Fwd: AlertNet Weekly Digest - Ebola burial workers strike, Kenya's slums at mercy of water "mafias", Pakistan polio workers killed
The top humanitarian headlines from trust.org this week include:
AFRICA
Sierra Leone Ebola burial workers dump bodies in pay protest
US quarantine moves hurting Ebola response in Africa -Harvard
UN to miss Dec 1 Ebola target due to rising Sierra Leone cases
Mali confirms eighth Ebola case, monitoring 271 people
"Dramatic improvement" in Ebola outlook in Liberia -U.S. general
"Avoid stigmatising Africa," musician says as W.Africa Ebola song launched
Guinea imam's trip to Mali exposes gaps in Ebola response
Storytelling trumps smartphones in Ebola crisis, experts say
- SPOTLIGHT: Ebola outbreak in West Africa
Female suicide bombers kill at least 44 in Nigeria's northeast
South Sudan warns UN that sanctions could fuel confrontation
- SPOTLIGHT: South Sudan crisis
FEATURE-Kenyan women pay the price for slum water "mafias"
- SPOTLIGHT: Women and cities
Egypt and UN to expand food aid in fight against child labour
Ivory Coast government opens talks with disgruntled soldiers
INTERVIEW-Somali leader sees Islamist rebels out of towns by year-end
- SPOTLIGHT: Somalia in turmoil
Death toll in southern Morocco floods rises to 32
Bank on poor women and phones to drive growth in Africa, experts say
Can the 'ick factor' stop Kenya turning poo to power?
Rights groups urge Mauritania to free anti-slavery protesters
MIDDLE EAST
Syrian government air strikes kill 63 in Raqqa - monitoring group
VIDEO: Syrian refugees stage hunger strike in front of Greek parliament
· SPOTLIGHT: Syria's civil war
Baghdad car bomb kills 8 people, fighting west of capital
- SPOTLIGHT: Iraq divided and in crisis
Egypt opens Rafah crossing to stranded Palestinians bound for Gaza
Israel to cooperate with U.N. Gaza war inquiry
- SPOTLIGHT: Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Half Yemen's children malnourished as hunger worsens strife
Five killed in clashes between Houthis, Sunnis in Yemen capital
- SPOTLIGHT: Yemen clashes
ASIA
Militants kill four polio workers in Pakistan
Kashmiris urge India-Pakistan cooperation to head off disasters
Pakistan's women worst prepared in region for natural disasters - NGO
- SPOTLIGHT: Reducing climate change disaster risk
Afghan women fear rights rollback in Taliban peace talks - Oxfam
- SPOTLIGHT: Afghanistan turmoil
Myanmar army says deadly strike against rebels meant only as "warning"
Asia pledge could improve lives of 135 million "invisible" children - charity
LATIN AMERICA
Colombia FARC free 2 soldiers, vow to release general by weekend
Colombia rebel chief says peace talks suspension destroyed confidence
- SPOTLIGHT: 50 years of Colombia's rebel fighters FARC
El Salvador gang violence, poverty fuel child migrant exodus to US
Extreme El Nino weather stunted growth of Peruvian children
- SPOTLIGHT: Food and hunger
Brazil's epic water crisis a global wake-up call
- SPOTLIGHT: Water and climate change
GLOBAL
Businesses key to ending slavery and its $150 billion profit
Number of women convicted for human trafficking "exceptionally high" -UN
- SPOTLIGHT: Voices of Human Trafficking
Pope says food commodity speculation hurts fight against hunger
- SPOTLIGHT: Food and hunger
Aid workers in conflict zones no longer immune, now targeted
Mobile phones 'game changers' in securing children's rights - UNICEF
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