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Nigeria is most dangerous place on Earth to give birth

For more than a decade, Nigeria has been the deadliest place on Earth to give birth. Nearly a third of maternal deaths happen there, with one death every seven minutes. Most are caused by preventable complications.

Deutsche Welle

7,000 Christians killed in Nigeria this year

Newsweek

Bangladesh requests aid for Rohingya refugees

Eight years after the mass killings and crackdown in Myanmar that drove hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims into neighboring Bangladesh, Dhaka hopes an aid conference can provide solutions.

Al Jazeera

Israel kills 5 journalists, 15 others in Gaza strike

Israel bombed a Hospital in southern Gaza this week, killing at least 20 people, including five Reuters journalists. A Reuters cameraman was killed near a live broadcasting spot on the hospital roof in Khan Younis in an initial strike.

Reuters

UNICEF: arguing over hunger in Gaza kind of obscene

Politico

Famine grips Gaza City, is likely to spread fast

Associated Press

RSF attacks kill 89 people in 10 days in Darfur

Ten days of brutal attacks by Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have killed at least 89 people in the western Darfur region, the U.N. reported this week.

Al Jazeera

Amid conflict, cholera and starvation accelerate in S.Sudan

Catholic Review

Preventable diseases spreading amid aid cuts

Somalia’s health system is under strain after the Trump administration announced aid cuts. At the same time, preventable diseases like measles and diphtheria are emerging, with cases surging across the country.

Deutsche Welle

HUMAN RIGHTS

Indonesian police fire tear gas at protesters

Indonesian riot police fired multiple rounds of tear gas at thousands of stone-throwing students who tried to reach the parliament building in Jakarta to protest its members’ lavish allowances this week.

Associated Press

Rohingya genocide investigation hit by aid cuts

Millions of dollars in funding cuts from donors and U.N. cost-saving measures could hinder evidence collection and weaken efforts to seek justice for Rohingya fleeing Myanmar, the investigation head said.

Kyabram Free Press

UNICEF warns of child survival crisis in Rohingya camps

Dhaka Tribune

UN condemns violence against women in Syria

United Nations experts have expressed deep concern about the recent armed attacks on the Druze community in southern Syria — including on women and girls.

Blue News

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY

Iran executes at least 160 prisoners in a month

The Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) reported this week that Iran, enforcing death sentences, executed at least 160 prisoners in one month.

Manab Zamin

Iran executes murderer before cheering crowd

The Sun

Israel approved the division of the West Bank

Israel approved a settlement project in the occupied West Bank that would effectively divide the territory in two. Palestinians and rights groups say it could crush hopes for a future Palestinian state.

NPR

Gaza students fear losing scholarships, study places abroad

Deutsche Welle

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

‘Black moon’ to appear in the sky this weekend

There are “blood,” “super,” “blue,” and then there’s the “black” moon. The “black moon,” a rare event that happens during a new moon phase of the lunar cycle, will take place this weekend, but it will be technically invisible.

NPR

Scientists make ‘superfood’ that can save bees

Scientists have developed a honeybee “superfood” that could protect the animals against the threats of climate change and habitat loss.

BBC

Ancient artifacts recovered from the seabed

Archaeologists and divers worked together to retrieve statues, Roman coins and other relics from the Mediterranean seabed in Alexandria, Egypt. Among the finds were a headless statue, a sphinx and an unknown priest figure.

Associated Press

Scientists find protein that slows brain aging

Scientists just found a protein called FTL1. In mice, too much FTL1 caused memory loss, weaker brain connections and sluggish cells. But when it was blocked, the animals regained youthful brain function and sharp memory.

Science Daily

GLOBAL HEALTH

Africa: A tentative start to vaccine production

Since Covid, there have been growing initiatives in Africa to start producing vaccines and medicines locally, thus gaining greater independence from global supply chains. But are these schemes sustainable in the long run?

Deutsche Welle

Botswana once ‘at risk of extinction’ from HIV

The African country of Botswana is lauded for slashing rates of mother-to-child transmission of HIV to just 1.2% and is holding trials that may now hold the key to curing young people.

Guardian

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GOOD NEWS

Ugandan PET cancer center advances care

The Uganda Cancer Institute’s expansion into a state-of-the-art Positron Emission Tomography center will revolutionize diagnosis and treatment in a country facing a growing cancer problem.

Monitor

Nigerian military airstrikes free 76 hostages

At least 76 hostages, including children, have been rescued after Nigeria’s military carried out precise airstrikes against militants in the country’s northwest this week.

PBS News

Twin panda cubs celebrate their first birthday

Twin giant panda cubs Leni and Lotti celebrated their first birthday party with their mother Meng Meng at the zoo in Berlin.

Associated Press

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

Aid agency distributes 1,500 parcels in Sudan

The Saudi Kingdom’s aid agency KSrelief distributed 1,500 food parcels in Sudan this week, benefiting 9,750 people. This is the third phase of KSrelief’s 2025 Food Security Support Project in the Republic of Sudan.

Arab News

NGOs accused of ‘whitewashing’ war in Gaza

Several international NGOs have limited their language and advocacy on the topic of Gaza, a DW investigation found. They fear that Israel might otherwise refuse them permits to operate in the Palestinian territories.

Deutsche Welle

Influencers can help plug gap left by aid cuts

Major charity WaterAid says it has raised an “unprecedented” $30 million in August thanks to partnering up with social media influencers — saying that such projects can help plug fundraising gaps left by aid cuts.

The Independent

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

S. Africa strives to treat HIV after US aid cuts

South Africa‘s government has vowed it won’t let the U.S. withdrawal of about $427 million in support collapse its HIV program, the largest in the world.

ABC News

Sudan’s refugee women tackle period poverty

Displaced Sudanese women in a Ugandan refugee camp spoke up about the shortage and inaccessibility of sanitary pads, a need that humanitarian aid rarely addresses.

The New Arab

ENVIRONMENT

Half a million Vietnamese flee Typhoon Kajiki

Vietnam has evacuated more than half a million people as it prepares for Typhoon Kajiki this week. Boats and flights are canceled in anticipation of the typhoon’s impact.

Guardian

Puerto Rico schools can’t cope with high heat

When temperatures soar at a public school on the small Puerto Rican island of Culebra, students scatter in search of relief.

Associated Press

How roads, railways destroy the Amazon forest

Ahead of the COP30 climate summit in the Amazon city of Belém, Brazil is pushing ahead with road, railway, mining and oil drilling projects that risk accelerating the destruction of the vast rainforest, environmentalists warn.

Context

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