UN chief defends Ebola aid workers

UN chief Ban Ki-moon says discrimination against humanitarian workers who return home from the Ebola crisis in West Africa is "unacceptable".

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Habari Zinazoendana

10 years ago

BBC

US evacuates aid workers over Ebola

Ten US aid workers who were possibly exposed to Ebola are being evacuated back to America from Sierra Leone, US officials say.

 

11 years ago

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Ebola drug given to US aid workers

US aid workers who contracted the deadly Ebola virus in Liberia appear to be improving after receiving an experimental drug, officials says.

 

11 years ago

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Aid workers killed in CAR clinic

Three aid workers are among 22 people killed in a rebel attack on a clinic in northern Central African Republic, officials say, as Muslims flee the capital.

 

11 years ago

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S Sudan aid workers 'flee violence'

The medical charity MSF says 240 of its staff have been forced to flee into the bush in South Sudan to try to escape fighting.

 

11 years ago

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Kenya army rescues aid workers

Two aid workers are rescued by the Kenyan army after three years in the hands of Somali militant group al-Shabab, the military says.

 

10 years ago

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UN condemns aid chief's expulsion

The United Nations has condemned South Sudan's decision to expel the UN humanitarian co-ordinator, Toby Lanzer.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

19 Aug

LANDRY: Aid workers saving lives while fearing for their own

>Aid workers rushing to save lives worldwide are increasingly becoming targets for attack, in a worrying development for NGOs trying to ease suffering in hostile war zones.

 

11 years ago

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French troops free Mali aid workers

French troops in Mali free five aid workers who were kidnapped in the north of the country by suspected Islamist militants in February.

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

03 Nov

Fourteen kidnapped aid workers released in eastern Congo

Fourteen aid workers kidnapped two days ago by unidentified assailants in the eastern Rutshuru region of Democratic Republic of Congo have been released, the United Nations said on Tuesday.

 

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