Newsletter www.nationalgeographic.com In the face of extreme droughts, Somali women face a dangerous new world Droughts are killing livestock, forcing herders to move to camps for displaced people, where they face an uncertain, often violent, new world.
Politics news.mongabay.com Contentious Guatemala nickel mine ‘ignores coronavirus lockdown’ The Fenix mine has sparked numerous social conflicts in El Estor going back to the 1960s. Dozens of locals have been arbitrarily detained and at least three killed since 2004.
Newsletter Climate change leads to more violence against women, girls A new study shows the effects of climate change are leading to an increase in rape, domestic violence and forced marriages.
Politics www.nytimes.com Oil companies may be complicit in atrocities in South Sudan, UN panel says Despite a peace agreement, war crimes continue, including mass rape and forcible displacement of thousands of people, a rights commission reported.
A controversial facility that would process plastic waste to be burned in steel mills has been cancelled
Multiple Houston-area oil and gas facilities that have violated pollution laws are seeking permit renewals
