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Stallkeepers salvage their belongings as rescuers and residents gather at the charred scene following a bomb blast in Nigeria. As the country’s jihadi insurgency in the northeast has abated somewhat, the violence in the northwest has worsened, according to authorities, displacing families and aggravating child malnutrition in the region. (Photo by AFP PHOTO / STR) Photo used under CC BY

Violence exacerbates malnutrition in Nigeria

Northwest Nigeria’s escalating violence is exacerbating chronic poverty in the region, according to government statistics. Hundreds of thousands have been displaced; many are sheltering in camps with inadequate food.

Associated Press

Suspected Islamist attack frees hundreds of prisoners in Nigeria

Guardian

Monsoon rains kill 147 people in Pakistan

The death toll from rain-related incidents over the past month has risen to 147 as monsoon rains continue to lash Pakistan, triggering flash floods in parts of the country, officials say.

Al Jazeera

Somalia left without hope as drought kills livestock

7.1 million Somalian, almost half of the country’s population, face acute levels of food insecurity, the UN said, as the country experiences its worst drought in decades, killing three million livestock animals upon which the mainly pastoral country relies.

Al Jazeera

Sri Lanka in political turmoil amid crisis talks

Political chaos has ripped through Sri Lanka, with opposition leaders yet to agree on replacements for the embattled president and his prime minister, whose residences remain occupied by protesters.

Associated Press

Protesters storm Sri Lankan presidential palace

YouTube

UN aid to Syria from Turkey likely to continue

The UN Security Council appears set to deliver aid to people in northwest Syria, diplomats have said after days of wrangling with Russia over how long to let the operation continue.

Reuters

Cuba struggles to emerge from financial crisis

A year after the largest protests in decades shook Cuba’s single-party government, hundreds of people who participated are in prison and the economic and political factors that caused the protests largely remain.

Associated Press

HUMAN RIGHTS

Peru fears rising violence from drug traffickers

Over a dozen indigenous and Amazon activists have been killed since the COVID-19 pandemic began, Peru’s human rights coordinator said, as criminal networks target land to grow coca, as well as for illegal mining and logging.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Drug killings savage facet to Philippine legacy

The thousands of killings during former Philippine President Duterte’s brutal campaign against illegal drugs are leaving families in agony as the International Criminal Court ends its investigation into human rights abuses.

Associated Press

Duterte wants drug war to continue after his term

YouTube

Bodies of 20 migrants found in Libyan desert

The bodies of 20 migrants who got lost in the Libyan desert have been found, the ambulance service said; Libya is a major launching point for migrants seeking to reach Europe.

Reuters

How Bangladeshi migrants end up in Cyprus

Deutsche Welle

Kenyan widows grieve, then evicted by in-laws

Discriminatory practices in marriage limit women’s capacity to own land in Kenya, human rights groups say, making widows vulnerable to eviction if in-laws regard the property as theirs.

Guardian

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY

UN envoy warns of spiraling DRC conflict

The United Nations envoy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has warned that fighting in the east of the country could spiral out of control, amid reports of grave human right abuses in the region’s restive provinces.

Al Jazeera

Afghan diplomats do not recognize Taliban rule

The Taliban is trying to establish its control over Afghanistan‘s institutions, but there is a big grey area. Most of the country’s 70 or so diplomatic missions are functioning independently of the hardline regime.

BBC

Taliban leader makes first visit to capital city Kabul

Yahoo! News

Indigenous leaders call off strikes in Ecuador

Indigenous leaders in Ecuador have signed an agreement with the government to end more than two weeks of tense protests.

BBC

Syrian teenagers face deportation in Denmark

Denmark has revoked the residency permits of hundreds of Syrians. Although refugees of war in the EU are protected from deportation, Denmark has broken that consensus; it is intended as a deterrence, experts believe.

Deutsche Welle

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

N. Korean hackers behind cryptocurrency heist

North Korean hackers are thought to be behind the theft of $100m in cryptocurrency from a US company, three digital investigative firms have concluded, as the regime steps up attempts to secure funding for its nuclear missile program.

Guardian

N. Korea suggests balloons flown from South brought COVID-19

FOX News

Nearly a quarter of Earth’s seafloor now mapped

The proportion of the global ocean floor that‘s been properly mapped is rising; it’s now up to nearly a quarter of the total area under water. The update was given at the second UN Ocean Conference in Portugal.

BBC

Astronauts struggle to recover bone density

Astronauts lose decades’ worth of bone mass in space that many do not recover even after a year back on Earth, researchers have found, warning that it could be a “big concern” for future missions to Mars.

Guardian

GLOBAL HEALTH

Africa needs test kits, vaccines for monkeypox

Africa has no vaccines for monkeypox and test kits are in short supply, international health agencies said, warning that richer countries already appeared to be hoarding vaccines.

Reuters

Mosquitos attracted to viruses, aiding spread

Mosquitos are more attracted to organisms infected with viruses such as Zika or dengue, as the diseases change the skin’s microbiome to produce an intoxicating aroma for mosquitos, a new study has found.

NPR

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GOOD NEWS

First Mexican-born woman goes to space

Katya Echazarreta recently made history as the first Mexican-born woman to fly to space, a lifelong dream she was able to accomplish at only 26 years old.

CBC News

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

Kenya startup turns plastics into usable items

Each month, Noma Green Plastic Limited salvages 40 tons of discarded plastic from landfills, and then molds it into chairs, tables and pickets for fencing.

Deutsche Welle

SE Asian students get lessons in nonprofits

A group of Southeast Asian students toured a nonprofit to learn about employing social programs. The students belong to the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative, which aims to foster leadership development in SE Asia.

Journal Inquirer

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

S. African rand slips amid extended power cuts

South Africa’s rand weakened in early trade, shortly after hitting a 20-month low as the country grapples with extended power cuts, as well as worries over a global recession.

Reuters

World Bank aids Egypt to boost food security

The World Bank has agreed to provide Egypt with $500m in development funds to boost food security amid fallout from the coronavirus pandemic and the war in Ukraine, Egypt’s international cooperation ministry said.

Reuters

IMF: Sri Lankan deal sees progress amid crisis

The International Monetary Fund has reported constructive talks with Sri Lankan authorities, raising hopes it could soon grant approval for a credit facility to alleviate a crisis in which the country is struggling to pay for imports.

Al Jazeera

ENVIRONMENT

Vietnam’s climate credentials under scrutiny

The Vietnamese government’s commitment to action on climate change is in the spotlight after a leading environmental activist was sentenced to two years in prison on murky charges of “tax evasion.”

Deutsche Welle

Zimbabwe fishing communities fear for future

Zimbabwean fishing co-operatives are lucrative for women, allowing them to invest in their families’ future, but that success is now in danger due to overfishing and a lack of rainfall, a park spokesperson confirmed.

Guardian

Photo of the Day

A Quechua-speaking Peruvian woman weaves a runner. Peru is the second biggest cocaine producer after Colombia, responsible for more than a quarter of global output, the United Nations says; 100 indigenous communities in the central Amazon region have been threatened in recent years by invading coca farmers who grow the crop for drug trafficking gangs. (Photo by Julie Edgley) Photo used under CC BY

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