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Doctors Without Borders closes operations in Russia
GENEVA (AP) — Doctors Without Borders said Tuesday it has closed its operations in Russia after 32 years, citing a Justice Ministry letter that said the medical aid group had been removed from a register of foreign nongovernmental organizations. The aid group, also known by its...
A dam collapse in eastern Sudan kills at least 30 people following heavy rains, a UN agency says
CAIRO (AP) — The collapse of the Arbaat Dam in Sudan’s eastern Red Sea state over the weekend flooded nearby homes and killed at least 30 people following heavy rains, a U.N. agency said. The U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said late Monday, citing...
She fought to become a midwife. Now she’s fighting to save mothers and their babies in South Sudan
BENTIU, South Sudan (AP) — Elizabeth Nyachiew was 16 when she watched her neighbor bleed to death during childbirth. She vowed to become a midwife to spare others from the same fate in South Sudan, a country with one of the world's highest maternal mortality rates. “If I saw...
Children at risk of dying in Sudan's famine-hit Darfur as medical supplies are blocked, group says
CAIRO (AP) — Malnourished children in a famine-hit camp for war-displaced people in Sudan’ s western Darfur region are at risk of dying, an aid group said Sunday, because it was forced to ration malnutrition treatment due to a blockade imposed by a notorious paramilitary group. ...
A truce in Congo ends in a week. Aid groups say it could be a lost opportunity to help civilians
GOMA, Congo (AP) — A two-week truce in eastern Congo has heavily reduced fighting, but with a week left aid workers and local civil society groups say not much help has reached millions of people who are trapped in one of the world’s largest humanitarian crises. The two-week...
