Five new Ebola cases confirmed in eastern Congo - health ministry
"We are very concerned about the potential for the virus to spread into Uganda, but also into Rwanda, South Sudan and Burundi"
The global compact on refugees could fail girls and women – but we don’t have to
We must advocate harder than ever before to show that sexual and reproductive health services in emergencies are needed and long overdue
Armed with award-winning app, Kenyan tribe fights forced evictions
The app's ability to geo-reference videos, pictures and audio files enables Sengwer people to record and report activities like illegal logging and evictions
Migrants given new home in wildfires-hit Portuguese town
Group of 19 migrants from Eritrea, Nigeria, Yemen and Sudan has arrived in town and would now go through an employment course, involving classes in Portuguese
Sudan reports outbreak of mosquito-borne Chikungunya disease in eastern state
The outbreak began in recent weeks when heavy rains pummeled the area, which led to the flooding of a major river in Kassala
It’s time to confront TB head on
It’s an outrage that a preventable, treatable and curable disease killed 1.6 million people last year, more than any other infectious disease
South Sudan surgeon wins U.N. prize for treating war-hit refugees
Evan Atar Adaha has been running Maban hospital - which was once an abandoned health clinic - in the northeastern town of Bunj since 2011
U.S. accuses Myanmar military of 'planned and coordinated' Rohingya atrocities
The U.S. State Department report stopped short of describing the crackdown as genocide or crimes against humanity
Follow the money, says new global anti-slavery effort
Campaign aims to fight money laundering by traffickers, promote ethical investment and offer opportunities to people vulnerable to slavery
Aid delivered after deadly mudslides in Sudan's Darfur
The mudslides in early September hit the Wadi Tuliba and Tagulei villages, in the East Jebel Marra area, killing 16 people