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The Horn of Africa is facing the worst drought in 40 years, with more than 43.3 million people in need of assistance (Photo by Filipe Moreira) Photo used under CC BY

Aid agencies back UN’s appeal for Africa crisis

Humanitarian organizations say time is running out as affected communities have gone for months with little or no food.

Al Jazeera

UN to cut rations for Rohingya refugees, again

A United Nations food agency said lack of funding is forcing it to cut food aid for one million Rohingya refugees living in Bangladesh camps for the second time this year.

i24 News

Climate change has caused 2M deaths in past 50 years

Extreme weather has caused the deaths of 2 million people and $4.3 trillion in economic damage over the past half a century, a report by the United Nations finds.

Al Jazeera

Disaster deaths decline, damage rises on hotter planet

Context

More than 90K Sudanese take refuge in Chad

The number of refugees in Chad who have fled the fighting between the forces of the two rival generals in Sudan for more than a month is “increasing very quickly.”

Africa News

Sudan crisis poses dangerous spillover risks for Chad

Deutsche Welle

Brazil tries new approach against deforestation

Brazilian ecologists are managing a stretch of land in a way that welcomes both local people and scientists to engage in preserving the world’s largest tropical forest.

Associated Press

HUMAN RIGHTS

Fighter jets mark first day of Sudan ceasefire

Artillery fire could be heard in parts of Khartoum and warplanes continued to fly overhead, raising fears that intense fighting would erupt and shatter Sudanese hopes raised by an internationally-monitored ceasefire.

Al Jazeera

Sudan fighting: Conflict takes devastating toll on children

YouTube

Separatist rebels kidnap 30 women in Cameroon

Separatist rebels kidnapped 30 women in northwestern Cameroon. The government says insurgents abducted the women for protesting against violence and illegal taxes in the restive anglophone region of the country.

Deutsche Welle

Sri Lanka tea pickers go hungry, live in squalor

Some of the world’s leading tea manufacturers, including Tetley and Lipton, are examining conditions on the plantations of its Sri Lankan suppliers, following a Guardian investigation.

Guardian

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY

Zimbabwe grants 4K prison inmates amnesty

Zimbabwe has begun releasing 4,000 prisoners under a presidential amnesty that will help ease congestion in overcrowded jails. Former prisoners have complained about overcrowding and a lack of food and proper health care.

Associated Press

Thousands protest Israel’s 2023-24 state budget

Several thousand Israelis protested against the government’s 2023-2024 state budget. The message of protestors: This is a plundering government passing a state budget that disadvantages Israel’s middle class.

i24 News

Denmark reverses asylum policy for Ukraine

Denmark seeks to send home Syrians, while welcoming thousands of Ukrainians in an apparent asylum crackdown U-turn.

Context

Poland opens one border to refugees, closes another

Context

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Kenyans torch machines to protest job losses

A Kenya-based tea company has suspended operations after tea plucking machines were burned by protesters citing job losses because of mechanization. They burned five machines and looted tea from the company’s shop.

Associated Press

First Arab female astronaut reaches ISS station

The first female Arab astronaut to go to space has arrived at the International Space Station (ISS). Rayyanah Barnawi hopes to inspire women from all backgrounds in the Middle East.

BBC

GLOBAL HEALTH

Bird flu prompts Brazil animal health emergency

Brazil declared a state of animal health emergency for 180 days in response to the country’s first-ever detection of the avian influenza virus in wild birds, in a document signed by Agriculture Minister Carlos Favaro.

Reuters

Insulin costs a month’s wages in poor countries

A month’s worth of insulin costs up to 27 days’ salary in Cameroon and 20 days in Nigeria and Myanmar, according to a survey of prices in 47 countries. In upper-middle-income countries, insulin costs an average of four days’ wages.

Guardian

Nigerian doctors decry mandatory service bill

A new bill to impose five years of mandatory service on Nigeria’s medical graduates in an effort to stop the exodus of doctors to Western countries has been attacked as “obnoxious," with doctors’ unions fiercely opposed.

Guardian

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GOOD NEWS

Saving India’s endangered Olive Ridley turtles

In India, locals and environmentalists have joined forces to save the endangered Olive Ridley turtle. The Velas village ecotourism initiative is helping both the community and the animals see it as a model to emulate.

Deutsche Welle

Entire Indonesian village knows sign language

A tiny fraction of the inhabitants in Bengkala, Bali are deaf and mute. But they don’t feel uncomfortable or discriminated against in their village where everyone - even those who are not deaf - communicates in sign language.

Deutsche Welle

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

Nonprofit teaches Ukrainian troops vital tools

A nonprofit created after a school shooting is helping Ukrainian troops learn medical care - which some soldiers credit with saving lives. The nonprofit also releases videos to train those who are unable to be trained in person.

ABC News

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Argentina releases new largest bill equal to $8

Argentina has put a new 2,000-peso bill into circulation as the country endures one of the world’s highest inflation rates. The new banknote is worth double the previous highest bill in circulation but is still worth only $8.21.

Associated Press

Israel interest rate at highest in two decades

The Bank of Israel announced a further increase to the key interest rate by 0.25 percent, bringing the total rate to 4.75 percent – the Jewish state’s highest level in 17 years.

i24 News

ENVIRONMENT

Climate change exacerbateing Typhoon Mawar

Super Typhoon Mawar is barreling toward Guam. It is pushing a wall of water in front of it, and packs winds powerful enough to snap power poles and uproot trees. Climate change makes storms like Mawar more likely.

NPR

Nations plan for climate-induced health crises

Context

Cocoa demand destroying West African forests

The world’s hunger for chocolate is causing the destruction of forests in West Africa. Satellite maps of Ivory Coast and Ghana showed swaths of the formerly dense forest had become cocoa plantations since 2000.

Guardian

Kenya taps Earth’s heat for energy production

Geothermal energy accounts for a large portion of Kenya’s energy production. While geothermal energy serves as an alternative to fossil fuels, it is not without its drawbacks.

Deutsche Welle

Photo of the Day

A Kenyah tribe woman performs the “Hornbill dance” accompanied by the sape, a traditional Bornean stringed instrument. (Photo by Eric Huybrechts) Photo used under CC BY

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