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A health care worker who volunteered in the Ebola response, decontaminates his colleague after he entered the house of a woman suspected of dying of Ebola, in the eastern Congolese town of Beni in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, October 2019.

Trump’s WHO funding cut harms ‘fragile’ health systems, organization’s Africa head says

COVID-19

Dr. Michel Yao is WHO’s program manager for emergency response for Africa. He spoke to The World’s host Marco Werman about what it’s like to deal with a pandemic and an epidemic at a time when WHO is overstretched.

A woman wears a face mask, due to the global coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, as she walks along a busy shopping street in Dakar, Senegal, March 18, 2020.

African countries restrict travel in bid to slow spread of coronavirus

COVID-19

Is the Russian bear awakening?

Global Scan

Guinness discovers the working-class fashionistas of the Congo

Arts, Culture & Media

Book traces history of AIDS back to 1930s, examines current outbreak’s history

Health & Medicine

Yugoslavia, Zaire and other defunct geo names

From politics to revolutions and branding — the history behind geographic name changes around the world.

‘Studio 360: Art that Means War’

Arts, Culture & Media

Susan Sontag and others talk about how artists help us to make sense of war — from photography and books to poetry and film.

Danger After Congo Explosion Not Over

Global Politics

The death toll continues to rise in the Republic of Congo’s capital Brazzaville. An explosion at an arms depot there on Sunday flattened neighborhoods. And there are fears that undetonated munitions could cause even more explosions in the coming days.

Meet Way-C: The African-Designed Tablet

Business, Economics and Jobs

We are looking for two cities in the Democratic Republic of Congo where the African-designed tablet went on sale.