DAILY HUMANITARIAN DIGEST

Various health and humanitarian issues taking place around the globe as reflected in the South African media today

WATCH | In the driver's seat: Meet the men who are helping survivors of sexual violence reach safety

News 24 - 30/10/2019

In 2016 MSF did a household survey in Rustenburg in which they found that one out of every four women had been raped. They also found that...

Thousands homeless after floods in CAR

Channel Africa - 30/10/2019

The worst flooding in two decades in the Central African Republic (CAR) has left at least 28 000 people homeless, the country's Red Cross...

Refugee Returns to Burundi Must Be Voluntary and Not Under Pressure

Pan-African News Wire - 30/10/2019

28 October 2019 UNHCR Burundian refugees stand by emergency shelters at Nduta camp in western Tanzania, November 2017. © UNHCR/Georgina...

Migrants released amid fighting in Libyan capital seek refuge with U.N.

Reuters Africa - 29/10/2019

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Hundreds of migrants were released on Tuesday from a detention centre in the Libyan capital Tripoli as heavy gunfire...

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Mozambique: Recent wave of violence in Cabo Delgado displaces more than 15, 000
In May, the district of Ancuabe in northern Mozambique was repeatedly hit by armed attacks carried out by the Islamic State Mozambique (ISM). Combined with widespread fear of further violence, these attacks forced thousands of people to flee their homes.
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DRC: Ebola disease outbreak intensifies as MSF strengthens treatment and containment efforts
In eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), people have been living through insecurity and with an under-resourced health system for years. The Ebola disease outbreak due to the Bundibugyo virus – which does not yet have approved vaccines or specific treatments – is posing a major additional challenge.
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