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Can Tanzania’s Maasai evictions be stopped? | The Stream

On Thursday: we discuss three stories making headlines around the globe. Maasai/Tanzania Land update Tanzania is moving forward with the planned eviction of over 150,000 indigenous Maasai people from their ancestral lands in the Ngorongoro conservation area. For years, the government has tried to gain control of the land in an attempt to create a trophy hunting corridor for tourism companies. Human rights organisations are…

What global action is needed to help refugees? | The Stream

The UN’s refugee agency says the world must urgently act in solidarity to help growing numbers of refugees, internally displaced people, and stateless fleeing war, persecution and human rights abuses. UNHCR is marking World Refugee Day on June 20 with the message ‘Whoever, wherever, whenever – everyone has the right to seek safety.’ Its appeal to the international community comes as the number of people…

🇺🇸 Can America end its mass shooting epidemic? | The Stream

Six out of 10 Americans believe it’s more important to address gun violence than protect gun rights, according to a recent PBS NewsHour/NPR/Marist poll. But what will it actually take for the US to address its epidemic of mass shootings? Especially when politicians seem so divided on the issue. On May 24th, a man entered an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas armed with a semi-automatic…

🇺🇦 Why is the war in Ukraine causing a global food crisis? | The Stream

Ukraine war The grinding war in Ukraine has entered its fourth month. Thousands of people have been killed and millions have been driven from their homes since the Russian invasion began on February 24. While a degree of normality has returned in and around the capital city Kyiv, fighting rages on in the eastern and southern regions of the country. Ukrainian and Russian forces have…

🇸🇻 How is a ‘state of exception’ changing El Salvador? | The Stream

A ‘state of exception’ aimed at tackling gang violence in El Salvador is now in its third month, after lawmakers voted in favour of extending it once again. The emergency measures, which are backed by President Nayib Bukele and legislators from his Nuevas Ideas party, have been in effect since March 27. They were introduced in the wake of a weekend in which 87 people…

💰 Have the pandemic profiteers made too much money? | The Stream

COVID-19 has been one of the most profitable things to happen in human history – but only a miniscule portion of people benefited. A new Oxfam report called “Profiting from Pain” found that for a new billionaire was created every 30 hours during the global pandemic. But nearly one million people were pushed into extreme poverty at nearly the same rate in 2022 alone. Researchers…

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