With the flooding easing in parts of cyclone-stricken Mozambique on Friday, fears are rising that the waters could yield many more bodies.
Tag: Africa
Here’s How You Can Help People Devastated by Cyclone Idai
Aid groups are gearing up for what could be a very long recovery period in Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi.
Cyclone Idai Has Devastated Southern Africa. Here’s How You Can Help.
Aid groups are gearing up for what could be a very long recovery period in Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi.
Italian Driver Kidnaps Busload of Students
The driver held 51 seventh-graders hostage and set the bus on fire. All the hostages were rescued.
The Victims of the Ethiopia Plane Crash
The tragedy claimed the lives Kenyan professors, Ethiopian relief workers, a Nigerian diplomat and many who were affiliated with the United Nations.
U.N. Victims of Ethiopia Plane Crash Worked in World’s Trouble Spots
At least 22 people who worked for U.N.-affiliated agencies were on Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302. Some of them were traveling to an environmental conference.
Global Health: Bit by Bit, Scientists Gain Ground on AIDS
The “London patient,” apparently cured of H.I.V. infection, has gotten all the attention. But other recently revealed advances are more likely to affect the immediate course of the AIDS epidemic.
Maria Teresa and Marguerite Barankitse, Worlds Apart, Help Victims of Rape
One is a duchess and the other was raised in poverty. Together, they help children around the world, including orphans and victims of sexual violence.
W.H.O. Chief Plans to Reorganize a Vast Bureaucracy
A fundamental problem — tension between regional offices and the headquarters in Geneva — cannot be fixed by fiat. Still, staffers are set to move around the globe.
Global Health: Diagnoses by Horn, Payment in Goats: An African Healer at Work
On a continent wracked with epidemics, millions turn to traditional healers. In rural Uganda, not far from the Ebola zone, an herbalist describes his practice.