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Locals dance during a wedding in Jalalabad, Afghanistan. When the Taliban were in power from 1996-2001, they banned almost all music. Since the group’s takeover in August 2021, music in public has once again been prohibited. (Photo by Spc. David A. Jackson) Photo used under CC BY

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Taliban’s supreme leader to impose full sharia law

Afghanistan’s supreme leader has ordered judges to fully enforce aspects of Islamic law, which include public executions, stonings, floggings and the amputation of limbs for thieves, the Taliban’s chief spokesperson said.

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Guardian

Iranian judiciary sentences ‘rioter’ to death

A court in Tehran has issued the first death sentence to a person involved in Iran’s ongoing protests for “setting fire to a government center, disturbing public order and collusion for committing crimes against national security.”

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Al Jazeera

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Iran launches strikes on Kurdish opposition groups in Iraq

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i24 News

Groundwater brings hope to Kenyans amid drought

Harnessing East Africa’s groundwater could be a huge benefit for a region struggling to slake its thirst. Climate change makes drought more likely, but people in the region lack the resources to tap groundwater on a wide scale. For Kenyan herders, the situation is desperate.

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Associated Press

Global debt levels rose ‘substantially’ in 2021

Debt levels among low- and middle-income countries rose sharply in 2021, the World Bank president said, underscoring the need to reduce the debt of poorer countries.

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Reuters

Cuban agriculture buckles from climate threats

Agriculture has long been a relative bright spot in Cuba’s struggling economy. However, climate change threatens productivity; the rainy season, already problematic for farmers, has gotten longer and wetter.

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Al Jazeera

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Cuban farmers struggle despite agriculture reform

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Demand for oil a threat to African economies

Expanding oil and gas exports would threaten the economic stability of many African countries, a new analysis has found, as the demand for fossil fuels is likely to fall sharply.

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Guardian

HUMAN RIGHTS

Syria amnesties freed less than 6% of detainees

Prisoner amnesties decreed by the Syrian leader, Bashar al-Assad, during the country’s 10-year war have freed less than 6% of detainees, with an estimated 136,000 people remaining in state prisons.

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Turkey vows 100K houses for Syrians displaced by war

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i24 News

UN office urges Iran to free detained protesters

The UN human rights office is calling on Iran’s government to immediately release thousands of people who have been detained for participating in peaceful protests.

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Associated Press

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY

Russian missiles cross to Poland during strike

A Russian missile barrage on the Ukrainian power grid sent the war spilling over into neighboring countries, hitting NATO member Poland and cutting electricity to Moldova.

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Associated Press

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UN calls for Russia to pay reparations

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Al Jazeera

Haiti’s PM sacks top officials as tensions rise

Haiti’s acting prime minister has sacked the country’s justice and interior ministers, along with its government commissioner, in a new round of political upheaval that comes under the shadow of international sanctions.

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Al Jazeera

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Nigeria’s TikTokers lashed for defamation

A Nigerian court has convicted two men over a comedy skit on the social media platform TikTok, which the court deemed defamatory.

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GLOBAL HEALTH

Climate change-induced hunger is killing kids

Almost half of the 16 million people who live in Somalia are facing extreme hunger. More than a third of the nation’s 5 million children under the age of five are acutely malnourished.

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CBS News

Food insecurity increases HIV risk for Africans

Many women and girls living with food insecurity in sub-Saharan Africa face a dilemma. Severe food insecurity approximately doubles the risk of contracting HIV among women in six countries in the region.

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NPR

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GOOD NEWS

Cameroon celebrates the legacy of cotton

In Cameroon, fashion week has kicked off in the capital with a parade dedicated to the celebration of cotton. Models opened the way to an impressive parade of dancers, performers, clowns and even giant puppets.

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AfricaNews

Tunisia’s floating solar station starts to operate

In Tunisia, the first floating solar station on a lake next to a Tunis industrial park has started to operate. The expectation is that the 200-kilowatt project can be a prototype for bigger projects nationwide.

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AfricaNews

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

NGO supports Indian women’s independence

An NGO trained women in India to become farmers and entrepreneurs, enabling them to become financially independent and rise above the adversity and loss they’d encountered.

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NPR

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Can the world feed 8B people sustainably?

More than enough food is produced to feed all of the 8 billion people currently alive on the planet, yet after a decade of steady decline hunger is back on the rise, affecting 10% of the global population.

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Guardian

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Climate justice gets harder as world population passes 8 billion

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NBCNews.com

UK to cut health aid pledge by almost a third

Charities and MPs have criticized the UK for reducing the amount of money it gives to a major global health fund by almost a third, lambasting it as a “disastrous decision” that will cause preventable deaths and mean “a more dangerous world for us all."

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Guardian

India raises base import price of palm oil, gold

India raised the base import prices of gold, crude and refined palm oil, the government said in a statement, as prices rose.

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Reuters

ENVIRONMENT

Israelis to help Africa adapt to climate change

An Israeli platform for climate technologies launched a program in partnership with the UN and the 11 African nations leading the “Great Green Wall” initiative, which is aimed at restoring almost 250 acres of degraded land.

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i24 News

US, China climate envoys meet at COP27

U.S. climate envoy John Kerry met with his Chinese counterpart at annual United Nations climate negotiations in Egypt in a further hint of improving relations between the world’s top two polluters.

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ABC News

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Activists task giants to fight misinformation

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AfricaNews

Nigeria approves hydropower plant project

Nigeria has approved the construction of a 1,650 megawatt hydropower plant at a cost of $3 billion, making it one of the single biggest power projects in the country, the vice president’s spokesperson said.

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Reuters

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Families flee from fighting between M23 rebels and government forces in eastern DR Congo. (Photo by MONUSCO/Clara Padovan) Photo used under CC BY

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