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US cuts in humanitarian aid especially hurt women, girls

A new study, looking into the early months of U.S. aid cuts, found that they had disrupted health and humanitarian systems, disproportionately affecting women, girls and marginalized communities.

The Independent

Giving birth in the shadow of Haiti’s gang violence

Guardian

How two wars, El Niño could fuel world hunger

The wars in Ukraine and the Middle East haven’t yet crippled global food supplies. Add a powerful weather pattern like El Niño, however, and the risks multiply.

Deutsche Welle

Africa becomes world’s hunger epicenter, with 309M facing food crisis

World is One News

Africa facing up to $20B economic hit from El Niño

CNBC Africa

Ebola outbreak worsens DRC food insecurity

The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is worsening food insecurity in a country already battling with one of the world’s largest humanitarian crises, the head of the U.N. food agency said.

Associated Press

Ebola surges past 3,200 cases in DRC as Oxford begins first vaccine trial

The Independent Uganda

HUMAN RIGHTS

UN warns of worsening violence in West Bank

The U.N. human rights office warned of worsening violence by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank, and urged international action against the killing of Palestinians as well as the creation of settlements.

Reuters

Israelis protest against settler violence in occupied West Bank

Deutsche Welle

Inside a Palestinian village under weekly attack

BBC

Saving girls from traffickers in India and Nepal

Police and NGOs in India and Nepal work together to tackle human trafficking of women and girls across the open border between the two countries.

Deutsche Welle

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY

30 killed at start of crucial election in Kashmir

Several protesters were killed reportedly in police firing in Pakistan-administered Kashmir as parts of the region went to the polls amid heavy security.

The Independent

What do the election results in Pakistani-administered Kashmir mean for violence in the region?

ACLED

Mexican cartels outsource meth labs to Nigeria

Mexican specialists in manufacturing methamphetamine, often described as “cooks,” are increasingly being found working alongside locals in laboratories in Europe and Africa, according to law-enforcement agencies.

BBC

Explosions in Egypt blamed on drones, war

Explosions hit a natural gas loading port on the Mediterranean Sea in Egypt, and British maritime security company Ambrey said a U.S.-owned floating storage tanker there had been hit by a drone.

Reuters

Situation ‘under control’ after explosion at Damietta port in Egypt

Middle East Eye

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

AI to increase child refugees treated as adults

Flawed and racialized models that underpin the AI-powered age-detection systems to be introduced by the British government will endanger children, rights groups and children’s charities have warned.

Guardian

Online scam center trafficking is skyrocketing

Migration authorities have said gangs are trafficking ever more people to East Asian online scam centers. The U.N. says some 300,000 people from more than 80 countries are currently being exploited and abused.

Deutsche Welle

GLOBAL HEALTH

Uganda declares itself Ebola free since June

Uganda has not recorded a new Ebola case since June, but confirmed infections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have risen to more than 3,200 and at least 1,405 deaths, having only passed 1,000 in recent days.

The Independent

Protecting vaccines in Ghana’s rising heat

As climate change pushes temperatures above 40°C in northern Ghana, life-saving childhood vaccines are at risk of spoiling.

Deutsche Welle

Columns And Op-Ed

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Editorial:

The Guardian view on ancient DNA: A female shaman exposes our flawed assumptions about the past

Guardian

Column (Yusra Mardini):

Refugee Convention at 75: The world must keep the promise that saved me

Al Jazeera

Column (Larbi Sadiki):

Tunisia’s body politic is in crisis

Al Jazeera

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GOOD NEWS

Germany vows support for Nigeria on security

German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul reaffirmed Berlin’s commitment to supporting Nigeria on security as it battles militant groups, and said violence in the Sahel ‌threatened all coastal states in the region.

Reuters

Chess gives hope to kids in Kenyan settlement

In Kibera, one of Kenya’s largest informal settlements, a local NGO is turning recycled plastic into chess sets that are transforming young lives.

Deutsche Welle

AID, NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

Uganda begins emergency food handouts

Uganda has launched emergency food relief distribution after at least 19 deaths from hunger were reported in an area of prolonged drought in the east of the country.

Guardian

After fleeing Sudan’s war, refugees battle thirst

After escaping war and atrocities, Sudanese refugee families now battle water shortages and fading hopes of returning home, while they live in overcrowded camps in Chad.

Al Jazeera

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Fuel prices leave Yemeni laborers with no work

Construction projects in Yemen are paused as rising fuel prices amid the Iran war trigger a domino effect on building material costs.

Al Jazeera

Ghana hit by blackout as its power plants fail

A major fault on Ghana’s national power grid has triggered widespread outages, leaving the capital, Accra, the commercial hub of Kumasi and much of the north without electricity.

BBC

Extreme heat saps India’s poorest workers

Extreme heat is pushing some of India’s poorest workers further into poverty, with income losses of up to 9% for outdoor workers, new research has found.

Guardian

ENVIRONMENT

Kenya investigating deaths of 15 elephants

Preliminary tests on samples collected from the elephants by a laboratory at the University of Nairobi detected a “potential toxic substance,” while separate analyses were negative for the toxins tested.

Guardian

Giraffes given new home to escape oil drilling

Rangers at Murchison Falls National Park in Uganda began to translocate 12 endangered Nubian giraffes, Earth’s tallest land mammal, 65 miles to Ajai Wildlife Reserve to escape oil drilling in the park.

Associated Press

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