Fwd: AlertNet Expresso - Your daily shot of humanitarian news

Here are the top humanitarian news on trust.org today.

AFRICA

Burkina president rejects opposition calls to step down after violence

U.S. quarantines 'chilling' Ebola fight in West Africa -MSF

To stop Ebola's spread in West Africa, target funerals - study

Why do health workers in protective suits catch Ebola?

• SPOTLIGHT: Ebola outbreak in West Africa

Fighting likely to surge in South Sudan as rainy season ends - report

Violence hits food output in Central African Republic, economy "broken"

MIDDLE EAST

Situation in Syria is "appalling" getting worse -U.N.

Among Syrian refugees, hidden Dom suffer war and rejection

Iraqi Kurdish forces enter Syria to fight Islamic State

• SPOTLIGHT: Syria's civil war

Islamic State fighters kill 220 Iraqis from tribe that opposed them

• SPOTLIGHT: Iraq divided and in crisis

ASIA

SPECIAL REPORT-Tsunami evacuees caught in $30 billion Japan money trap

• SPOTLIGHT: Japan earthquake and tsunami 2011

Myanmar farmers at risk of losing land under legal shift: think tank

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