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Rights group accuses RSF of sexual violence in Sudan

A women’s rights organization has documented nearly 1,300 cases of endemic sexual and gender-based violence across Sudan, with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces blamed for the overwhelming majority of attacks.

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Al Jazeera

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Food rations to Sudan to be reduced due to funding shortages, WFP says

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Reuters

HUMAN RIGHTS

Child bride spared death after blood money paid

A child bride who was due to be executed this month in Iran over the death of her husband has had her life spared by his parents, who were paid the equivalent of $93,500 in exchange for their forgiveness.

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Guardian

Refugees describe neighbors killed in DRC

Congolese refugees have recounted harrowing scenes of death and family separation as they fled intensified fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, where M23 rebels captured a strategic city.

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Al Jazeera

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US ‘incredibly disappointed’ over renewed violence in eastern DRC

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The National

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UN warns of ‘regional conflagration’ as DRC violence uproots 500K

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UN News

Mozambique attacks compound displacement

Jihadist insurgents in northern Mozambique have launched new attacks in recent weeks, beheading civilians, burning villages and leaving children orphaned and forced to seek help alone.

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Associated Press

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY

Thousands of houses without power in Ukraine

More than a million households are without electricity in Ukraine after a barrage of overnight Russian strikes hit energy and industrial infrastructure, officials said.

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BBC

Crime concerns grip Chile ahead of election

The final two presidential candidates, Jose Antonio Kast and Jeannette Jara, have made crime central to their platforms. Whose proposals will prevail?

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Al Jazeera

No signs of Thailand-Cambodia fight stopping

Renewed border fighting between Thailand and Cambodia showed no signs of abating, with hundreds of thousands of displaced people in strained conditions as more flooded into temporary shelters.

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Associated Press

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Thai-Cambodian clashes displace thousands

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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Mali uses AI to bring language into schools

Bambara is the most widely spoken language in Mali, but in schools, only French is taught. A start-up is trying to change that so pupils will not only be able to speak but to read and write in their mother tongue, too.

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Meta removes abortion, queer content accounts

Meta has removed or restricted dozens of accounts belonging to abortion access providers, queer groups and reproductive health organizations in the past weeks.

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Guardian

GLOBAL HEALTH

Free childbirth program ends in eastern Congo

In a maternity ward in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Irene Nabudeba rested her hands on her bulging midsection, worried about giving birth in a city under rebel control.

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Associated Press

Indian drugmaker promises cheap alternatives

Medicines made by Zee Laboratories have failed quality tests time and again, but its drugs are still on shelves around the world.

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GOOD NEWS

Photos of moments of joy throughout 2025

The joy of being there, a dance in a bomb shelter, a kiss in a flood and a hug in the mud are among the defining images of 2025 as people found happiness despite adversity and enjoyed the simple things of life.

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Associated Press

Czech village keeping Mikulas tradition alive

In early December, Christians in many countries celebrate the Feast of St. Nicholas — known in Czechia as Mikulas. DW visited a village in the country’s southeast to watch this centuries-old tradition in action.

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AID, NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

Drone strike kills 6 UN peacekeepers in Sudan

A drone strike has hit a United Nations peacekeeping logistics base in war-torn Sudan, killing six peacekeepers, U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres said.

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Guardian

Anti-FGM programs axed in UK aid cuts

The U.K. has ended two major programs to protect girls from female genital mutilation, despite successfully running for a seat on the U.N. Human Rights Council on a pledge to tackle the practice.

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The Independent

Sumatra residents struggle as aid falls short

Two weeks after a devastating cyclone swept across southeast Asia, thousands of people on Indonesia’s Sumatra Island are still awaiting assistance. Local officials are urging the government to declare a national emergency.

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ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

How much money will it take to rebuild Syria?

Almost 14 years of war have devastated Syria’s economy. Now, a year after the fall of Bashar al-Assad, how much will it cost to rebuild the country?

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Al Jazeera

ENVIRONMENT

New Delhi’s air quality is at hazardous levels

Thick toxic smog covered India’s national capital, raising air pollution levels to their highest in weeks, disrupting travel and prompting authorities to enforce the strictest containment measures.

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ABC News

Morocco flash floods kill dozens, wreck homes

Flash flooding in Morocco caused by heavy rain this week damaged at least 70 homes and businesses, resulting in deaths and injuries.

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France 24

Rare orangutan species now faces extinction

Indonesia’s deadliest floods in decades have pushed the world’s rarest great ape closer to extinction, as scientists warn that vast swathes of forest critical to the survival of the Tapanuli orangutan have been destroyed.

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The Independent

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An old Yemeni woman. (Photo by Rod Waddington) Photo used under CC BY

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