Nearly 40% of global trafficking victims are children, according to a U.N. report warning that traffickers rapidly exploit both technology and emergency situations. [UN News]
Rising temperatures are causing extreme weather swings between droughts and floods in the world’s most densely populated cities, according to a new WaterAid study. [Reuters]
The International Monetary Fund approved a $1.2 billion disbursement to Egypt after completing the fourth review of the country’s economic reform program. [Africanews]