Africa
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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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WHO chief calls for ceasefire amid DR Congo Ebola outbreak
The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) headed to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Thursday as…
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Ebola outbreak in DR Congo collides with conflict and hunger, WHO warns
The UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday warned that eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo faces a “catastrophic collision…
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Ebola risk ‘very high’ in eastern DR Congo as UN intensifies response
The UN is rushing emergency personnel, funding and supplies into eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to counter the…
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UN agencies step up Ebola response in eastern DR Congo
United Nations agencies have moved swiftly to support efforts to contain the latest Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of…
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Ebola outbreak: ‘Every epidemic begins in a community and ends in a community’
Facing a fast-moving Ebola outbreak caused by a rare strain of the virus, the World Health Organization (WHO) is relying…
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Ebola outbreak in Central Africa declared a ‘Public Health Emergency of International Concern’
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and…
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