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Two girls prepare food for builders working on a school in Somalia. There are about 15 million children currently out of school in the Horn of Africa, but an additional 3.6 million children are at risk of dropping out due to the cumulative strain on households caused by the unrelenting drought, according to UNICEF. (Photo by AU-UN IST PHOTO / TOBIN JONES) Photo used under CC BY

Drought in Horn of Africa strips education from kids

More than 3.5 million children are at risk of dropping out of school due to the drought in the Horn of Africa, the United Nations has said, amid warnings the crisis could lead to “a lost generation” that misses out on education.

Guardian

Somalia’s children face starvation deaths

YouTube

Allegations of sex abuse rife in S. Sudan camp

Accounts of sexual abuse committed by aid workers at a camp run by the UN in South Sudan first surfaced in 2015. Seven years on, such reports have not only continued, but recently increased, an investigation found.

Al Jazeera

Ethiopia’s war disrupts insulin supply in Tigray

The biggest hospital in Tigray is running out of insulin, doctors say, as renewed fighting between rebels and Ethiopian troops has halted supplies to the region. As both sides blame the other for breaking the truce, the region remains without basic services.

Guardian

UN experts detail extensive war crimes amid Tigray conflict

Associated Press

World Food Program chief wants action now

The world is facing “a perfect storm on top of a perfect storm,” the UN food chief warned, urging donors to tackle the fertilizer crisis and prevent widespread food shortages next year.

Associated Press

Amazon CO2 surge linked to law enforcement

Carbon emissions in the Amazon in 2019 and 2020 has more than doubled compared to the average of the previous eight years, according to a new study, as a “collapse” in law enforcement has encouraged forest clearing.

BBC

Kashmir nomadic tribe faces existential crisis

In Indian-administered Kashmir, a nomadic tribe is struggling to maintain its traditional lifestyle in the face of changing forest landscapes and weather conditions.

BBC

HUMAN RIGHTS

Palestine strife highlights lost hopes of youths

The rare eruption of deadly clashes between Palestinians and their own security forces has cast a spotlight on the growing ranks of disenfranchised, impoverished young men taking up arms.

ABC News

Cambodia court rejects genocide appeal

Cambodia’s UN-backed tribunal for the Khmer Rouge has upheld a genocide conviction against the regime’s last surviving leader, more than 40 years after Pol Pot’s communist regime fell.

Guardian

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY

Israeli strikes in Syria target Iran’s logistics unit

Israel’s latest air strikes in Syria targeted a special logistics unit run by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, media reported.

i24 News

Syrian refugees mass in convoy on Turkish border

Guardian

Nigeria‘s president slams ’corrosive’ leaders

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari criticized fellow leaders who extend term limits to cling to power, saying this was having a “corrosive” effect, and promised free and fair elections in February.

CNN

Dozens murdered in clash of Nigerian armed groups

YouTube

North Korea could soon conduct missile test

North Korea could be preparing to conduct a submarine-launched ballistic missile test, as satellite imagery has revealed new construction and barges at a shipyard critical to the country’s new ballistic missile submarine.

The Independent

Congo crisis in focus at UN General Assembly

The president of the Democratic Republic of Congo, in an address to the UN General Assembly, said the M23, a key armed rebel movement causing instability in his country, is supported by Rwanda.

Deutsche Welle

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

In unrest, Iran restricts access to social media

Iran curbed access to Meta Platforms’ Instagram and WhatsApp, two of the last remaining social networks in the country, amid protests over the death of a woman in police custody, residents said.

Reuters

Iran protests spread as internet curbed

Al Jazeera

African countries neglected by tech industry

Digital systems are increasingly voice operated. Yet as the big tech companies focus on clients in Europe and the U.S., two-thirds of people in Africa are at a digital disadvantage due to not speaking a global language.

Deutsche Welle

GLOBAL HEALTH

Vaccinations help Zimbabwe moms protect kids

More than 700 children have died from measles in Zimbabwe in an outbreak first reported in April. Many were unvaccinated because of religious reasons.

Associated Press

World leaders pledge to fight AIDS, TB, malaria

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has secured $14.25 billion in crucial new funding, after decades of progress against the diseases was derailed by the pandemic.

Al Jazeera

Nepal struggles to control a dengue outbreak

Nepal has been battling a dengue outbreak, with the country recording over 17,500 infections and 21 related deaths in the past few months, experts say.

Deutsche Welle

Columns And Op-Ed

The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more.

Column (Michael Rubin):

Iran protests unveil the Revolutionary Guard Corps’s rot

Washington Examiner

Column (William S. Becker):

Quit Big Oil: Our health is a stake

The Hill

Column (Daphne Wysham):

Climate Week congregants should address methane

The Hill

Column (Margarita Lysenkova):

The private sector needs food security reporting standards

Devex

Editorial:

Community health workers — key to reach global health goals

Devex

Column (Tilottama Rani Charulata):

Myanmar, Bangladesh must solve border tensions peacefully

Asia Times Online

Column (Arash Aziz):

Iran’s regime may have just sparked a revolution

Newsweek

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GOOD NEWS

Tanzanian man saved from streets by football

Sadock John was raised by a single mother in Tanzania after his father abandoned the family. His mother was sick and Sadock had to provide for the family. Football saved him from being a street child.

Al Jazeera

Uganda considers organ transplant revolution

The Ugandan Parliament is considering a bill that would make it possible for the first time to perform organ transplants in this East African country.

AfricaNews

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

Gates Foundation gives $100M for food crisis

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has pledged $100 million to address the food security crisis that is disproportionately hurting communities in Africa and South Asia.

Devex

Temple provides aid to flood-hit Pakistanis

As a catastrophic series of floods maroon and displace millions of people living across Pakistan, a Hindu temple in a tiny village has extended a helping hand to those affected by the disaster.

Times of India

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Cambodia not quite yet in a China debt trap

While other developing nations slip into foreign debt death spirals, Cambodia sits in a relatively hale spot, according to league tables that monitor countries at risk of tumbling into a so-called China “debt trap.”

Asia Times Online

South Africa in electricity crisis, blackouts

The South African president had an urgent meeting with his Cabinet to discuss the country’s electricity crisis, which has led to unprecedented levels of nationwide blackouts.

Associated Press

Sri Lanka inflation hit 70.2 percent in August

Consumer inflation in Sri Lanka accelerated to 70.2 percent in August, the statistics department has said, as the island nation reels under its worst economic crisis in decades.

Al Jazeera

Nestlé supply chain linked to disputed territory

For decades, the Mỹky have been fighting for the acknowledgement of their territory in Brazil. Amid the legal uncertainty, farmers have moved on to the land.

Guardian

ENVIRONMENT

Alarming level of microplastics found in fish

large proportion of fish meant for human consumption may contain microplastics, scientists have found, with one expert saying that the decision whether to eat fish or not was a “personal choice.”

Newsweek

Hundreds of birds face extinction due to trade

Songbirds’ striking colors put them at risk of extinction, according to new research. Almost 500 species are vulnerable due to their unique and desirable appearance.

Newsweek

Pod of whales stranded on Tasmanian coast

About 230 whales have been stranded on Tasmania’s west coast, just days after 14 sperm whales were found beached on an island off the southeastern coast.

AfricaNews

Iraq’s mighty Tigris River has been drying up

Iraq may be oil rich, but the country is plagued by poverty after decades of war and by droughts and desertification.

Al Jazeera

India reintroduces Namibian cheetahs to wild

Eight Namibian cheetahs have been airlifted to India, part of an ambitious project to reintroduce the big cats after they were driven to extinction there decades ago.

Guardian

Photo of the Day

A worker from the Cambodian Mine Action Center follows correct procedures before detonating a landmine with C4 explosive. Between 1979 and 2021, landmines and other explosive remnants of war claimed 19,805 lives in Cambodia, the world’s largest amputee population, according to the Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority. (Photo by Kevin Evans) Photo used under CC BY

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