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An aid worker measures a child’s arm for malnutrition at a mobile clinic in Haiti. (Photo by ECHO/Susana Perez Diaz) Photo used under CC BY

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Haiti’s frequent violence threatens NGO-run clinic

Doctors Without Borders has become the last treatment option for many Haitians; it is the only NGO running or directly supporting hospitals in Haiti’s capital. Yet, it is concerned it may have to scale back operations due to the growing frequency of violent incidents.

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Guardian

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Families in Haiti flee homes to escape gang violence

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Senegal looks for solutions to vanishing coast

Senegal’s coastline is key to its social fabric and economy, but the low and sandy shores receded up to 10 feet between 2014 and 2018, according to a report, thereby altering the ecosystem and threatening livelihoods.

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Al Jazeera

No world treaty restrains ‘vampiric’ water usage

Water is the lifeblood of humanity, but protecting it isn’t taken seriously enough. That was the conclusion of many at the UN 2023 Water Conference, as there is no international agreement to protect water resources.

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Devex

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UN: India’s cities to struggle with lack of water

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The Independent

Midwives giving hope to women in Afghanistan

A woman dies every two seconds from pregnancy or childbirth in Afghanistan, the UN estimates. A pilot project now intends to provide hope in the Taliban-run country.

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UN calls Uganda anti-gay law ‘deeply troubling’

The UN rights chief urged Uganda’s president to block an anti-LGBTQ bill that prescribes harsh penalties for homosexual offenses.

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PBS NewsHour

Yemen’s guardianship rules limit aid workers

Female aid workers in northern Yemen can’t do their jobs—tackling one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises—as tightening male guardianship rules imposed by the Iran-backed Houthi rebels restrict their movement.

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Yemen rebels restrict humanitarian flights to Sanaa

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HUMAN RIGHTS

UN: Rape used as a weapon in Tigray conflict

The war in northern Ethiopia ranks among the deadliest conflicts in recent times. UN investigators have said rape was used as a weapon of war. With a cease-fire agreed, more and more accounts of atrocities are emerging.

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Haitians go hungry amid surging gang violence

Haitians are increasingly desperate for humanitarian aid as gang violence engulfing the country has left nearly half the population regularly going hungry, a World Food Programme (WFP) report has found.

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Guardian

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Haiti gang violence leaves 187 dead in 11 days

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The Independent

Inside Somalia’s hidden world of sex work

Two women in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, have been talking to the BBC about how they got drawn into the underground world of sex work in a city living under the threat of violence following years of civil war.

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Yahoo! News

UK probes into army’s illegal killing of Afghans

The United Kingdom has officially launched an inquiry into allegations that British armed forces carried out dozens of extrajudicial killings in Afghanistan from 2010 to 2013.

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The Independent

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY

War on gangs forges new El Salvador at a price

El Salvador has undergone a radical transformation since President Nayib Bukele ordered a state of emergency in response to an alarming surge in gang violence. For some, the new measures come at a steep price.

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Associated Press

US, Canada to close immigration loophole

U.S. President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a plan to close a loophole to an immigration agreement that has allowed thousands of asylum-seekers to move between the two countries.

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PBS NewsHour

Iraqis still await US visas 20 years after invasion

Nearly 100 applicants who applied for protective visas after working with US forces in Iraq remain in limbo. Applicants have been facing real danger caused by an ongoing delay of their applications.

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Al Jazeera

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

India spies on world’s largest population

India is poised to become world‘s most populous nation. Activists say that increased digitization and policing of online content have led to greater surveillance of India’s population and privacy violations.

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We don’t know how many people live in India and it’s a problem

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Why does US see TikTok as a security threat?

TikTok has been dogged by persistent claims that it threatens national security and user privacy, or could be used to promote pro-Beijing propaganda and misinformation. So are the data security risks real?

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Associated Press

GLOBAL HEALTH

African countries embrace first malaria vaccine

The vaccine — RTS,S — has been criticized for its relatively high rollout costs and low 30% efficacy but WHO says it has resulted in a more than 10% drop in child deaths in three pilot countries: Ghana, Kenya, and Malawi

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GOOD NEWS

Amazon leaders bless Scotland’s rainforest

A film about a group of indigenous people from the Amazon and a visit they made to Scotland’s rainforest will be given its Scottish premiere. The film is being screened as part of the Glasgow Short Film Festival, external.

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BBC

Indian teachers help girls return to school

A Foundation run by Kunda Bachhav and Vaishali Bhamre in India’s Maharashtra state district helps more than 80 poor girls continue their education, which had been disrupted by the COVID-19 school closures.

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Al Jazeera

Somalia media team breaks stereotypes

A UN 2022 report showed that Somali women journalists face high rates of sexism not only in society but in the workplace. To combat these challenges, Somalia’s first and only all-female media unit was born.

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BBC

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

AU urges nearly $90M for its Somali force

The African Union appealed for nearly $90 million for its peacekeeping force in Somalia, which is providing support to its military forces battling al-Shabab extremists.

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ABC News

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Lack of India coal jobs fuels migration to cities

Declining job opportunities in India’s coal hubs force young people to seek work in far-away cities where they struggle to find secure, well-paid employment.

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Where are India’s working women?

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Residents scrape by in Colombia shantytown

Economic migrants from Venezuela and Colombians displaced by violence struggle to find food, water and work in La Pista.

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Guardian

ENVIRONMENT

Cyclone Freddy claims 600 people in 2 months

The death toll from Tropical Cyclone Freddy, which ravaged Madagascar, Malawi and Mozambique over the past two months, now stands at more than 600 people, the World Health Organization (WHO) said.

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Cyclone Freddy: Rescue efforts under way in Malawi

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China province provides haven for biodiversity

It’s home to almost 20,000 plant and 2,000 animal species, most of which are protected and unique to the region. Yunnan is a haven of biodiversity and a showcase for environmental protection in China.

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France 24

In Spain, 1.5K evacuated as wildfire rages

Spain’s first major wildfire of the year raged in the eastern Valencia region, destroying more than 3,000 hectares (7,413 acres) of forest and forcing 1,500 residents to abandon their homes, authorities said.

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Preventing accidents is key as people return home to villages which, until recently, were active battles zones. To teach children and parents how to identify and protect themselves against explosive hazards, the EU supports mine risk education across Syria. (Photo by European Union/Peter Biro)) Photo used under CC BY

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