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As the Ebola epidemic peaks, new challenges are emerging in Liberia

Now that Ebola is subsiding, the question is what to do with contaminated sewage

Health

Disposing of millions of tons of potentially Ebola infected human sewage is no easy task. But Liberia has is attempting its own solution.

People gather outside a McDonald's restaurant, which was earlier closed for clients, in the Crimean city of Simferopol April 4, 2014. McDonald's has suspended work at its restaurants in Crimea for "manufacturing reasons", the U.S. fast food chain said on

If you’re looking for a Big Mac, you won’t find it in Crimea

Global Scan
Mbaye Diagne, a Senegalese captain with the UN's peacekeeping mission in Kigali saved an estimated 600 Rwandans during the genocide.

The world had abandoned Rwanda, but one ‘gutsy’ Senegalese peacekeeper refused to stay on the sidelines

Conflict & Justice
Mbaye Diagne, a Senegalese captain with the UN's peacekeeping mission in Kigali saved an estimated 600 Rwandans during the genocide.

The world had abandoned Rwanda, but one ‘gutsy’ Senegalese peacekeeper refused to stay on the sidelines

Conflict & Justice
The World

Al-Shabab on the Attack Inside Somalia

Global Politics
African Union troops patrolling in Kismayo, in southern Somalia. The Kenyan-led troops come under daily attack in Kismayo.

Shabab on the Offensive Inside Somalia

Global Politics

While the siege continues at the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, al-Shabab is also on the offensive inside Somalia. The BBC’s Mark Doyle reports from the southern Somali port-city of Kismayu.

Oxfam: American food aid hurting Haiti

Development & Education

American food subsidies and food aid to Haiti may be undermining Haiti’s efforts to recover from disaster.

Islamic Militants Step Up Attacks in Nigeria

One in five African’s are Nigerian and it’s an underestimate to say that it’s a worrying time for the country.  This morning, doctors in the city of Kano says the death toll from Friday’s bomb attacks by Islamist militants is certain to rise further. 160 people have so far been confirmed dead but bodies are still […]

Haiti Charges UN With Responsibility for Cholera Outbreak

Lawyers representing the families of thousands of people who died of cholera in Haiti are planning to sue the United Nations for wrongful death. The lawyers say U.N. peacekeeper troops  inadvertently brought cholera to Haiti from Nepal after the 2010 earthquake that decimated the country. Since the cholera outbreak began in 2010, nearly 7,000 people have […]

Rwandan President Kagame ‘Sparked 1994 Genocide’

Conflict & Justice

A former ally of Rwandan President Paul Kagame has accused him of complicity in the death of a former president which sparked the 1994 genocide.