Opinion: Humanitarian work is intense and all-consuming, but I believe in what I do
Aid work is very full on – you work, live and socialise with your colleagues. But, cheesy as it sounds, I do really believe in what we’re doing here.
Aid work is very full on – you work, live and socialise with your colleagues. But, cheesy as it sounds, I do really believe in what we’re doing here.
The official death toll has now climbed to 1,069.
The procedure is often carried out without anaesthesia.
It has appealed for volunteers to come forward.
The GOAL support team will travel to areas worst affected by the outbreak.
The deadly disease has killed around two-thirds of those affected.
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A second American is due to land in America today, while it is “unlikely” a third American has contacted the disease.
The World Health Organisation says consequences could be “catastrophic” if the disease continues to spread.
Around 200 people have been killed in the last two weeks in Tripoli and Benghazi.
The outbreak has been called “an extraordinary challenge”.
An American doctor who contracted the disease is said to have made a slight recovery.
The death toll now stands at 672 in the deadliest outbreak of the disease ever.
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Religious belief, social mores, misinformation and a general mistrust of conventional medicine are all contributing to the spread of the deadly virus.
France will send a military unit to secure the wreckage.
Jeremiah Heaton wants to turn the area into an agricultural hub for the region.
Storms were reported in the area when the plane went missing last night
It’s designed to help doctors on the ground in remote parts of Africa.
A total of 2,599 people died by gunshot, machete attacks or grenades in a six-month period.
That’s one devoted dad.
The new mobile surgical training unit simulators and can be used by up to ten trainees at any one time.
CITES says that the number of elephants killed in the past three years is “far exceeding” the number born.
The militant group has been holding over 200 schoolgirls captive since mid-April.
The Central African Republic doesn’t stir associations like Liberia or Egypt, and this anonymity is contributing to human suffering of catastrophic proportions.
The banana may look like other bananas but on the inside it’s a whole other story.
Authorities are blaming al-Shabab, Somalia’s al-Qaida-linked terror group, for the attack at Mpeketoni.
Distressing images. Satao was one last surviving of the ‘great tuskers’.
Meriam Ibrahim was condemned to death by flogging and hanging for marrying a Christian man.
At least 1,000 sub-Saharan Africans had joined in the pre-dawn attempt to enter Melilla, one of two Spanish-held cities on the northern coast of Africa.
The longer one stays in Ireland and gets to know Irish people, the nuances and craic and communities.
As an orphan in Uganda, I was faced with a lot of challenges growing up. But when I moved to Ireland my life changed: I felt safe.
In the run-up to Africa Day, Salome Mbugua discusses her social justice work in Ireland and various African countries.
Africa Day celebrations are taking place nationwide this weekend. Here, entrepreneur Timi Martins talks about being an entrepreneur in Ireland.
Africa Day celebrations are taking place nationwide. Here, student and dancer Onai Tafuma writes about her life in Ireland.
Africa Day celebrations are taking place nationwide this week. Here, writer and broadcaster Carol Azams writes about her life in Ireland.
The crisis in South Sudan is now at a tipping point – we cannot afford to wait. The history books will pass their judgement on how we now react.
Meanwhile, a regional governor has said that all of the girls shown in a video release by the militant group had been identified as students in the school attacked last month.