World Oct 31 Is Burkina Faso sub-Saharan Africa’s version of the Arab Spring? Burkina Faso’s President Blaise Compaore stepped down Friday to massive celebrations after his failed attempts to extend his 27-year reign. Hard economic times and youth unemployment were factors in his overthrow, but the upheaval doesn’t mark the beginning of Africa’s…
World Oct 30 How to help Ebola relief efforts This year’s Ebola outbreak is the worst of its kind with more than 13,000 confirmed or suspected infections and nearly 5,000 deaths. Here's how you can help.
World Oct 29 5 everyday items that are helping in the fight against Ebola We’ve heard about robots and air-conditioned spacesuits as some potential tools to help in Ebola prevention efforts. Here are five ordinary things that are helping today.
World Oct 24 With a disease where you can’t touch, Ebola survivors lend a caring hand Dekontee Davis, 23, lives just outside of Liberia’s capital of Monrovia. She nearly died of Ebola, but is healthy and strong today. Now, she's one of a team of Ebola survivors tapped by groups such as UNICEF to care for…
World Oct 21 What does it take to grow a nonprofit? Ask Nourish International While studying at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Sindhura Citineni decided she wanted to find a way to give back to her hometown of Hyderabad, India.
World Oct 17 Senegal officially declared Ebola-free The World Health Organization said Friday that Senegal is officially free of the Ebola virus.
World Oct 16 70 percent Ebola death rate? Here’s how they calculate it Several viewers wrote in this week, questioning our math in an Ebola update that aired on Tuesday’s PBS NewsHour.
World Oct 14 Bringing safer burial rituals to Ebola outbreak countries A French anthropologist is helping the World Health Organization come up with safer burial practices, while trying to maintain tradition, in Ebola-ridden West African countries.
World Oct 10 Children’s advocates Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan and Kailash Satyarthi of India win Nobel Peace Prize Children’s rights advocates Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan and Kailash Satyarthi of India, who both campaign for giving children access to an education and against their exploitation for financial gain, won this year’s Nobel Peace Prize.
World Oct 08 Kenyan president’s case a ‘litmus test’ for International Criminal Court Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta appeared before the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, on Wednesday in the long-running case alleging that he fomented violence following the country’s disputed 2007 elections.