The top humanitarian headlines from trust.org this week include: Ebola still spreading in West Africa, U.N. cuts food aid to 1 million Afghans, violence grips Yemen
AFRICA
Sierra Leone residents clash with police over Ebola response
WHO says Ebola epidemic still spreading in West Africa
WHO may declare Nigeria and Senegal Ebola-free within days
Many Liberian healthcare workers ignore Ebola strike call
VIDEO: Ebola researcher looks to the internet for funding
VIDEO: Obama: World is not doing enough to contain Ebola
- SPOTLIGHT : Ebola outbreak in West Africa
Somalia presidential adviser linked to militants -UN monitors
- SPOTLIGHT: Somalia in turmoil
Nine killed including UN peacekeeper in Central African Republic
- SPOTLIGHT: Central African Republic troubles
AMERICAS
Colombia says rebel chief has been to Cuba for peace talks
VIDEO: First group of Syrian refugees arrives in Uruguay
ASIA
U.N. agency to cut food rations for 1 million Afghans over funding
Cyclone kills 24 in east India, sparks fears of floods
- SPOTLIGHT: Hurricanes and cyclones
Reluctance to use toilets stymies India's sanitation drive
INSIGHT-India-Pakistan clashes escalate into a humanitarian tragedy
Landslides menace Kashmir's unprotected mountain villages
- SPOTLIGHT: Kashmir floods
EUROPE
Europe urged to end plight of 600,000 ghost people
FACTBOX: How does someone end up stateless in Europe?
"Like tumbleweed, I can never put down roots" - stateless woman
MIDDLE EAST
Houthi rebels take over Yemen's Hodeidah port -residents
INSIGHT-Yemen on the brink as rebels oust the old guard
- SPOTLIGHT: Yemen clashes
Kobani air strikes seen more accurate, Kurds give coordinates-monitor
Kurds hold off Islamic State in Kobani; fighters strike in Iraq
- SPOTLIGHT: Syria's civil war
Bomb training vital as Kurds retake Islamic State ground in Iraq
Up to 180,000 refugees flee Iraqi town - UN
Islamic State seeks to justify enslaving Yazidi women and girls in Iraq
- SPOTLIGHT: Iraq divided and in crisis
Kerry pushes for Mideast peace, donors pledge $5 bln for Palestinians
- SPOTLIGHT: Israeli-Palestinian conflict
GLOBAL
Can the world produce enough food for 2 bln more people?
Burundi, Eritrea, East Timor top global hunger index
Aid groups cheer food price fall to 4-year low, "hunger hotspots" remain
- SPOTLIGHT: Food security
Older people hit hardest by disasters - report
Malala Yousafzai, Indian activist win Nobel Peace Prize
VOICES
Why haven't we seen a major Ebola crisis before? - Reporter Peter Apps says people not governments will end Ebola as he recalls his time covering Angola's Marburg outbreak
Investigative journalism's "golden age" faces surveillance threat - Kieran Guilbert, Thomson Reuters Foundation
The face of hunger is not partisan - Rajiv Shah, administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development
Hope in the slums of Nairobi starts to run dry - Jane Otai, Senior Program Advisor for Jhpiego, a non-profit global health affiliate of Johns Hopkins University
You're never too old to be disaster-resilient - Margareta Wahlstrom, U.N. Secretary-General's Special Representative for Disaster Risk Reduction and head of the U.N. Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
Taking on 'hidden hunger' which affects a staggering 2 billion people worldwide - Dominic MacSorley, CEO Concern Worldwide
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