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More than 127,000 people have sought refuge in South Sudan since fighting in Sudan broke out in April. Overcrowded refugee camps and shortage of food and water are leading to “catastrophic” conditions. (Photo by Asunta sura) Photo used under CC BY

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Sudan refugees facing ‘catastrophic’ shortages

Thousands of people fleeing conflict in Sudan are arriving in areas of South Sudan where inadequate water, sanitation, food and shelter may soon become catastrophic, Doctors Without Borders warned.

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Doctors Without Borders

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Children die daily at a South Sudan border camp while they wait for international aid

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CNN

Pakistan flood victims still struggle a year later

A year after last summer’s devastating floods, Pakistan hasn’t fully recovered. Survivors are living in makeshift huts, millions of children are out of school and damaged infrastructure is waiting to be repaired.

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Associated Press

Millions of Ethiopians starving as aid is paused

As the U.S. and U.N. demand that Ethiopia’s government yield its control over the vast aid delivery system supporting one-sixth of the country’s population, they have taken the dramatic step of suspending their food aid.

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Associated Press

Fear stalks funeral of prison massacre victims

Fear simmered among the small knot of relatives gathered for the wake of a mother and daughter who were among 46 female inmates slaughtered in this week’s prison riot in Honduras.

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Massacre sparks calls for prison system reform

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30 migrants feared drowned in Canary Islands

More than 30 migrants may have drowned after their boat sank in the Atlantic Ocean off the Canary Islands, two charities have said.

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BBC

Report: Japanese children forcibly sterilized

A Japanese government report has revealed that between 1948 and 1996, about 16,500 people were operated on without their consent under a eugenics law.

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Guardian

HUMAN RIGHTS

Sudan crisis displaces more than 2.5M people

Sudan’s civil war has killed thousands of people and forced more than 2.5 million people to flee their homes to safer areas in Sudan and neighboring countries, according to the United Nations migration agency.

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Associated Press

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EU allocates $22M to Egypt in the face of Sudanese refugee crisis

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Africa News

Violence, climate change spoils Nigeria harvest

Violent extremism and climate change are driving crop growers and stock farmers from their fields in Nigeria. The nation’s battle to feed its citizens presents a significant challenge for new President Bola Tinubu.

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Searching for answers after migrant shipwreck

Last week saw the worst shipwreck in the Mediterranean this year, with some accounts saying 750 people were crammed onto the small boat which sank off the coast of Greece.

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Pakistanis mourn hundreds feared dead in Greece boat tragedy

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France 24

The Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in Jenin

Al Jazeera spoke to the families of the Palestinians recently killed by the Israeli army during a violent raid in Jenin.

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Al Jazeera

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY

Bolsonaro on trial over electoral fraud claims

The former president is being tried by the Superior Electoral Tribunal on charges of misusing state media by making unproven allegations against the voting system.

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US places sanctions on Myanmar ministry

The United States has imposed sanctions on Myanmar’s defence ministry and two banks used by the military regime to buy arms and other goods from foreign sources.

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Al Jazeera

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Ancient Mayan empire found in Mexican jungle

A previously unknown ancient Maya city has been discovered in the jungles of southern Mexico, the country’s anthropology institute said, adding it was likely an important center more than a thousand years ago.

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NBCNews.com

Africa gene-edited superchickens spark debate

Though researchers believe the super-chickens will benefit farmers, some food security experts warn that the “super” gene-edited varieties will colonize food systems and endanger human health and the environment.

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Devex

GLOBAL HEALTH

Climate change causes growing risk of disease

European Union officials warned there is a growing risk of mosquito-borne viral diseases such as dengue and chikungunya in Europe due to climate change.

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Associated Press

Inside Afghanistan’s growing drug epidemic

Afghanistan has one of the world’s highest drug addiction rates. According to the Taliban, there are an estimated four million drug addicts across the country.

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Al Jazeera

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GOOD NEWS

Man turns ocean plastics into unique furniture

Joel Oenga from Kwale County in Kenya is taking care of the environment by recycling waste. He makes furniture from plastic from the Indian Ocean and dumped cement bags.

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Kenya to launch daily school meals program

The largest school meals program in Africa is to begin in Nairobi this August, in a drive to “eliminate the shame of hunger in [Kenya]” by providing lunches for 4 million school children.

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Guardian

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

GiveDirectly fraud steals from DRC’s poorest

U.S.-based nonprofit group GiveDirectly recently disclosed a $1 million fraud scheme involving one of its cash transfer aid programs in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Zambia seals $6.3B debt restructuring deal

Zambia has clinched a deal to restructure more than $6 billion in debts owed to other governments, a French official said in a long-awaited breakthrough to ease pressure on the African country’s strained public finances.

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Reuters

Venezuelan women chase business dreams

Migrant women from Venezuela struggling to escape poverty and discrimination in the jobs market turn to their own small businesses.

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Context

Macron summit tackles debt, climate reform

A summit hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron that aims to create a new pact between rich and poor countries to ease crippling debt and fund climate action.

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Context

ENVIRONMENT

BBC exposes global monkey torture network

A BBC investigation has uncovered a global monkey torture ring stretching from Indonesia to the U.S. The World Service found customers around the world paying Indonesians to torture and kill baby macaques.

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BBC

Himalayan glaciers melting faster than ever

The glaciers disappeared 65 percent faster from 2011 to 2020 compared with the previous decade, according to a report by the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD).

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France 24

Rwanda to seek $300M for climate resilience

Rwanda and international development banks plan to raise an extra $328.86 million to help the country adapt to a changing climate, the International Monetary Fund said.

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Reuters

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Yemen’s children pay price for conflict and climate change

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A Tibetan woman and child. (Photo by Mandala Travel) Photo used under CC BY

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