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Afghans use a water pump that was installed to address the impact of earthquakes and floods in the district; it is the only access the community has to clean drinking water. Since the U.S. and its allies left Afghanistan, such foreign aid has been cut off; 43% percent of Afghanistan’s population is living on less than one meal a day, according to the International Rescue Committee. (Photo by EC/ECHO/Malini Morzaria) Photo used under CC BY

Afghan food crisis poses conundrum for the West

Nearly half of Afghanistan’s population faces acute hunger, the UN said. As the U.S. and its allies left the country, they imposed sanctions, froze $9 billion in central bank funds, and halted foreign aid in an effort to delegitimize the Taliban, worsening the food crisis.

CNN

Afghan refugees face challenges 1 year after Taliban takeover

ABC News

Pandemic measures drove Filipinos into poverty

About 2.3 million people in the Philippines were pushed into poverty between 2018 and 2021, largely due to the economic downturn caused by the pandemic, the statistics agency said.

Reuters

Mass flooding aggravates hardships of Yemen’s war

Heavy rain and flash floods have added to the problems caused by Yemen’s civil war, a spokesperson for the International Committee of the Red Cross said. Despite the current truce, the humanitarian situation remains dire.

Deutsche Welle

UN: At least 77 people killed by floods in Yemen

YouTube

Amnesty: Death penalty rate doubled in Iran

Iranian executioners have killed around 251 people so far in 2022, including women defending themselves against domestic violence; this is twice as many executions as were performed the same time last year, Amnesty International reported.

Deutsche Welle

Iran Denies Involvement In Salman Rushdie Attack

YouTube

Venezuelan teachers protest amid pay dispute

Venezuelan teachers have been marching by the thousands, threatening to strike when school resumes or possibly even to abandon their profession, as the government only paid a fraction of their annual vacation bonus.

Associated Press

Tunisian authorities rescued over 650 migrants

More than 650 migrants, including Egyptians from Libya, were rescued at sea or intercepted by Tunisian authorities as they planned to reach Europe by crossing the Mediterranean Sea, official sources said.

AfricaNews

HUMAN RIGHTS

Migrants stranded on border of Greece, Turkey

A Greek human rights organization has called on authorities to help dozens of migrants who have been stranded on a tiny river island on the border of Greece and Turkey.

CBS News

Threat from ISIS growing by the day in Africa

The threat from the Islamic State extremist group is growing by the day in Africa and the continent could be “the future of the caliphate,” an African security expert warned.

AfricaNews

To successfully fight extremism and terrorism, more ‘capacities to sustain peace’ needed in Africa

YouTube

Syrian government holding American journalist

The U.S. is certain that the Syrian government is holding an American journalist who went missing a decade ago, President Joe Biden said, urging Syria to bring him home.

Associated Press

15 Burkinabe soldiers killed in dual bomb attack

15 Burkinabe soldiers were killed in a double bomb attack by suspected jihadists in northern Burkina Faso, the army said in a statement.

AfricaNews

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY

Vote count moving too slow in Kenyan election

The head of Kenya’s election commission has admitted the tallying of results from the country’s presidential poll was moving too slow, blaming political parties for the delay.

Guardian

Kenya TV stations stopped broadcasting election result estimates

AfricaNews

Somaliland opposition protest turns deadly

Clashes between security forces and protesters in the Somaliland region have turned deadly after an alleged attempt to delay the presidential elections, according to a regional leader and a senior police official.

Al Jazeera

Dozens killed in protests in Sierra Leone capitol

Reuters

Nigeria resettles displaced people in northwest

Nigeria has brought back around 12,000 of its citizens who fled raids by criminal gangs in the northwest of the country earlier this year, but reports suggest that the gangs are still active in the region despite military operations.

AfricaNews

Iran may accept proposal to revive nuclear deal

An EU proposal to revive the Iran nuclear deal “can be acceptable if it provides assurances" on Tehran’s key demands, the country’s state news agency said, quoting a senior Iranian diplomat.

Reuters

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Former Twitter manager spied for Saudi Arabia

A former Twitter employee has been convicted of failing to register as an agent for Saudi Arabia after accessing private data on users who were critical of the kingdom’s government.

CBS News

Migrant smugglers push disinformation online

Human smugglers frequently misrepresent immigration policies and conditions along the US-Mexico border on Facebook and WhatsApp posts that target US-bound migrants, according to a tech transparency group.

CNN

GLOBAL HEALTH

Africa CDC in talks to get monkeypox vaccines

Africa still does not have a single dose of the monkeypox vaccine, the continent’s public health agency said, but “advanced discussions” are underway with at least two partners.

Associated Press

Brazil’s monkeys attacked amid monkeypox fears

Associated Press

Newly identified Langya virus tracked in China

Researchers have begun tracking a newly identified virus in China, with dozens of cases recorded so far. The novel virus was first detected in late 2018, but was only formally identified by scientists last week.

Guardian

Kim Jong Un declares victory against COVID-19

North Korea is lifting its maximum anti-epidemic measures, its state news agency reported, with the country’s dictator, Kim Jong Un, declaring victory over the virus.

Deutsche Welle

Indonesian mothers fight for medical marijuana

A group of Indonesian mothers says marijuana eases the pain of their children with conditions such as cerebral palsy, but their quest to have the drug legalized for medical purposes has encountered stiff opposition.

Al Jazeera

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GOOD NEWS

Nigerian man campaigning to end voter apathy

A young Nigerian graduate has embarked on an ambitious drive to address Nigeria‘s worrying levels of voter apathy. He says he’s troubled by the “emotional detachment” from political activities by most people.

Deutsche Welle

Mexico’s indigenous groups celebrate heritage

Members of Mexico’s indigenous communities took to the streets of the capital to celebrate their heritage and demand more rights.

BBC

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

Nicaraguan NGOs urge pope to break silence

As the Nicaraguan government’s pressure against the Catholic Church continues to grow, so does the pressure for the Vatican to break its silence, with over 60 NGOs sending a letter urging Pope Francis to speak out.

Crux

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Mali paid all its debt since lifting of sanctions

Mali has honored all its missed debt payments since the lifting of economic sanctions in early July, the country’s Finance Ministry said.

Reuters

India woos Africa with trade, tech, investment

India is trying to strengthen its longstanding ties to countries in Africa in an attempt to catch up with China, Africa’s largest trading partner, a researcher said.

Deutsche Welle

Zimbabwe hails gold coins in inflation strategy

Gold coins used as currency in Zimbabwe will soon be available in smaller denominations, the central bank says, as sky-rocketing inflation saw people rush to exchange their Zimbabwean dollars for U.S. dollars.

BBC

Zimbabwe’s iron men running out of steam

Guardian

ENVIRONMENT

Mexican farmers ravaged by northern drought

Just 10% of Mexico’s dams are full, according to official data, devastating agricultural towns that do not have access to groundwater and are almost entirely dependent on dams.

Reuters

African wildlife parks facing climate threats

Africa’s national parks, home to thousands of wildlife species such as lions, elephants and buffaloes, are increasingly threatened by below-average rainfall and new infrastructure projects, environmental experts say.

Associated Press

Metro project at Indian forest raises concerns

The Aarey forest is an ecologically sensitive zone in the center of India’s capitol, but the state government has allocated areas of the forest for a metro rail parking unit, stoking concerns among activists and locals.

Deutsche Welle

Endangered vultures poisoned in South Africa

At least 150 critically-endangered vultures were poisoned to death in separate incidents in Botswana and South Africa, conservationists said, warning that the mass killings pushed the birds closer to extinction.

Al Jazeera

Photo of the Day

Somali men on motorcycles ride along a road opposite the parliament building in the capital, Mogadishu. In addition to a looming famine, the Horn of Africa nation also faces a grinding Islamist insurgency. As parliament met to approve the prime minister’s 75-member cabinet, several rounds of mortar shells landed near the presidential palace, according to a security official and a witness. (Photo by Stuart Price) Photo used under CC BY

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