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Zimbabwean refugees denied access to medical care

A number of Zimbabwean refugees in South Africa are prevented from getting medical care because their either being rejected by hospital staff or charged exorbitant fees said the aid agency Medecins Sans Frontiere.A child as young as six who was raped was turned away from a...

created by Suranee | 25 wks ago
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Deadly ebola outbreak strikes southern DRC

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...

created by Miriam Mannak | 48 wks ago | updated 48 wks ago
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Doctor carries out surgery in DRC with help of sms

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,...

created by Miriam Mannak | 51 wks ago | updated 48 wks ago
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Medecins Sans Frontieres to pay for aid worker release

A court order was issued to have Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) pay US$428,000 to the Dutch government. Payment is due in a dispute over ransom paid to liberate a Dutch aid worker Arjan Erkel from captivity in the Russian republic of Dagestan....