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Palestinians line up with jerrycans to get safe and potable water. (Photo by Action Against Hunger) Photo used under CC BY

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Faced with starvation, Gazans swarm aid center

Thousands of Palestinians have overwhelmed a food distribution center in southern Gaza, driven by hunger after nearly three months without access to fresh supplies. Israeli soldiers used gunfire to disperse the crowds.

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Al Jazeera

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Food trucks in Gaza raided, underscoring aid problems

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Reuters

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Death, destruction in the ruins of Gaza

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Reuters

Mexico’s cartels recruit kids, make them killers

Security experts say children are a casualty of a deliberate strategy by Mexican organized crime groups to recruit minors into their ranks by preying on their hunger for status and camaraderie, as well as their loyalty.

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Reuters

Saudi Arabia’s ‘prisons’ for disobedient women

Girls and young women describe facing flogging and abuse in so-called “care homes” after arguing with their fathers or husbands. They are then “rehabilitated” so they can return to their families.

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Guardian

Inside the devastating impact of US aid cuts

In Uganda and Zimbabwe, The Independent’s chief international correspondent finds U.S. President Donald Trump’s brutal severing of aid – and abrupt halt in medication – is already tearing lives apart.

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The Independent

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Aid that kept Somali kids alive is disappearing

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Associated Press

HUMAN RIGHTS

Uganda accused of attacks on LGBTQ+ people

The Ugandan authorities have “unleashed abuse,” perpetrating widespread discrimination and violence against LGBTQ+ people in the two years since the world’s harshest anti-gay laws were enacted.

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Guardian

Argentina used to test eroding abortion rights

Argentina is being used as a “testing ground” for stripping back abortion rights internationally as it cuts funding for contraceptives and ends the distribution of abortion pills, Amnesty International warned.

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Guardian

Islamist group gets a feminist professor fired

A college professor in Bangladesh says the authorities have yielded to the demands of Islamist groups and removed her from her post for being vocal about women’s property rights.

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The Independent

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY

India-Pakistan crisis deepened by no diplomacy

Without civil society actors working behind the scenes, India and Pakistan are left with a vacuum when trying to smooth out thorny issues like Kashmir.

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School bus attack caught in tensions between Pakistan and India

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BBC

DRC, Rwanda hope for peace and minerals deal

A ceasefire in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has failed to end fighting between the government and Rwanda-backed M23 rebel fighters. The battle zone spans DRC’s borders with Rwanda and Uganda.

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Hamas’s Gaza leader killed in Israeli airstrike

Hamas’s de facto leader in Gaza, Mohammed Sinwar, was killed during a recent airstrike, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu said.

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Time

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EU says Israeli strikes in Gaza ‘go beyond what is necessary’ to fight Hamas

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BBC

Namibia pushes for reparations from Germany

Namibia has observed its first genocide remembrance day, honoring the estimated 75,000 victims who were massacred by soldiers or forced into concentration camps during German colonial rule.

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Guardian

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Preserving Oualata’s fragile manuscript legacy

Centuries-old manuscripts in Oualata libraries face destruction as desert sands encroach on the ancient Mauritanian town.

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Al Jazeera

Three 3,000-year-old tombs unearthed in Egypt

Three tombs dating back thousands of years have been unearthed in an ancient Egyptian burial complex.

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CNN

GLOBAL HEALTH

Malawi battles mpox as cases surge in Africa

Malawi is one of 16 countries in Africa reporting mpox outbreaks as health officials battle with vaccine shortages as well as limited testing and hospital capacity.

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Guardian

Cholera outbreak in Sudan has killed over 170

A fast-spreading cholera outbreak has hit Sudan, killing 172 people, with more than 2,500 others becoming ill in the past week.

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Associated Press

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GOOD NEWS

Zimbabweans transform urban green space

With Africa’s urban population expected to double by 2050, green city spaces will be vital. In Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, citizens have restored a neglected conservation area.

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NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

Over 60 charities demand UK reverse aid cuts

More than 60 major UK and international charities have called for the government to reverse funding cuts that they warn will ensure the “worst aid budget for women and girls on record.”

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The Independent

A family digs through trash for food in Gaza

Israel cut off all food, medicine and other supplies to Gaza on March 2. It said the blockade and its subsequent resumption of the war aimed to pressure Hamas to release the hostages it still holds.

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Associated Press

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Poorest 75 nations face wave of debt to China

The most vulnerable nations on Earth are facing a “tidal wave” of debt repayments as a Chinese lending boom starts to be called in, a new report has warned.

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Guardian

Trump’s remittance tax to hit Africans hardest

President Trump’s much-touted tax bill includes a plan to place significant levies on remittances leaving the country. The impact on migrants and their families will be felt across the world, including in Africa.

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ENVIRONMENT

Pakistan’s deadly water crisis becomes costly

Pakistan is facing a worsening clean water crisis. In cities and peri-urban areas, piped water is unreliable or unsafe, forcing millions to depend on costly, often unhygienic tankers and overcrowded filtration plants.

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Temperatures soar in Pakistan heat wave

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Philippines uses mangroves to protect coasts

Protecting the coastline is a priority for the Philippines province of Negros Occidental. But instead of man-made defenses, local leaders have turned to reviving natural barriers with strips of coastal mangroves.

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Context

Puffins thriving on a tiny island despite decline

A record number of puffins have been recorded on a small island off the Pembrokeshire coast, despite global populations declining rapidly.

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BBC

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After returning home to eastern Idlib, Syria, Amina found her garden still standing. “I was deeply moved to see my plants had survived. They waited for me, just as I longed to return to them,” she says. (Photo by Ahmad Al Ibrahim/GOAL Syria) Photo used under CC BY

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