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Global Snakebite Crisis: Underfunding Hinders Progress Towards Reducing Fatalities
Annually, over 5.5 million snakebites occur globally, causing 100,000 deaths and 400,000 lasting disabilities, primarily impacting impoverished regions due to limited access to healthcare and antivenom; the WHO's 2017 initiative to halve deaths by 2030 is unlikely to be met due to insufficient fundi...
Global Snakebite Crisis: Underfunding Hinders Progress Towards Reducing Fatalities
Annually, over 5.5 million snakebites occur globally, causing 100,000 deaths and 400,000 lasting disabilities, primarily impacting impoverished regions due to limited access to healthcare and antivenom; the WHO's 2017 initiative to halve deaths by 2030 is unlikely to be met due to insufficient fundi...
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24% Bias Score
Skin-Lightening Creams Linked to Cancer Death in Togo
A 65-year-old woman in Togo died from skin cancer, linked by doctors to decades of using skin-lightening creams containing hydroquinone and corticosteroids, highlighting a growing public health crisis in Africa where an estimated 25-80% of women use such products.
Skin-Lightening Creams Linked to Cancer Death in Togo
A 65-year-old woman in Togo died from skin cancer, linked by doctors to decades of using skin-lightening creams containing hydroquinone and corticosteroids, highlighting a growing public health crisis in Africa where an estimated 25-80% of women use such products.
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56% Bias Score
Ouattara Seeks Fourth Term Amidst Ivory Coast Election Tensions
Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara, 83, announced his candidacy for a fourth term in the October 25th presidential election, sparking controversy as the opposition claims this violates the constitution and citing concerns over the exclusion of several prominent opposition candidates, raising ...
Ouattara Seeks Fourth Term Amidst Ivory Coast Election Tensions
Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara, 83, announced his candidacy for a fourth term in the October 25th presidential election, sparking controversy as the opposition claims this violates the constitution and citing concerns over the exclusion of several prominent opposition candidates, raising ...
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40% Bias Score
Global Hunger Decreased in 2024, but African Crisis Deepens
The 2024 UN Food Security report reveals a global decrease in hunger for the third consecutive year to 673 million people, despite regional increases, particularly in Africa, where nearly 60 percent of the world's hungry are projected to reside by 2030, due to factors like conflict, extreme weather,...
Global Hunger Decreased in 2024, but African Crisis Deepens
The 2024 UN Food Security report reveals a global decrease in hunger for the third consecutive year to 673 million people, despite regional increases, particularly in Africa, where nearly 60 percent of the world's hungry are projected to reside by 2030, due to factors like conflict, extreme weather,...
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48% Bias Score
Global Hunger Soars: UN Report Highlights Climate Change, Conflict, and Insufficient Funding
The UN's SOFI 2025 report reveals a surge in global hunger due to trade wars, conflicts, and climate change, impacting 307 million in Africa and 39 million in the Middle East in 2024, highlighting the vulnerability of smallholder farmers and the need for increased investment in the agricultural sect...
Global Hunger Soars: UN Report Highlights Climate Change, Conflict, and Insufficient Funding
The UN's SOFI 2025 report reveals a surge in global hunger due to trade wars, conflicts, and climate change, impacting 307 million in Africa and 39 million in the Middle East in 2024, highlighting the vulnerability of smallholder farmers and the need for increased investment in the agricultural sect...
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44% Bias Score
Trump's DRC Peace Deal: Securing Minerals, Risking Sovereignty
The Trump administration brokered a peace deal between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda on June 27th in Washington, aiming to secure access to DRC's vast mineral resources vital for the US tech sector, while simultaneously facing concerns about DRC's sovereignty and potential exploitation...
Trump's DRC Peace Deal: Securing Minerals, Risking Sovereignty
The Trump administration brokered a peace deal between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda on June 27th in Washington, aiming to secure access to DRC's vast mineral resources vital for the US tech sector, while simultaneously facing concerns about DRC's sovereignty and potential exploitation...
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56% Bias Score
Sudan Famine: Thirteen Children Dead in East Darfur Camp
Thirteen children died in Lagawa displacement camp, East Darfur, Sudan, due to severe food shortages caused by the ongoing civil war, highlighting the deteriorating humanitarian conditions and widespread malnutrition affecting at least 7,000 residents.
Sudan Famine: Thirteen Children Dead in East Darfur Camp
Thirteen children died in Lagawa displacement camp, East Darfur, Sudan, due to severe food shortages caused by the ongoing civil war, highlighting the deteriorating humanitarian conditions and widespread malnutrition affecting at least 7,000 residents.
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44% Bias Score
Lesotho Garment Factories Face Closure Due to US Tariffs
Lesotho's garment factories, which produce clothes for American brands like Trump and Levi's, face potential closure due to US tariffs, threatening 12,000 jobs and exacerbating already high unemployment; the tariffs, though currently paused, could be reimposed soon.
Lesotho Garment Factories Face Closure Due to US Tariffs
Lesotho's garment factories, which produce clothes for American brands like Trump and Levi's, face potential closure due to US tariffs, threatening 12,000 jobs and exacerbating already high unemployment; the tariffs, though currently paused, could be reimposed soon.
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48% Bias Score
Global Hunger Declines Slightly in 2024, but Regional Disparities Persist
The UN's 2025 SOFI report shows a slight global decrease in hunger in 2024 to 8.2 percent of the population (638-720 million), but this masks worsening trends in Africa and Western Asia due to conflict, displacement, and inflation; 2.6 billion people could not afford a healthy diet.
Global Hunger Declines Slightly in 2024, but Regional Disparities Persist
The UN's 2025 SOFI report shows a slight global decrease in hunger in 2024 to 8.2 percent of the population (638-720 million), but this masks worsening trends in Africa and Western Asia due to conflict, displacement, and inflation; 2.6 billion people could not afford a healthy diet.
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24% Bias Score
ADF Kills 43 in DRC Church Attack
On Saturday evening, the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) Islamist militia attacked a Catholic church in Komanda, North Kivu, DRC, killing at least 43 people, including 19 women and 9 children, and abducting an unknown number of young people.
ADF Kills 43 in DRC Church Attack
On Saturday evening, the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) Islamist militia attacked a Catholic church in Komanda, North Kivu, DRC, killing at least 43 people, including 19 women and 9 children, and abducting an unknown number of young people.
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28% Bias Score
Africa's Food Insecurity Crisis Surpasses 1 Billion
A UN report reveals that over 1 billion Africans faced food insecurity in 2024, exceeding the global average by more than double, due to conflicts, climate change, and insufficient agricultural production.
Africa's Food Insecurity Crisis Surpasses 1 Billion
A UN report reveals that over 1 billion Africans faced food insecurity in 2024, exceeding the global average by more than double, due to conflicts, climate change, and insufficient agricultural production.
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36% Bias Score
Up to 43 Killed in ADF Attack on DRC Church
An attack by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) on a church and homes in Komanda, Democratic Republic of Congo, on [Date], resulted in the deaths of up to 43 people, including approximately 20 worshippers killed during a night vigil; the death toll remains disputed. The ADF, linked to Islamic State,...
Up to 43 Killed in ADF Attack on DRC Church
An attack by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) on a church and homes in Komanda, Democratic Republic of Congo, on [Date], resulted in the deaths of up to 43 people, including approximately 20 worshippers killed during a night vigil; the death toll remains disputed. The ADF, linked to Islamic State,...
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52% Bias Score
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