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A baby’s arm is measured for malnutrition in South Sudan, where the risk of famine has never been higher, the UN says. (Photo by EC/ECHO/Martin Karimi) Photo used under CC BY

Starvation used as tactic in South Sudan civil war

Starvation tactics are being used as a weapon of war by South Sudan government forces against their own citizens, an investigation has found, driving civilians out of their homes and exacerbating Africa’s largest refugee crisis.

Guardian

South Sudan officials oversee gang rapes, beheadings

Reuters

Water levels in Zimbabwe dam too low for power

The electricity shortages that have been plaguing Zimbabwe are set to worsen after water levels in the country’s biggest dam have become too low to continue power generation activities, authorities said.

AfricaNews

Zimbabwe workers exposed to mercury in illegal gold mining operations

YouTube

Women activists resolute in Taliban-run Afghanistan

The Taliban promised women’s rights and free speech when they stormed to power, but Afghanistan’s new rulers have reneged on their promises. Now female activists, despite threats to their safety, are secretly building support networks for marginalized women.

Al Jazeera

Afghan activist recounts torture in Taliban prison

Deutsche Welle

Kidnappings, looting cited in Tigray after truce

Allies of Ethiopia’s federal military are looting property and carrying out mass detentions in Tigray, eyewitnesses said, raising concern about alleged atrocities more than three weeks after the warring parties signed a truce.

Associated Press

Cybercrime surging across sub-Sahara Africa

Police fear cybergangs are expanding across sub-Saharan Africa, exploiting new opportunities as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and the global economic crisis.

Guardian

Japanese filmmaker: Myanmar detention ‘hell’

A Japanese filmmaker jailed for nearly four months in Myanmar described some of his detention there as “hell” and called on Tokyo to take a tougher stance against human rights abuses in the military-controlled country.

Reuters

HUMAN RIGHTS

19 people lashed in northeastern Afghanistan

Nineteen people in northeastern Afghanistan were lashed for adultery, theft and running away from home, a Supreme Court official said.

NBCNews.com

As the Taliban doles out lashings, crackdown on Afghan women continues

CBS News

More humanitarian aid arrives in Tigray region

More aid arrived in Ethiopia’s Tigray region following the signing of a truce earlier this month calling for unhindered humanitarian access to the war-torn northern region.

AfricaNews

Gunmen kidnap more than 100 people in Nigeria

More than 100 people, including women and children, were abducted when gunmen raided four villages in Nigeria’s northwestern Zamfara state, the information commissioner and residents said.

Guardian

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY

Turkey attacks Syrian base used by Kurds

A Turkish drone strike hit a base in northeast Syria used jointly by Kurdish forces and the U.S.-led coalition, the Kurds and a war monitor said. Two fighters of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces were killed.

CBS News

Turkey’s Erdogan vows ground operation into Syria

i24 News

Iran enriching uranium to 60% at Fordo plant

Iran said it is producing uranium enriched to 60 percent at its Fordo plant, an underground facility that reopened three years ago amid the breakdown of its nuclear deal.

i24 News

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Surveillance tech endangers US-Mexico border

Hi-tech surveillance on the U.S.-Mexico border is pushing migrants onto deadly routes, humanitarian groups and researchers say.

Context

Can solar energy be beamed from space?

Space chiefs are to investigate whether electricity could be beamed wirelessly from orbit into millions of homes.

BBC

GLOBAL HEALTH

COVID-19 cases are on the rise again in China

China has seen its first deaths from COVID-19 in six months, and thousands more people are catching the disease, despite the government’s strict lockdown policy.

BBC

China anti-virus curbs spur fears of global economic impact

ABC News

Sudan experiences worst dengue fever outbreak

Floods caused by warming temperatures and a lack of preventive care are driving the spread of the disease in a country racked with political and economic upheaval.

Guardian

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GOOD NEWS

Celebrity chef surprises families with meals

Chef Ming Tsai has been teaming up with the non-profit Family Reach to surprise Massachusetts families with meals, gifts and essentials ahead of Thanksgiving as part of his Bing Dong Dine campaign.

WHDH

‘Cooking therapy’ for children with disabilities

The COVID lockdowns in Colombia posed huge challenges for people living with disabilities. So Rubier Fernandez — whose son needs round-the-clock care — decided to launch a cooking-based therapy group at his home.

Deutsche Welle

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

Mali government bans funds from France

Mali’s government has announced a ban on aid groups that are funded by France, the latest attempt by the coup leader in charge to distance the West African country from its one-time colonizer.

Associated Press

Global Fund hits $15.7 billion in fundraising

The United Kingdom and Italy finally pledged their financial support to The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, bringing the total raised for its latest replenishment drive to $15.7 billion.

Devex

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Insurgency, neglect hurt Pakistan flood relief

When catastrophic floods submerged vast swaths of Pakistan this summer, about 75% of Baluchistan’s population was affected. Yet recovery here has been slow.

Associated Press

High rates, inflation to slow world growth

Hobbled by high interest rates, punishing inflation and Russia’s war against Ukraine, the world economy is expected to eke out only modest growth this year and to expand even more tepidly in 2023.

Associated Press

In war-torn states, scant hope for new funds

In many Middle Eastern and African nations, climatic shocks killed hundreds and displaced thousands every year, causing food shortages

Associated Press

Malawi gets $88.3M from IMF for ‘food shock’

AfricaNews

ENVIRONMENT

Somalia’s food crisis claiming young lives

The worst drought in 40 years is devastating Somalia, where more than 7 million people are in need of food assistance. So far this year, 964 children died in Somalia, nearly twice as many as in 2021, according to UNICEF.

Deutsche Welle

Deforestation is destroying Amazon remains

Cutting down trees in Bolivia’s Beni region not only damages the environment, it obliterates ancient remains.

Guardian

Rescuers search through rubble of quake

Indonesian rescuers used jackhammers, circular saws and sometimes their bare hands to shift the rubble of flattened buildings as they searched for the dead and missing from an earthquake that killed at least 268 people.

Associated Press

Many schoolchildren killed in Indonesia earthquake

BBC

Photo of the Day

Orthodox Christians make a pilgrimage to Yeha, Ethipoia, home to The Great Temple, constructed in 7th century BC in reverence to an ancient god and converted into a Christian monastery in 6th century AD. (Photo by Rod Waddington) Photo used under CC BY

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