Africa

DR Congo: Ebola is killing people before they ever reach a doctor

“The Bundibugyo virus continues to outpace us,” said Dr. Mohamed Janabi, WHO Regional Director for Africa, speaking from Bunia, the epicentre of…

2 months ago

Sudan: ‘It made me dream again’: The students refusing to let war stop their education

“I was about to surrender to the idea that higher education was not necessary because I could not attend college,”…

2 months ago

Ebola in DR Congo: Childhood deaths rise; hopes raised over new vaccine

Children and women continue to bear a disproportionate share of the outbreak in Ituri, the most affected province, according to…

2 months ago

‘Sudan is losing another generation’ to war, Mohammed warns

Amina Mohammed was speaking to Security Council members during an informal meeting on safeguarding education in Sudan, organised under a framework known as the…

2 months ago

Security Council LIVE: Warnings of famine and collapse as South Sudan’s peace deal frays

Nearly eight million people in South Sudan – more than half the population – face crisis-level hunger, with famine risk…

2 months ago

New Ebola vaccine trial launches as outbreak spreads in DR Congo

Key points3,748 cases, including 1,657 deaths and 708 recoveries, as of 1 August, according to WHOWhile Ebola vaccines exist, trials…

2 months ago

DR Congo: New centre opens at heart of record Ebola outbreak

Why it mattersAs of 30 July, reports indicate a total of 3,605 confirmed cases, including 1,587 deaths, since the outbreak…

2 months ago

Fear grows as freedoms shrink in Uganda

Since the country's general election in January, reports of enforced disappearances, torture, arbitrary arrests and other human rights violations have…

2 months ago

Hunger hampers Ebola response as cases top 3,200 in DR Congo

“Ebola feeds on delay, fear and hunger,” said Carl Skau, acting Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP). “Stopping…

2 months ago

In El Obeid, Sudanese women face drones by day, rape by night, to reach water

Gender equality agency UN Women sounded the alarm this week over what it called a “dual terror” gripping the North…

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