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Report details widespread use of sexual violence in Sudan war
A new UN human rights report issued on Tuesday details the brutality and scale of conflict-related sexual violence in Sudan…
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Ebola in DR Congo: first month of outbreak sees record number of cases – UN humanitarians
Ebola has been spreading at unprecedented speed in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), bringing risk and fear…
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Global Ebola cases top 1,000 as UN races to reach DR Congo’s most vulnerable
As global confirmed Ebola cases reach 1,000, nearly three million children and adolescents are at risk in the eastern part…
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For one young refugee in Uganda, basketball is more than a game
When 19-year-old Stephane Kulimushi looks around the basketball court in Kampala where he trains young refugees, he sees more than…
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DR Congo: Efforts ramp up as Ebola outbreak accelerates beyond borders
The spread of Ebola is accelerating in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) amid continued armed violence, posing…
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‘Stop this madness’: Rights chief warns of impending atrocities as militia closes in on El Obeid, Sudan
The UN’s top human rights official has issued an urgent warning that an imminent offensive against El Obeid, the capital…
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From firefights to football matches: Life on a UN peacekeeping frontline
Night has fallen over the town of Zémio, in the east of the Central African Republic. In a few hours,…
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Faith, fear and trust: Inside DR Congo’s fight against Ebola
In a village in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), health workers arrived a few days ago to help…
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Yemen: Hunger crisis deepens as funding cuts leave millions without support
Nearly half of the population in Government-controlled areas of Yemen are facing high levels of acute food insecurity with the…
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‘A disease you get when you care for someone’: WHO on the Ebola frontline
Two weeks into the latest deadly Ebola outbreak, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates there are now 906 suspected cases…
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