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A girl holds a bowl and mug at an IDP camp in Sri Lanka. On the island nation, “children are going to bed hungry, unsure of where their next meal will come from," a director for UNICEF said. (Photo by trokilinochchi) Photo used under CC BY

Sri Lanka children suffer brunt of economic crisis

Child malnutrition is soaring in Sri Lanka as inflation hits 94.9%. Two-thirds of families are struggling to feed themselves, according to Save the Children. In Sri Lanka’s poverty-stricken regions, parents are leaving children in care homes, as they can no longer feed them.

Guardian

Sri Lanka wants justice for ‘enforced disappearances’

YouTube

Somalia vows to continue ‘war’ against jihadists

Somalia’s president has said he will press ahead with a major offensive against Islamic extremists despite twin car bombings that killed at least 100 people at a busy junction in the center of the capital, Mogadishu.

Guardian

Somalia car bombings death toll rises to 120

Reuters

South Sudan health clinic closing; UN lacks funding

South Sudan’s maternal mortality rate is one of the highest in the world, yet a small clinic dedicated to the reproductive health for more than 200,000 people is set to shut down, the UN announced, as there is a lack of funding from European and other supporters.

Associated Press

Iran stepping up efforts to crush hijab protests

Iran’s security forces have stepped up efforts to crush the nationwide protest movement, as video footage shows officers attacking protests on campuses throughout the country.

The Independent

Missile strikes in Iraqi Kurdistan tied to Iran’s hijab protests

BBC

Ghanaian women left to die in ‘witch camps’

The days of witch trials are often assumed long gone, but that’s not the case for many places in the world. Women, primarily in Africa, are still accused of witchcraft today and suffer horrendous punishments as a result.

Newsweek

Air pollution a ‘silent killer’ in African cities

Air pollution in African cities is rapidly growing, according to a study. Urban pollution has been largely neglected on the continent as its predominantly rural population has seen a recent exodus to urban centers.

AfricaNews

HUMAN RIGHTS

More than 800 schools forced to close in Niger

In Niger, 817 schools have closed, according to UNICEF, due to killings by jihadist groups linked to Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State.

AfricaNews

Iran plans public trials for 1,000 protesters

Iranian authorities announced that they will hold public trials for 1,000 people in the capital, Tehran, over the protests that have convulsed the country.

ABC News

Mahsa Amini’s family under house arrest as protests over her death heat up in Iran

ABC News

Journalists covering Iran’s protests face arrests

i24 News

Iran withholding bodies of protesters from families

Reuters

China’s action against Uyghurs condemned

Condemning China‘s “crimes against humanity” in its Xinjiang region, 50 countries signed a statement and called for ’‘urgent attention’‘ from the UN against China’s human rights violations against the Uyghurs.

Deutsche Welle

Ethiopians in mass grave may have suffocated

Dozens of Ethiopian people whose remains were found in mass graves in northern Malawi last month most likely suffocated to death while being secretly transported, investigators and campaigners believe.

Guardian

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY

Lula becomes Brazil’s president again

The news marked a stunning return to power for the 77-year-old, of the leftist Workers’ Party, who had led Brazil from 2003 to 2010.

Al Jazeera

Brazil truckers jam traffic to protest Bolsonaro loss

Associated Press

US imposes sanctions on ISIS members

The United States issued sanctions targeting ISIS in Somalia, designating members of the group and others it accused of being involved in a “terrorist weapons trafficking network” in Eastern Africa.

Al Jazeera

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

US cyber team aided Ukraine against attacks

Russia failed to take down Ukrainian computer systems with a massive cyber-attack when it invaded this year. The work of an arm of the U.S. military may be one reason.

BBC

China launches final space station component

China launched the third and final module to complete its permanent space station, realizing a more than decade-long endeavor to maintain a constant crewed presence in orbit.

NBCNews.com

Rhino horns have shortened in the past century

Rhinoceros horns have become shorter over the last century, researchers have found, adding the development could be a result of hunters and poachers targeting larger prizes.

Guardian

GLOBAL HEALTH

Cholera spreading ‘rapidly’ across Lebanon

A deadly cholera outbreak is spreading “rapidly” across Lebanon, exacerbated by a prolonged economic crisis and crumbling infrastructure, the World Health Organization warned.

i24 News

Antibody treatment tested against malaria

Research in Africa found a one-time dose of an experimental drug protected adults against malaria for at least six months, the latest approach in the fight against the mosquito-borne disease.

Associated Press

TB cases increase for the first time in 20 years

The number of people infected with tuberculosis has risen globally for the first time in almost 20 years, prompting accusations that the disease has been neglected because it affects the poor.

Guardian

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GOOD NEWS

Rio favela makes skateboards from bottle caps

Rio’s biggest favela, Rocinha, is a hot spot of creativity and innovation. Residents there make skateboards out of recycled bottle caps. The clever approach to plastic waste reduction protects the environment and creates jobs.

Deutsche Welle

Nigerian woman cleaning up land soaked in oil

Oil spill after oil spill has turned the Niger Delta, in southern Nigeria, into one of the most polluted places on Earth.

BBC

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

Cameroon NGO recycling, processing e-waste

In the scrap metal district of Cameroon’s capital, informal activity is in full swing while an NGO proposes a sustainable alternative to manage electronic waste.

AfricaNews

Climate philanthropy sees small gains, hopes

Despite a slight bump in grants, philanthropic funding to mitigate the effects of climate change remained a tiny slice of what funders spent overall globally last year.

Devex

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Iran’s currency hits new low against the dollar

Iran’s currency dropped to its lowest value against the dollar, after weeks of nationwide unrest roiling the country.

Associated Press

Afghanistan opium production increases 32%

Opium cultivation in Afghanistan jumped 32% during 2022 despite the ruling Taliban regime’s ban on narcotics, according to an annual report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.

CBS News

US money for fossil fuels pours into Africa

Joe Biden will head to Egypt to tout the U.S.’ re-emergence as a leader on the climate crisis at the Cop27 talks, but he will be landing in a continent that the U.S. continues to pour billions of dollars into for fossil fuel projects.

Guardian

ENVIRONMENT

Egypt’s farmers fear tension over scarce water

Egypt is facing worsening water shortages as climate change brings more extreme heat and drought - and now many Egyptian farmers and climate change experts fear the new dam upstream will only exacerbate the threat.

Context

Farm fires culprit as Delhi air quality worsens

The share of farm fires affecting Delhi‘s pollution has surged to more than 20% since the weekend, higher than the levels a year ago, government data showed.

Reuters

Photo of the Day

Israeli soldiers use a man as a human shield against Palestinian stone throwers in the West Bank. Some 125 Palestinians were killed in Israeli-Palestinian fighting in the West Bank this year, according to the UN. (Photo by Palestine Solidarity Project) Photo used under CC BY

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