organization based in northeastern Nigeria. Since then, the attacks on Nigerian students have only increased. (Photo by Lindsay Mgbor/Department for International Development) Photo used under CC BY

Nigerian gunmen abduct 300 innocent schoolgirls

Gunmen abducted 317 girls from a boarding school in northern Nigeria, police said, the latest in a series of mass kidnappings of students. Rights groups have condemned the “appalling attack,” warning that “the girls abducted are in serious risk of being harmed.”

Associated Press

Kenya’s school opens doors to teenage mothers

Guardian

15 Europe-bound migrants die at sea off Libya

At least 15 Africans drowned when their boat capsized off Libya, a UN spokeswoman said, the second shipwreck involving migrants seeking a better life in Europe in just over a week.

Yahoo! News

Processing of asylum seekers expands at US-Mexico border

Associated Press

Myanmar cracks down, kills 18 coup protesters

At least 18 people have been killed and dozens wounded across Myanmar in the most violent crackdown yet by security forces against peaceful demonstrators protesting against a February 1 military coup, according to the United Nations human rights office.

Al Jazeera

UK says Myanmar killings are abhorrent, urges return to democracy

Yahoo! News

Protest against Myanmar coup held in Omaha, Nebraska

MSN

Mass famine in Yemen highly likely, says UN

A UN humanitarian agency warned that more than 16 million people in Yemen would go hungry this year, with already some half a million people in the war-torn country living in famine-like conditions.

Yahoo! News

Thousands of Uighurs living in fear in Turkey

The Uighurs are a Turkic-speaking ethnic group, most of whom are Muslim. Many have fled to Turkey as they have much in common with Turks culturally, but life in exile has proved to be challenging.

Deutsche Welle

Tribal conflict worsens in Papua New Guinea

In Papua New Guinea, a land dispute in which 21 people died is the latest brutal conflict exacerbated by high-powered weapons, weak governance and erosion of traditional mores.

Guardian

HUMAN RIGHTS

Every prominent Hong Kong activist in jail, exile

One afternoon, Hong Kong pro-democracy activists fanned out to police stations across the territory, where more than 40 of them were officially charged with “conspiracy to commit subversion” under the national security law.

The Independent

India rescues 81 Rohingya on drifting boat

India’s coastguard has found 81 survivors on a boat crammed with Rohingya refugees in the Andaman Sea, an Indian foreign ministry official said. The official added the survivors would not be allowed to enter Indian territory.

Al Jazeera

DEMOCRACY & GOVERNANCE

Spain orders culling of hundreds of bulls

Spain ordered the culling of over 860 head of cattle aboard a transport ship after the ship was repeatedly denied port over fear of importing disease. Animal rights activists had raised alarm over poor conditions on board.

Deutsche Welle

Women in Japan forbidden to keep birth names

Japan’s minister for women’s empowerment and gender equality, Tamayo Marukawa, is among a group of conservative MPs who have opposed a legal change that would allow women to keep their birth name after marriage.

Guardian

Denmark’s climate policies won’t meet target

The Danish government’s efforts towards meeting the country’s ambitious target of reducing emissions by 70 percent by 2030 have been judged “insufficient” by the body tasked with monitoring its progress.

Guardian

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Driverless electric bus hits road in Spain

A new driverless electric bus has begun operating in the southern Spanish city of Málaga, in the first such project in Europe. The bus is equipped with sensors and cameras and links Málaga’s port to the city center.

Guardian

Take a tour of Perseverance rover’s Mars landing spot

NBC News

Amazon rainforest plots sold via Facebook ads

Parts of Brazil’s Amazon rainforest are being illegally sold on Facebook. The protected areas include national forests and land reserved for indigenous peoples.

BBC

GLOBAL HEALTH

Iran receives China’s Sinopharm jabs

Iran received 250,000 doses of the Sinopharm vaccine that have been donated by the government of China. The delivery came on the same day that Iran’s total deaths from COVID-19 surpassed 60,000.

Al Jazeera

Meet the vaccine appointment bots, their foes

Having trouble scoring a COVID-19 vaccine appointment? You’re not alone. To cope, some people are turning to bots that scan overwhelmed websites and send alerts on social media when slots open up.

Associated Press

Vaccine trial participants in India didn’t know they were being tested on

CNN

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GOOD NEWS

Archeologists find intact chariot near Pompeii

Officials at the Pompeii archaeological site in Italy announced the discovery of an intact ceremonial chariot, one of several important discoveries made outside the park near Naples following an investigation into an illegal dig.

Yahoo! News

Brooklyn librarian becomes unlikely star With her bilingual story time

NPR

Principal fixes insecure student’s haircut

Middle school student, Anthony Moore got a bad haircut and covered it with a hat, which is not allowed in the school‘s dress code. Instead of being disciplined, the school’s principal stepped in to fix his hair.

CNN

NONPROFIT & PHILANTHROPY

Woman donates inheritance as reparations

Nonprofit executive director Malik Yakini received a call from a California woman that said she wanted to direct a sizeable portion of her inheritance to his organization as a type of “individual reparations.”

Metrotimes

Nonprofit teaches self-defense in midst of increasing anti-Asian hate crimes

MSN

The colorful fridges popping up on American streets

BBC

ENVIRONMENT

How birdsong became the sound of lockdown

When COVID hit, the birdsong offered joy and hope. In an extract from his new book, “A Time of Silence,” author Steven Lovatt recalls that spring and explains the science behind bird calls and how to identify them.

Guardian

The return of a once-dying lake in Iran

Lake Urmia in Iran was once the world’s second largest salt lake, but in a matter of years it shrank to almost nothing. Now, the lake is slowly coming back to life.

BBC

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Rwanda reckoning with rising e-waste crisis

Rwanda is one of 13 countries in Africa that have passed national legislation on e-waste regulation according to the UN-affiliated Global E-Waste Monitor report. It has led to the first official recycling facility in the country.

CNN

Medical oxygen scarce in Africa, Latin America

A crisis over the supply of medical oxygen for coronavirus patients has struck nations in Africa and Latin America, where warnings went unheeded at the start of the pandemic.

Associated Press

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Migrant workers from Asia wait for a bus in the West Bay area of Doha, Qatar, after putting in a shift working on the QP building. More than 6,500 migrant workers from India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka have died in Qatar since the nation won the right to host the World Cup 10 years ago, new data reveals. The true number may be higher. (Photo by Alex Sergeev) Photo used under CC BY

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