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A man juggles a soccer ball at a refugee camp in Malawi. (Photo by Bjørn Heidenstrøm) Photo used under CC BY

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Malawi, Kenya grappling with the care of refugees

Africa hosts around 30 million IDPs, refugees, and asylum seekers, representing one-third of the world’s refugee population; most are confined to camps. While some countries look for alternatives to encampment, integrating refugees remains a challenge.

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Devex

Ousted Niger president held in ‘poor conditions’

The African Union has expressed concern for the health of Niger’s ousted president and called for his “immediate” release, adding that he is held “in worryingly poor conditions.”

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Thousands of coup supporters gather in Niger

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France24

Afghans cut back on food as drought worsens crisis

Persistent drought across Afghanistan is taking its toll on farmers, its economy and food security. The drought is exacerbated by climate change, which leads to intensifying pressure on water resources, experts say.

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Reuters

Armed groups fight in Myanmar’s jungle war

The Karenni, an ethnic minority in Mynamar, fight in the jungle along with other militias to establish a federal state in Myanmar.

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Al Jazeera

Ethiopia LGBTQ say TikTok incites hate crimes

Members of Ethiopia’s LGBTQ community say they face a wave of violence, blaming much of it on TikTok, as it is failing to take down posts calling for LGBTQ people to be killed.

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Associated Press

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Ethiopia cracks down on gay sex in hotels, bars

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Nepalese teenager forced into ‘period hut’ dies

A Nepalese girl has died as a result of the illegal practice of chhaupadi, where menstruating women are forced to stay in huts outside of their homes.

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Guardian

HUMAN RIGHTS

Muslims flee Indian business hub after attacks

Over 3,000 poor Muslims have fled a business hub outside New Delhi this month, fearing for their lives after Hindu-Muslim clashes and sporadic attacks targeting them, residents, police and a community group said.

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Reuters

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Videos fuel religious hate and misogyny in India

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BBC

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What’s behind India’s rampant religious conflict

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27 migrants found dead near Tunisia’s border

At least 27 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa have died in recent days near the border with Tunisia. Tunisia’s Interior Minister admitted that migrants trying to enter the country are being pushed back into the desert border.

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Associated Press

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Tunisia, EU scrutinized for harsh treatment of migrants along route from Africa to Europe

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GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY

Pakistan election to be delayed in latest crisis

Pakistan’s parliament has been formally dissolved, but polls meant to be held within 90 days will likely be delayed. Electoral boundaries must be redrawn to reflect fresh census data, a months-long process.

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BBC

Recent attacks on politicians in Latin America

Ecuador presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio, a vocal critic of corruption and organized crime, was killed during a campaign event in northern Quito.

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Reuters

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Tech profiting off bogus women’s health cures

Tech firms are profiting from posts promoting harmful and useless health products to women in Kenya. Researchers have accused big tech firms of amplifying content that promises unproven cures for infertility in their networks.

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Guardian

India’s latest moon mission sends first pictures

India’s space agency has released the first images of the moon taken by the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraftt. The images show craters on the lunar surface getting larger and larger as the spacecraft draws closer.

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BBC

African tech startups take aim at AI ‘colonialism’

African artificial intelligence startups fight digital colonization by using data gathered on the continent for social good.

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Context

GLOBAL HEALTH

Mexico to begin tracking fentanyl precursors

Mexico is developing a digital tracking system for fentanyl precursor chemicals, including methods to detect the substances at Mexico’s coastal ports and border crossing points, Foreign Minister Alicia Barcena said.

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GOOD NEWS

Art studio offers relief to young Afghan women

In a colorful art studio in Balkh’s capital Mazar-i-Sharif, paintings adorn the walls and several young women gather for a pencil drawing class. Many have been sent at the recommendation of a mental health expert.

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Reuters

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

WFP aid to Ethiopia restarts after suspension

The World Food Program is slowly resuming food aid to Ethiopia months after taking the extraordinary measure of suspending aid to millions of people after the discovery of a massive scheme to steal donated grain.

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ABC News

Newspaper archivists preserving Nigeria’s past

A nonprofit startup called Archivi.ng is attempting to digitise every edition of every newspaper – 50 in all – published in Nigeria since 1 January 1960, the year of independence from Britain.

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Guardian

UN-Syria al-Hawa aid delivery deal raises fears

The U.N. says a deal has been reached with Syria to reopen the sole crossing for UN aid deliveries to its rebel-held north-west after weeks of impasse.

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BBC

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

The Mumbai residents risking safety for homes

Amid the luxury towers and villas of Mumbai’s most exclusive postcode, a crumbling apartment block exemplifies the risks some people are willing to take to live in one of the world’s most expensive property markets.

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Al Jazeera

ENVIRONMENT

Amazon Summit ends without concrete goals

Brazil’s Amazon Summit closed with a roadmap to protect rainforests that was welcomed as a step in countering climate change, but without the concrete commitments sought by environmentalists.

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Associated Press

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Rainforest countries form pact to demand conservation cash from rich nations

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Reuters

Africa penguins on track for extinction by 2035

The penguin is listed as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. By 2035, on current trends, scientists say there will not be enough breeding pairs for the species to continue to survive in the wild.

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Guardian

Fires ravage town at heart of Hawaiian culture

Wildfires have left a trail of destruction on the Hawaiian island of Maui, killing at 36 people and forcing thousands to flee their homes.

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Al Jazeera

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A woman from the town of Naqada in Upper Egypt weaves a rayon cloth on a small treadle loom. (Photo by Anne Wilson/Knoxville Museum of Art) Photo used under CC BY

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