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Local Pakistani kids wait in line to receive a toy as part of a Toys For Tots program. About 3.3 million of Pakistan’s children are trapped in child labor, depriving them of their childhood, their health and education, and condemning them to a life of poverty, according to UNICEF. (Photo by U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Joshua Kruger) Photo used under CC BY

Pakistan’s street children face exploitation, addiction

There are a reported 1.5 million homeless children in Pakistan, a figure that recently surged due to many families losing their income during the pandemic; according to UNICEF, these children remain vulnerable to many forms of exploitation, violence and trafficking.

The Independent

Only the coffin trade booming in Cameroon city

Once a thriving city in Cameroon, Bamenda has been ripped of its soul by a five-year civil war. The city is all but dead; only the coffin trade is booming as bodies are dumped all over: in mortuaries, on streets and in rivers.

BBC

Cameroon’s forgotten civil war continues

YouTube

Iraqi women humiliated, trafficked into sex trade

The sex trade in Iraq is a growing phenomenon fuelled by deeply entrenched socioeconomic factors and enabled by a tangled web of corrupt officials and armed groups, according to an investigation.

Al Jazeera

Iranian women need certificates to prove virginity

BBC

A third of kids under 5 malnourished in Tigray

Nearly one in three children under five in the Ethiopian region of Tigray are malnourished; urgent action is needed to prevent them from dying, the United Nations said.

Guardian

Bhutan banning import of almost all vehicles

Bhutan has decided to ban the import of almost all vehicles so as to save dwindling foreign exchange reserves hit hard by the pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

The Independent

Bhutan’s foreign reserves depleting; government bans import of vehicles

YouTube

NGOs opposed to DRC’s oil auction threatened

Environmental NGOs are facing threats because of their opposition to the auction of oil blocks in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

AfricaNews

HUMAN RIGHTS

Violence in northeast Syria kills 21 civilians

At least 21 civilians, including children, were killed in separate bombardments in the latest flare-up of violence along Syria’s northern border with Turkey, Kurdish authorities and a war monitor said.

i24 news

Turkey’s rapprochement with Syria leaves refugees fearful

Guardian

Syrian refugee alleges killings, rapes in Libya

YouTube

Kenyans take UK to court over colonial abuses

Kenyans forced off their land by British settlers during colonial rule are taking their case against the United Kingdom to the European Court of Human Rights, their supporters said.

i24 News

Rwanda’s LGBTQ+ people want to be counted

LGBTQ+ people in Rwanda want the government to collect data on them in the forthcoming national census in order for them to plan for their needs and end discrimination.

Deutsche Welle

Papua New Guinea fails to end sorcery violence

An insidious form of violence continues to plague Papua New Guinea: sorcery-accusation-related violence, the public torture and murder of women accused of witchcraft.

Al Jazeera

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY

Nigerian gang leader accepts authorities’ truce

A Nigerian gang leader has accepted a truce offered by authorities in the northwestern state of Zamfara, which has been wracked by years of deadly violence, a local official said.

AfricaNews

North Korea aims to strengthen ties with Russia

Ostracized by the international community, Russia and North Korea are working hard to improve bilateral ties and express support for each other’s geopolitical ambitions in Ukraine and the Korean Peninsula.

Deutsche Welle

UN concerned by force in Libya political crisis

The United Nations Libya mission said it was deeply concerned by what it called an ongoing mobilization of forces and threats to use force to resolve the country’s political crisis.

Reuters

Yemen leader orders group to stop operations

The head of Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council has ordered United Arab Emirates-backed separatists to stop military operations in the country’s south.

Al Jazeera

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

China plans to use chemicals to generate rain

China says it will try to protect its grain harvest from drought by using chemicals to generate rain, while factories in the southwest waited to see if they would be shut down due to shortages of water to generate hydropower.

NPR

Spiders showing signs of REM-like activity

Jumping spiders experience something like rapid eye movement sleep when they rest at night, a study found, raising the possibility they are capable of dreaming.

NPR

India forced Twitter to put agent on payroll

A former Twitter, Inc. security chief has alleged that the Indian government forced the social media firm to put a government agent on the payroll, according to a whistleblower disclosure with U.S. regulators.

Reuters

GLOBAL HEALTH

Almost half of global cancer deaths preventable

Globally, nearly half of deaths due to cancer can be attributable to preventable risk factors, including the three leading risks of: smoking, drinking too much alcohol or having a high body mass index, a new paper suggests.

CNN

Over half who had omicron variant didn’t know

The majority of people likely infected with the omicron variant that causes COVID-19 were not aware they contracted the virus, which likely played a role in the rapid spread of omicron, according to a study.

NPR

New Ebola virus case confirmed in eastern DRC

A new case of Ebola virus has been confirmed in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the country’s National Institute for Biomedical Research said.

Reuters

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GOOD NEWS

Female Indian physicist defied gender norms

A renowned Indian physicist and meteorologist who defied gender norms is getting a little extra attention thanks to Google Doodle. Anna Mani’s work enabled India to make accurate weather predictions.

Newsweek

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

NGO teaches prisoners in Africa legal defense

Justice Defenders is an organization that has worked in 55 prisons in Kenya, Uganda and The Gambia, giving legal training to hundreds of inmates who can then help their fellow prisoners get a fair hearing in court.

CBS News

Palestinian NGO claims Israel detained director

The Palestinian NGO Defense for Children, which specializes in children’s rights, announced that Israeli forces have temporarily detained its director general, Khaled Quzmar, for unspecified reasons.

MSN News

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Qatar deports migrant workers after protest

Qatar has deported migrant workers who protested about unpaid wages, as the country prepares for the football World Cup.

BBC

Gaza goes solar amid bombardment, outages

A round of violence between Israel and Palestine broke out in Gaza earlier this month. During the attacks, the Gaza power plant shut down, which resulted in power outages for over 20 hours a day.

NBCNews.com

ENVIRONMENT

Drought in Africa threatens millions of children

As many as 40 million children are “one disease” from catastrophe as the Horn of Africa and Sahel experience the worst drought in four decades, according to UNICEF.

Deutsche Welle

Climate crisis forces Panamanians to relocate

Some 2,000 islanders in a Panama territory will become one of the first indigenous communities in Latin America to relocate because of climate change.

BBC

Islands near Panama ‘could be underwater in decades’

YouTube

Marine species threatened due to fossil fuels

If greenhouse gases continue to be emitted at high rates, by the end of the century nearly every marine species could face extinction, according to a new study.

CBS News

Australian firm to start drilling in Zimbabwe

An Australian energy firm announced it was going to start drilling its first well in Zimbabwe in a few days to look for gas and oil.

AfricaNews

Jordanians go electric amid rising fuel prices

Jordanians are increasingly turning to electric vehicles, not necessarily over concern for the environment either, although that obviously plays its part. It’s simple economics that is fueling the drive to go electric.

i24 News

Rhino poaching falls; species still threatened

African rhino poaching rates have fallen since 2018, figures show, but thousands are still being illegally hunted, threatening the species’ future, experts warn.

The Independent

At least 32 killed as monsoonal rains lash India

At least 32 people have died in flash flooding and landslides triggered by heavy monsoonal rains in two of India’s northern states.

CNN

Photo of the Day

Girls use laptops in the classroom for the first time in Papua New Guinea, a country where the public torture and murder of women accused of witchcraft, or sorcery-accusation-related violence (SARV), is on the rise, according to research by the Australian National University; misogyny is a factor not just in SARV itself, but also in the response to the crimes. (Photo by One Laptop per Child) Photo used under CC BY

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