At least 21, including women and children, killed in Congo's east
CONGO-DEMOCRATIC/KILLINGS:At least 21, including women and children, killed in Congo's east
U.N. seeks $6.5 billion for Syria crisis in 2014
The money requested for Syria, covering food, drinking water, shelter, education, health services and polio vaccines, is the largest U.N. appeal ever for a single crisis
Heavy gunfire rings out in Congo Republic capital
Army raids the residence of the country's former deputy intelligence chief, a security source says
File photo shows Professor Oldhafer performing liver surgery with support of tablet computer at Asklepios Hospital Hamburg-Barmbek
Professor Karl Oldhafer, chief physician of general and visceral surgery at the Asklepios Hospital Hamburg-Barmbek, (2nd L) and his team perform liver surgery, one of the first surgeries of its kind in Germany with the support of a tablet computer to access and visualize planning data, in Hamburg in this August 15, 2013 file photo. A new battle is looming over access to antiviral medicines in developing countries - this time for treating hepatitis C - more than a decade after a global showdown over the price of AIDS drugs in Africa. Modern pills being launched in western markets could cure the liver-destroying infection in tens of millions of people from China to Congo, or even eradicate the disease entirely. But that will only happen if the cost falls dramatically. To match story HEPATITIS-PRICE/ REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer/Files (GERMANY - Tags: HEALTH)
ANALYSIS-Fight for cheap drugs shifts from AIDS to new hepatitis pills
HEPATITIS-PRICE (ANALYSIS):ANALYSIS-Fight for cheap drugs shifts from AIDS to new hepatitis pills
Conflict zones reshape contours of child marriage
Interviews with Syrian refugees indicate that as time goes on, economic pressure increases and fear for their daughters' virginity mounts, “they will have to consider marrying off their girls.”
U.N. peacekeepers find arsenal of weapons left by Congo M23 rebels
Congolese troops and the U.N. peacekeeping mission last month defeated M23, which signed a peace deal with the Congo government on Thursday
Ethiopia: ICRC president in talks with Ethiopian authorities and African Union leaders
Peter Maurer, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), today completed a visit to Addis Ababa during which he had talks with Ethiopian leaders and senior officials of the African Union (AU). This is his second visit to Ethiopia and the African Union since taking office in July 2012.
UNHCR calls for humanitarian access as situation worsens in Central African Republic
In the capital Bangui, fighting and sectarian violence of the past week has displaced 159,000 people, with 450 killings reported there and 160 in other parts of the country.