Congo faces "Dante's Inferno" but shuns U.N. aid effort
"No proper water, people defecating wherever they could, shelters made of pieces of plastic or of rags on sticks"
Beyond the media frenzy, survivors of Boko Haram violence need real support
Words have a power to comfort tortured minds and to rebuild bonds of trust, respect and empathy that are the very foundation of communities
'Silent, invisible' malnutrition seen as threat to generations in Congo
"That is one that we cannot handle by ourselves"
"If there’s no war today, there’s war tomorrow”: dreaming of peace in DRC
“DRC will never have peace – if there’s no war today, there’s war tomorrow.”
U.N. aims to eliminate yellow fever epidemics in Africa by 2026
Children make up almost half of those targeted
War crimes prosecutor seeks jurisdiction over Rohingya deportations
Some 700,000 mostly Muslim Rohingya fled their homes into Bangladesh after militant attacks in August last year triggered a military crackdown
U.N. deactivates maximum emergency level for Congo crisis
Over 13 million Congolese need humanitarian aid, twice as many as last year, and 7.7 million face severe food insecurity
Cholera kills 40 Congolese in overcrowded Uganda refugee camps
The waterborne disease has spread rapidly since mid-February due to poor sanitation and lack of clean water in the camps
Pope, after Gaza violence, says 'defenceless' being killed in Holy Land
The Pope also begged for peace for "the entire world, beginning with the beloved and long-suffering land of Syria, whose people are worn down by an apparently endless war."
Suspected rebels kill at least 11 in northeastern Congo
The civilians were killed by rebels from a Ugandan Islamist group called the Allied Democratic Forces