The top humanitarian headlines from trust.org this week include:
Nearly 36mln people around the world are slaves, Syrians face no escape from war as struggling neighbours restrict borders, Ebola death toll tops 5,000
GLOBAL
Nobel peace laureate calls for global action to end child slavery
Ebay founder Omidyar commits $50 mln to combating global slavery
- SPOTLIGHT: Trust Women Conference
Nearly 36 mln people are slaves, Qatar in focus: global index
- FEATURE: World Cup host Qatar must tackle labour abuses: anti-slavery group
- FEATURE: Netherlands leads way in battle against sex slavery, trafficking
- FACTBOX: Where is slavery most prevalent?
Global community off-track on nutrition targets - report
- SPOTLIGHT: Food and hunger
Almost 2 billion people use water contaminated by faeces
UN says fast-track plan can end global AIDS threat by 2030
Youth bulge could unleash rapid economic growth
Soaring bills see privatised water services handed back to public sector - report
AFRICA
Ebola death toll tops 5,000; Mali quarantines 90
World Bank sees $3-4 bln Ebola impact on Africa, well below worst case scenario
Half of G20 countries have failed to deliver in fight against Ebola - Oxfam
Health workers strike at southern Sierra Leone's only Ebola clinic
Liberia sets national target of no new Ebola cases by Dec. 25
No safety concerns yet in trials of GSK's Ebola vaccine
- SPOTLIGHT: Ebola outbreak in West Africa
Terrorism fears cripple rotten aid system in hungry Somalia -expert
- SPOTLIGHT: Somalia in turmoil
As another El Nino looms, Africa aims to cut hunger threat
- SPOTLIGHT: Reducing climate change disaster risk
PROFILE-Nigeria journalist puts faces to girls kidnapped by Boko Haram
Former African child slave calls for end to global scourge
Sudan denies U.N. access to Darfur village to check rape accusations
MIDDLE EAST
Iraqi Kurds say West not providing enough arms to defeat Islamic State
Syrians face no escape from war as struggling neighbours restrict borders -charities
- SPOTLIGHT: Syria's civil war
Israel, Palestinians agree to steps to calm Jerusalem tensions, Kerry says
- SPOTLIGHT: Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Yemen's Houthi group endorse new government-presidential aide
ASIA
Human trafficking victims in India need greater legal support
PROFILE-Why helping the poor is an obsession for BRAC founder Fazle Abed
Afghan power struggle seen delaying formation of new government
- SPOTLIGHT: Afghanistan turmoil
Children, teachers forced to toil in Uzbek cotton harvest - report
Winter food crisis threatens landslide-hit villages in Indian Kashmir
- SPOTLIGHT: Kashmir floods
Bangladesh rescues over 600 trafficking victims
LATIN AMERICA
Colombia suspends FARC peace talks after kidnapping of general
- SPOTLIGHT: 50 years of Colombia's rebel fighters FARC
EUROPE
Philanthropist couple who saved 3,000 migrants at sea appeal for funds
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