Peter Salama
DR Congo Rolls out Prototype Ebola Drugs as Death Toll Rises to 67
An outbreak of Ebola in eastern DR Congo has killed 67 people this month, authorities said Saturday, as they roll out a battery of new drugs to tackle the virus amid concerns it has spread to a rebel-encircled area.
“It’s a Slow Death”: The World’s Worst Humanitarian Crisis
After two and a half years of war, little is functioning in Yemen.
Repeated bombings have crippled bridges, hospitals and factories. Many doctors and civil servants have gone unpaid for more than a year. Malnutrition and poor sanitation have made the Middle Eastern country vulnerable to diseases that most of the world has confined to the history books.
One in three Syrian children know nothing but war: UNICEF
One in three Syrian children have known nothing but a lifetime of war, UNICEF said March 14, as the country's conflict enters its sixth year this week.
Forced from their homes and schools, orphaned by violence and drafted into work or fighting, a generation of Syria's children is being shaped by the conflict, UNICEF said in a new report.