A judge in South Africa has ruled that prosecutors must investigate President Robert Mugabe for allegations of torture and human rights abuses during Zimbabwe’s 2008 elections. [Washington Post]
Brazil’s plans to build 20 dams in the Amazon by the year 2020 are raising protests from the indigenous residents they will displace as well as environmentalists and workers. [New York Times]
Niger has replaced Afghanistan as the world’s worst place to be a mother according to Save the Children’s annual index. Drought, high food prices, and conflict are major contributing factors to Niger’s ranking, where poor, overworked, and malnourished mothers give birth to at-risk babies. [BBC]
The International Committee of the Red Cross is looking to raise 27 million dollars for its campaign in Syria, where is says 100,000 people are in need of food and 1.5 million are without water and electricity. [BBC]
A small Egyptian organization has managed to slow the use of military trials that compromised the basic legal rights of 12,000 people following the revolution. [Christian Science Monitor]
