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A scene in Sonagachi, India. The area, reputedly South Asia’s largest red-light district, contains several hundred multistory brothels and more than 11,000 sex workers. (Photo by Jon Gresham) Photo used under CC BY

These sex workers no longer at the ‘mercy of madams’

As a sex worker, Rita Roy had no access to her own money. The brothel madam kept her earnings “safe” — shoving the notes into her bra — and whenever Roy needed money, she would never get the full amount she asked for.

Guardian

Kenya: Sex workers sweep police station clean

Standard Digital

Parched for a price: Karachi’s water crisis

It is so rare for water to flow through the taps that residents say they have given up expecting it. The last time it flowed through the main pipeline in some areas were 33 days ago.

Al Jazeera

Is Boko Haram gearing up for a deadly Christmas?

Two years after the terror group was declared defeated, why are we suddenly seeing such heavy action? The first answer is simply that Nigeria’s security establishment has tended to overstate its achievements.

allAfrica.com

How Boko Haram hijacked food trucks in Nigeria

Vanguard

167 Boko Haram fighters captured, says army

Sahara Reporters

Child marriage continues to plague Egypt

In 2015, Hala Yousef, the minister of population in Egypt, reported that out of all marriages in Egypt, 15 percent are child marriages. Although the age of marriage increased to 18 in 2008, the practice continues across the country.

The Wire

Child marriage is a criminal injustice

Daily Nation

Child marriage in the Rohingya camps in Bangladesh

The Atlantic

Graves from New Zealand-UK battle found

The remains of 12 British soldiers who fought in New Zealand’s Northern War have been unearthed in a mass grave after 170 years.

Guardian

HUMAN RIGHTS

Displaced CAR residents fear new violence

Nearly 23,000 internally displaced people are living on the outskirts of Alindao, a bucolic city in the Central African Republic worry the calm may be fleeting. The CAR conflict has evolved into a battle over resources.

Al Jazeera

Central African Republic’s relentless cycle of suffering

Guardian

Mexican rights group mulls action against law

Mexico’s National Human Rights Commission may take legal action against a bill that would enshrine into law the use of the army in the country’s long war against drug cartels. The group says it could ask that the measure be ruled unconstitutional.

Reuters

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

UN to vote on US Jerusalem decision

The UN Security Council will vote on a draft resolution that would consider any changes to the status of Jerusalem legally invalid and call on any such changes to be reversed,.

Deutsche welle

Gaddafi’s son to announce 2018 election bid

The son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi will reportedly announce plans to run in the country’s presidential elections in 2018. For loyalists, Gaddafi remains a key figure who can help reconcile the country’s rival factions.

Middle East Monitor

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Lunar rover may enable deep-space exploration

A NASA project that started three years ago embarked on a quest to learn more about availability of water on the moon. Launch of the rover is still about five years away.

Houston Chronicle

Sudan seeks a science revival

As the U.S. lifts Sudan’s 1990s era sanctions, economic sanctions, émigré scientists are eager to resume collaborations in areas where Sudan has much to offer, among them infectious diseases, archaeology, and ethnology.

Science

GLOBAL HEALTH

Half of world lacks access to basic health care

At least half of the world’s population is too poor to access essential health care services, according to a new report by the World Bank and the World Health Organization.

Newsweek

Loneliness as harmful to health as smoking

Loneliness and social isolation are damaging our health, both mentally and physically. The health impact of being cut off from social interaction is thought to be equivalent to smoking over a dozen cigarettes a day.

IFL Science

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GOOD NEWS

The festive town where letters to Santa go

Many cities and towns are given a moniker for obvious reasons, be it a geographic description or the name of a founder. Some towns, like Santa Claus, Indiana, have a little bit of myth behind their name.

MSN

3 dynamic duos making a difference in world

The holidays are a time for giving and being grateful for the things we have. It’s a good time to shine a spotlight on these 3 dynamic duos who are dedicated to helping others.

Hooplaha

Dad gets big surprise while blowing leaves

MSN

NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

Nonprofit offers sewing internship to victims

A new sewing internship at a local nonprofit is stitching together hope, healing and skills for the future. Sewing Our World Together is the newest internship program at Safelight, an agency that provides support for victims of violence, sexual assault and child abuse.

U.S. News & World Report

Supporting media in age of misinformation

Something decisive changed in 2016 in independent media support: the recognition of just how much independent media mattered and just how weakened democracies had become by misinformation.

Philanthropy News Digest

ENVIRONMENT

Global coal consumption forecast to slow

International Energy Agency says burning of fossil fuel is falling fast, driven by drop-off in use by EU, China and U.S. The International Energy Agency said 5.3bn tonnes of coal equivalent were burnt in 2016, down 1.9% on the year before.

Guardian

US to drop climate change from list of threats

The Trump administration will drop climate change from a list of global threats in a new National Security Strategy the president is due to unveil. Obama administration added climate to list of threats to US interests.

Guardian

BUSINESS AND TRADE

Mysterious Chinese company worrying world

China’s HNA Group Co. is shrouded in mystery. American government officials are seeking more information, the Chinese government has been asking questions and the European Central Bank is considering a review of its own.

Bloomberg

Boss of HNA Group steers away from controversy in speech to business forum

South China Morning Post

EU court to rule on status of Uber’s model

A debate in Europe over whether ride-hailing app Uber is merely a digital company or one providing transport services will be decided when the top European Union court hands down its verdict in a highly anticipated case.

Reuters

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School children pose for the camera in Yangon, Myanmar. (Photo by Théo Paul) Photo used under CC BY

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