The Italian Forestry Ministry has just released a statement saying that the Doctors Without Borders members who were taken in Darfur almost two days ago are now free.It is now confirmed that they were released an hour ago:" Four aid workers with French-based medical charity...
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Barry Artiste Op/Ed Nice way to show your appreciation, now the group has pulled out all Doctors and medical staff from the region, leaving Darfur without medical aid. Laura Archer is pictured in this undated...
BREAKING NEWS, March 13th, 4:00 p.m. All three of the kidnapped workers have been freed, see Italian Foreign Ministry claiming Darfur aid workers are free. UPDATE 5:00 pm: Spokeswoman Marilyn McHarg...
The cholera epidemic in Zimbabwe is worsening and without increased foreign assistance the crisis will become a full blown health catastrophe according to Medecins Sans Frontieres international president Dr....
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By Miriam Mannak (from Lubumbashi / DRC)
An ebola outbreak in the southern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has killed nine people. About 92 are believed to be infected with the deadly virus.
The epicenter of...
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has released its 11th annual top-ten humanitarian crises list highlighting what the organization sees as the 10 worst humanitarian crises in the world for...
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These days, any news coming from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) - where my parents are living - is not too happy. People are fighting, dying, raping, pillaging and suffering. En masse. But sometimes,...
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A UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER DOCTOR REFUSED TO MEDICALLY TREAT CHRONIC PAIN PATIENTBECAUSE:I FILLED OUT A COMMENT CARD STATING THAT THIS DOCTOR LACKED COMPASSION AND...
"We often hear from right wing pundits and warbloggers that we aren't getting the 'good news' from Iraq. Rueters AlertNet's Deputy Editor Tim Large asks in his blog if we're actually getting all of the bad...
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"If you look at the map, it looks like this -- from left to right -- Chad, Sudan, Ethiopia,
Somalia. The war between the weak somali government and the Islamic Courts Union is one thing. The genocide in the Darfur...
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