The Week in Stories Around the Globe

Sudan’s war came to represent the worst of humanity

Poor African children keeping their hands up – asking for help. Many African children suffer from poverty – 20% of Africa’s children will die before the age of five. Every day 30,000 children die from a combination of disease- infested water and malnutrition.

“Given the failure of the warring parties to spare civilians, it is imperative that an independent and impartial force with a mandate to safeguard civilians be deployed without delay,” the UN mission’s lead, Chande Othman, said in September.

#Sudanese #sudan_war_updates #Sudan #Africa

Mexico developing app for migrants to send alert if about to be detained in the US

Tijuana, Mexico, March 29 – Migrants and workers gather on both sides of the iron and steel wall that separates the border between Mexico and the United States in Playas de Tijuana.

“The foreign affairs secretary was emphatic in pointing out that to deport someone from the United States you need a court order, a final sentence of deportation or removal, and that is where the consular team will be very aware that due process is complied with,” the release said.

#Mexico #UnitedStates #BorderSecurity #migrants

The family of a teenager fatally shot by police during a no-knock raid sues Alabama city

The mother of a 16-year-old who was shot by SWAT police during a no-knock, predawn raid in Alabama, filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the police officers involved and the city of Mobile, alleging the teenager was “killed in cold blood.”

#BlackLivesMatter #RestInPower #PoliceBrutality #ThisIsAmerica

Amazon Strike Takeaways: Walk-Outs Slowed Packages, Boosted Union Power

“There’s a lot of eyes now on Amazon thanks to the good work that so many organizations — the Teamsters, Amazonians United, our comrades at JFK8 and ourselves — have been doing,” says Brown. “This election filing, it puts it on the conscience of the American people.”

#Amazon #Workers #UnionStrong #strike

Dirty water, sentient trees and hope in a climate crisis: 10 environmental long reads to digest over Christmas

A thousands year old bristlecone tree is one of the oldest living organism on earth.

This year the Guardian Long Read series celebrates its 10th anniversary. Since we launched in 2014, we’ve run more than 1,000 pieces, on everything from Algerian sheep fighting to the trials and tribulations of Durex’s chief condom guy. Over the years, we’ve also run plenty of great environment stories, and for this special edition of Down to Earth we want to highlight a few of our favourites from the archive.

Below we’ve picked 10 of our favourite climate pieces to dig into over the Christmas break – but first, this week’s most important reads.

#ClimateEmergency #Environmentalism #Hope #ClimateAction

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