Health
Donors raise more than 2 billion euros for Sudan aid a year into war
By Elizabeth Pineau and Nafisa Eltahir Reuters Donors pledged more than 2 billion euros ($2.13 billion) for war-torn Sudan at a conference ...Nearly 55 million people face hunger in West and Central Africa
By Ngouda Dione Reuters Soaring prices have helped fuel a food crisis in West and Central Africa, where nearly 55 million people ...South Sudan shutters all schools as it prepares for an extreme heat wave
BY DENG MACHOL AP South Sudan’s government is closing down all schools starting Monday as the country prepares for a wave of extreme ...UN warns of catastrophic hunger in Sudan in coming months
By Michelle Nichols Reuters Nearly five million people in Sudan could suffer catastrophic hunger in parts of the war-torn country in the ...Thousands of pregnant women at risk in Haiti’s paralyzed capital, UN says
By Sarah Morland Reuters Nearly 3,000 pregnant women in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, risk being cut off from essential healthcare if the current ...As Gaza’s hunger crisis worsens, emaciated children seen at hospitals
By Bassam Masoud and Mohammed Salem Reuters Two Palestinian toddlers with sunken eyes and emaciated faces, one in a yellow cardigan and ...Thousands of Korean doctors face license suspensions as Seoul moves to prosecute strike leaders
By HYUNG-JIN KIM AP Thousands of striking junior doctors in South Korea faced proceedings to suspend their medical licenses Tuesday, as authorities are pushing ...Death toll in Bangladesh building fire rises to 46
By Ruma Paul Reuters A massive fire in Bangladesh that raged through a six-storey building home to restaurants where many families with ...Peru declares health emergency as dengue outbreak ‘imminent’
Peru declared a health emergency across most of the country on Monday as a heat wave and heavy rains have led to ...Famine fears deepen in besieged Gaza
By Adel Zaanoun with Phil Hazlewood in Jerusalem AFP Concern deepened Saturday over the growing humanitarian crisis in the war-torn Gaza Strip, ...