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As of February 2021, Kenya hosted 512,494 refugees and asylum seekers, with Dadaab and Kakuma camps accounting for 224,462 and 163,299 refugees respectively. Now the government threatens to displace some 400,000 refugees by ordering aid agencies to close down the country’s two biggest camps to date. (Photo by European Union/ECHO/Anouk Delafortrie) Photo used under CC BY

Kenya’s ultimatum threatens 400K refugees

Kenya has once again threatened to close two huge refugee camps, in a move that has alarmed the UN and other donor organizations. A tweet from the ministry of interior gave the UN a “14-day ultimatum on definite closure of Dadaab and Kakuma refugee camps”.

Guardian

Questions remain about migrant conditions

The Biden administration for the first time allowed journalists inside its main detention facility at the border for migrant children, revealing a severely overcrowded tent structure, and health hazards.

Associated Press

Restorative genocide deal to set precedent worldwide

A deal that could set a precedent for former colonies all around the world is being thrashed out between Germany and Namibia, to heal the wounds of what’s now widely regarded as a genocide by colonial forces. But how do you make up for destroying an entire society?

BBC

Myanmar detainees speak on military’s cruelty

Released from detention in Myanmar, protesters and journalists have described beatings, squalid conditions and cruelty under the military dictatorship that is opposed by most of the population.

Guardian

More than 40 children killed amid Myanmar’s violence

BBC

UN envoy says a ‘bloodbath is imminent’ in Myanmar

CNN

Pressure grows for global vaccine solutions

More than half of worldwide COVID vaccine doses have been administered in just four countries — India, China, the U.K. and the U.S. That kind of inequity aims to ‘extend the pandemic, globally," experts warned.

NPR

World trade body chief says COVID-19 vaccine inequity ‘unacceptable’

PBS NewsHour

HUMAN RIGHTS

Libyan forces frees hundreds of captives

Forces in western Libya have released more than 100 captives taken from Khalifa Haftar’s eastern-based Libyan National Army to solidify a months-long ceasefire and move towards national unity.

Reuters

Salvadoran woman dies in custody after abuse

A Salvadoran woman who died in police custody over the weekend in a Caribbean beach resort had also suffered abuse by her companion, who has been arrested, Mexican authorities said.

NBCNews.com

DEMOCRACY & GOVERNANCE

Niger “coup” thwarted by presidential guard

Armed attackers tried to seize the presidential palace just days before President-elect Mohamed Bazoum is due to be sworn in, but were fought off by the presidential guard.

BBC

World powers discuss US return to nuclear deal

Diplomatic representatives from Iran, China, Russia, France, Germany and Britain will meet virtually to discuss a possible return of the United States to the 2015 nuclear deal, EU representatives have announced.

Reuters

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Royal mummies go on parade in Egypt

Egypt is putting on a parade for its royalty. But the guests of honor have all been dead for more than 3,000 years. The “Pharaohs’ Golden Parade” will move along the River Nile with 22 royal mummies as its participants.

CBS News

The historic journey to fly on another planet

When the Ingenuity helicopter takes flight this month, it will be a Wright brothers moment on Mars. This first powered, controlled flight on another planet has been years in the making.

CNN

The mystery of our expanding universe

The cosmos has been expanding since the Big Bang, but how fast? The answer could reveal whether everything we thought we knew about physics is wrong.

BBC

Imprisoned since the ’80s, former prisoners struggle to understand the internet

NBCNews.com

GLOBAL HEALTH

WHO promises follow-up probe of virus origins

Experts examining the origins of the coronavirus first identified in China will follow up on an initial report released this week but details are still not set, WHO Director-General told a news conference.

Reuters

Latina scientists at forefront of COVID fight

In the nation’s capital, three Latinas in lab coats are on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic, tracking its spread and, more recently, identifying mutations.

NBCNews.com

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GOOD NEWS

Africans go online to preserve local languages

The words “facemask” and “hand sanitiser” are now familiar the world over, but for isiZulu speakers in South Africa those terms did not exist a year ago, until a group of volunteers took to the internet to create them.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Revelers daubed in the colors of Holi celebrate the beginning of spring.

Reuters

Off-duty officer rescues boys from fire

A police officer and his colleagues in Australia have been praised for spotting a house on fire in Sydney’s south-west and saving the lives of two teenage boys.

The Independent

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

Teen raises 100K for Tennessee food bank

Like many during quarantine, William Cabaniss took up baking as a hobby to help pass the time. Unlike many, however, William harnessed his hobby for social good and has raised $100,000 for a local food bank.

People

Eviction ban during pandemic is extended

The CDC moved to continue the federal moratorium on evictions of tenants who have fallen behind on rent during the pandemic. The moratorium is now extended through the end of June.

Associated Press

ENVIRONMENT

EPA chief to restore “scientific integrity”

Moving forward on a pledge to restore scientific integrity, the new head of the EPA is reversing Trump administration actions that sidelined many scientists from key advisory boards in favor of industry figures.

The Independent

Fireflies don’t respond well to light pollution

With the world on the brink of an “insect apocalypse,” scientists have revealed yet another way we may be wreaking havoc on our six-legged friends: light pollution.

NBCNews.com

Japan’s cherry blossom bloom – in pictures

Guardian

In hotter climate, “zombie” urchins are winning and kelp forests are losing

NPR

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Gender inequality flourishes in Qatar

Women’s day-to-day lives are profoundly controlled and restricted by men in Qatar under the country’s stringent guardianship laws, a new report has found.

The Independent

Tech stocks surge, find hope in green energy

Stocks are ushering in the second quarter of the year with solid gains and near record highs as investors brush off concerns over higher taxes and focus on the growth of the green energy sector.

Forbes

Cameroon’s booming human hair business

Deutsche Welle

Photo of the Day

Hindus celebrate Holi with colored powder at Krishan temple in Nandgaon, India. The holiday, also known as the “Festival of Love,” the “Festival of Colors” and the “Festival of Spring,” celebrates the return of spring and the triumph of good over evil. (Photo by Narender9) Photo used under CC BY

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