Bomb disposal in Ukraine: ‘It will take years to clear’
Sappers have already dealt with 100,000 shells, mines and other explosives left by the war
Sappers have already dealt with 100,000 shells, mines and other explosives left by the war
Waiving patent rights may have chilling effect on medicine development, industry warns
Eyewitnesses say MSF workers were gunned down by government troops on orders of commander
Pope pleads for peace as Putin says campaign in Ukraine will not end until Kyiv stops fighting
Western sanctions against Russia like a ‘declaration of war’ says president
Acute malnutrition among a cascade of maladies threatening to topple fragile health system
About 2.4 million forced to leave their homes during 13-year-long war with Boko Haram
Official figures say treatable disease has killed more people in west African country than Covid-19
There are yawning gaps between the rate of Covid-19 vaccinations in high- and low-income nations
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Total of 412 people, including more than 100 minors, rescued off Libyan coast
Biden urges world leaders at virtual summit to ‘go big’ in closing global vaccination gap
Fund freezing by EU and World Bank threaten health as drug shortage looms
There had been fears the group would strike Taliban fighters, US troops and Afghans and foreigners
Storm Grace compounds misery for people affected by weekend quake that killed at least 1,400
Tropical depression could pass over areas already hit by Saturday’s quake that killed at least 1,297
About 400 protesters seeking residence rights ‘could die within days’, says charity
Simmering feud between PM Abiy Ahmed and Tigrayan leaders erupted into war last November
Failures to manage pandemic and roll out vaccines have stoked long-simmering tensions
West African nation braced for spread of the deadly disease from neighbouring Guinea
Call for more protection of civilians after men dragged off bus and shot by soldiers
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Aid agencies concerned about a building humanitarian crisis in the Ethiopian region
Loud blasts and gunfire heard shortly after aircraft carrying newly-formed cabinet arrived from Riyadh
Toulouse and Montpellier poised for alert escalation as country seeks to limit infection
Women say men forced them to have sex in exchange for work or terminated contracts when they refused
State epidemiologist Anders Tegnell says herd immunity has contributed to sharp drop in cases
United Nations agencies call for a safe port to be granted to rescue ships
Covax programme struggling to raise funds to provide 2 billion doses by the end of 2021
Malaria fatalities may double due to Covid-19 causing drug shortage and patient wariness
‘Before Covid hit things were already horrific in the camp with the lack of basic services’
A growing list of refugees and migrants have died after being forced back to Libya
At least 24 killed by suicide bomber in separate attack in Afghanistan on Tuesday
Pandemic bearing down on region that spent 2019 racked by political crises and social unrest
MSF describes treatment of refugees and migrants over Easter weekend as ‘grotesque’
Already many ‘stupid studies being published’ without peer review, says Luke O’Neill
Greek authorities isolate Ritsona camp as 23 migrants test positive close to capital, Athens
Charities warn African countries lack medical equipment needed to cope with outbreak
Packed homes and shared facilities stoke fears in one Kampala slum of a devastating outbreak
Many more are injured following blaze at facility dubbed the Libyan ‘Guantanamo’
Nicola Cochrane’s car was attacked during trip to volunteer at refugee camp on Lesbos
Mission will police Libyan arms embargo but try to avoid being a ‘pull factor’ for migrants
As 21,500 migrants crowd into packed camps on Lesbos, frustration at EU mounts
Medical charity says minors living in notorious Lesbos camp denied adequate healthcare
Djibouti among worst hit as torrential rain wrecks infrastructure and leaves many dead
MSF’s Kate Goulding helped mental health patients with local staff in northwestern Iraq
Woman died following clashes and fire at Lesbos camp that left more than a dozen injured
Germany, France and Malta to accept people rescued from Mediterranean in new plan
Political inaction leaves hundreds living on former dump amid snake-infested minefields
Irish humanitarian worker says kidnapping, torture stories have become all too familiar
Food File: Restaurant Week returns to Belfast, and an oyster and seafood festival hits Cork
Fear and mistrust preventing refugees from leaving Bangladesh camps to return home
Six European countries to take 356 migrants stuck on board rescue ship in Mediterranean
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Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
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