Drug shortages cripple Angola's health service
"We ask for medicine but they don't send us anything"
Congo crisis worsening, EU says, as government shuns aid conference
Over 13 million Congolese need humanitarian aid, twice as many as last year
U.N. closes up Liberia peacekeeping mission after 15 years
It was a welcome bit of good news for a U.N. peacekeeping mission to be able to leave a country in which peace is restored
Millions more hungry in 2017 amid famine, conflict, and numbers rising-report
"We are clearly seeing a trend now, from 80 million to 108 million, from 108 to 124 million, people literally marching to the brink of starvation around the world"
Millions making plans to leave Africa for Europe and U.S., says report
The large-scale movement of people out of sub-Saharan Africa has grown steadily nearly every year since 2010, the Pew study said
Five South Africa peacekeepers face sexual exploitation paternity tests
A flurry of sexual misconduct or abuse claims against aid workers and peacekeepers has become a huge embarrassment for the humanitarian sector
U.N. warns of growing humanitarian catastrophe in DR Congo
About 2.2 million people became internally displaced in the DRC last year alone
Stephen Hawking was the kind of celebrity activist we need more of
Whatever our personal feelings about celebtivism, stars can quickly raise awareness to do with an issue in ways others cannot
Stephen Hawking was the kind of celebrity activist we need more of
Celebrities can push the needle on the world’s major issues, but it must be backed by real substance