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A family in Uganda washes their clothes on a bank of the Nile River. Increased droughts expected in East Africa could cause the flow of the Nile River to fall by 70% by 2100, according to UN forecasts. (Photo by Rod Waddington) Photo used under CC BY

Global warming, overuse causes crises along Nile

Running from Uganda to Egypt, the Nile is essential to the survival of millions of people living in Africa, but a combination of climate change and human overuse is drying up the river and worsening conditions for farmers who fear low harvests and loss of electricity.

France 24

Climate crisis to have huge impact on Africa’s economies

Guardian

EU asylum seekers reach ‘new high’ since 2015

The number of asylum applications in Europe reached highs not seen for nearly seven years, when over 1 million people sought refuge from the Syrian war, the EU agency said.

Deutsche Welle

Torrential floods decimate harvests in Western Africa

About four million people, many of them small subsistence farmers, in West and Central Africa have seen their crops decimated by unusually heavy flooding, destroying harvests for this season and setting the scene for an even worse crop production next season.

Reuters

Afghan women banned from amusement parks

Afghan women were stopped from entering amusement parks after the Taliban’s morality ministry said there would be restrictions on women being able to access public parks.

Reuters

UK killed 64 children in Afghanistan between 2006-14

Al Jazeera

Cartels kill volunteer search activists in Mexico

A mother searching for her missing child has been killed in Mexico, the fifth murder of a volunteer search activist since the start of 2021. Prosecutor said she was shot to death.

CBS News

Death toll tops 300 in Iran protests crackdown

Iranian security forces have killed more than 300 people during its crackdown on anti-hijab protests, according to a monitoring group.

CBS News

Iran’s sport teams show support for protests

Al Jazeera

HUMAN RIGHTS

Myanmar’s fighters say injuries harden resolve

Myanmar’s anti-coup movement, which suffers from a severe shortage of equipment, appears to have made significant territorial gains over the past year. However, anti-coup forces have also suffered losses.

Al Jazeera

Myanmar’s DIY weapons factories arm anti-junta fighters

YouTube

Iran to execute protesters, teach rebels lesson

After numerous calls for harsh punishments in recent days, the Iranian parliament voted overwhelmingly in favor of the death penalty for protesters.

Newsweek

UN urges Taliban to free women’s advocates

The UN human rights chief called on Afghanistan‘s Taliban government to release five people that the UN says were detained during a news conference organized by a women’s civil society organization.

Reuters

UN probing alleged Israeli rights abuses

A series of public hearings with victims of alleged Israeli human rights violations opened at the United Nations in Geneva on Monday, with Israel dismissing them as “sham trials.”

Reuters

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY

US intel: Iran seeks Russia’s help on nukes

Iran has reportedly been asking Russia for help acquiring additional nuclear materials, according to CNN News, citing U.S. intelligence sources. Tehran is also asking for fuel that could help the country power nuclear reactors and create a nuclear weapon.

i24 News

Ecuador vows to regain control of prisons

Ecuador is on heightened security amid an intensifying wave of violence that has left multiple police officers dead and forced the president to declare a 45-day state of emergency.

CNN

Nicaragua opposition decry vote clampdown

Nicaraguans voted in municipal elections as President Daniel Ortega’s party seeks to cement its grip on power, but opponents have decried the vote as a farce.

Deutsche Welle

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

NASA launches African satellites into space

Zimbabwe and Uganda have launched their first homegrown satellites into space aboard a NASA rocket. Once in orbit, the two satellites will collect images to help support research into weather forecasting.

AfricaNews

Protesters, police deploy tech in fight for Iran

Protesters in Iran are using crowdsourced apps and encryption to evade scrutiny, as authorities increase digital surveillance.

Context

Elon Musk tweets photo of a Nazi soldier

Elon Musk tweeted a photo of a Wehrmacht soldier, the latest in a string of controversial posts from Twitter’s new CEO.

i24 News

GLOBAL HEALTH

Climate change to fuel future spread of diseases

Climate change is making more than half of all infectious diseases worse, scientists say. As the planet warms, new viruses are emerging and pandemics are becoming more likely.

BBC

Cholera’s return exposes clean water crisis

Water and sanitation services are buckling after years of economic meltdown, with many people unable to afford safe alternatives.

Context

Uganda to close schools after 8 die of Ebola

Schools across Uganda will close two weeks before the scheduled end of term after 23 Ebola cases were confirmed among pupils, including eight children who died.

Al Jazeera

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GOOD NEWS

Way of life blooms again in Egyptian desert

For almost a decade, a desert community in Egypt struggled to maintain their drought-stricken farms. Then the rains returned.

Guardian

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

Aid sector faces new strains in Ukraine conflict

A recent surge of attacks in Ukraine has worried the aid sector, which has seen resources and international interest wane since the start of Russia’s invasion.

Devex

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

UN warns of worsening food crisis in Sri Lanka

The number of people in Sri Lanka needing urgent humanitarian help has doubled to 3.4 million, the United Nations has said as it warned of a worsening food crisis in the south Asian island nation.

Al Jazeera

Major banks support rainforest oil project

An $800 million oil and gas firm — undeterred by an oil spill and reports of working with rebels to coerce locals — bought an oil company in Colombia, successfully lining up banks to help oil companies and banks continue to operate despite the climate crisis.

Associated Press

Indigenous people in Peruvian Amazon detain tourists in oil spill protest

Guardian

ENVIRONMENT

Greenpeace calls plastic recycling a ‘myth’

As plastic waste multiplies, the companies that produce it have long claimed that their packaging will soon be largely recyclable or biodegradable, but campaigners question the whole recycling premise as major companies fall short on their commitments.

Deutsche Welle

UN: All of Africa’s glaciers gone by 2050

Glaciers across the globe, including the last ones in Africa, will be unavoidably lost by 2050 because of climate change, the UN says in a report.

BBC

Hundreds of elephants, zebras die as Kenya endures drought

Associated Press

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Eritrean women crush red chili peppers to make berbere, a spice commonly used in Ethiopian and Eritrean cooking. (Photo by David Stanley) Photo used under CC BY

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