Meet the Men With the Most Dangerous Job in the World
Ebola is at its most contagious in a human body when that body has just died. MONROVIA, Liberia — It takes five grown men…
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Liberia Finally Gets More Beds for Ebola Patients
Doctors Without Borders has admitted its first patients to the biggest isolation facility it has ever built. But it’s still not going to be…
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Mob Destroys Ebola Center Two Days After It Opens
Fear and denial of the deadly virus are pervasive in Liberia. The mob exponentially increased the risk in one of the country’s biggest Ebola…
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In Sweden Being a Prostitute is Legal — But Paying One Isn’t
The “Nordic model” is becoming ever more influential around the world. But public health officials and some human rights workers wonder if Sweden is…
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Liberian Capital Runs out of Space for Ebola Patients
A Liberian government employee on his way to a conference became the first Ebola death in Nigeria. But a specialist unit in Monrovia is…
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Five Accused Rapists Are Still Missing As High-Profile Kenya Case Begins
A 16-year-old known only as “Liz” was gang-raped and thrown in a latrine last year. But it’s taken the government a year to catch…
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Star-Studded London Summit Won’t End Sexual Violence Without Survivor Voices, Nobel Winners Say
Survivors, Nobel laureates and foreign ministers launch a new project to improve governments’ response to sexual violence. Survivors of sexual violence from six countries…
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Nigeria Prepares To Treat Rape, Sexual Trauma Of Kidnapped School Girls
“What is happening to the girls is an open secret: sexual abuse.” ABUJA, Nigeria — Nigeria’s public health officials are preparing medical support for…
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Rwanda’s Keeper of the Dead
On the 20th anniversary of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, remembering a man who made history his mission. NYAMAGABE, Rwanda — There was never…
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The End of Vulture Funds?
LUSAKA, Zambia — In his spare bungalow in central Lusaka, Fisho Mwale wears a pastel, plaid button-down and sleek, rectangular glasses. He is warm…
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