Starving Palestinians loot aid trucks as desperation mounts in Gaza’s Rafah
“The humanitarian situation has become very desperate, not only for the residents of Rafah city but also for the one million displaced Palestinians here who are becoming hungry, thirsty and traumatised as the war pounds on,” said Al Jazeera’s Hani Mahmoud, reporting from Rafah.
#GazaUnderSeige #Warzone #FreePalestine #HumanRights
Félix Tshisekedi: The man who vowed to make DR Congo the ‘Germany of Africa’
The president introduced free health services for mothers giving birth in preselected heath centres and hospitals in the capital, Kinshasa, which he has promised to extend to the rest of the country if he is re-elected.
#Congolese #Congo #Africa #PoliticsToday
Inside the landfill of fast-fashion: “These clothes don’t even come from here”
The United Nations found that Chile received 126,000 tons of used clothing in textiles in 2021. The majority of those clothes came from the European Union, China and the United States. Just a quarter of those used clothes were re-sold, with most ending up in illegal landfills.
#Chile #fashionhistory #Pollution #SouthAmerica
Is Too Little Play Hurting Our Kids?
It’s been declared a national emergency. Mental health among children and adolescents decreased steadily between 2010 and 2020. By 2019 death by suicide had become the second-leading cause of death for those between age 10 and 24.
#mentalhealth #kidsplay #Science #psychological
Evolving Folks Project 