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Friday 7 November 2014

Fwd: AlertNet Weekly Digest - Turmoil in Burkina Faso forces president to step down, U.N. says humanitarian situation in Syria "appalling", and typhoon Haiyan one-year anniversary



The top humanitarian headlines from trust.org this week include:

Turmoil in Burkina Faso forces president to step down, U.N. says humanitarian situation in Syria "appalling", and we go back to the Philippines one year after devastating typhoon Haiyan

AFRICA

West African bloc presses Burkina for civilian leader

SMS service tackles Ebola in Sierra Leone, expands in West Africa

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?

Gold, diamonds fuelling conflict in Central African Republic- U.N. panel

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

INTERVIEW-Libya's elected parliament aims to move to Benghazi, restart UN dialogue

Somalia donors warn spat between president and PM risks recovery

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

MIDDLE EAST

Islamic State uses women to lure European Muslims with promise of "utopia"

Iraq says 322 tribe members killed, many bodies dumped in well

Iraqi Kurds join fight against Islamic State in Kobani

Turkey warns of Syrian threat to Aleppo, fears new refugee influx

Islamic State tortured Kurdish child hostages - rights group

Among Syrian refugees, hidden Dom suffer war and rejection

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

Lack of stability in Gaza risks return to war, says UN

ASIA

A Filipina mother's story of birth and survival in a cave during Typhoon Haiyan

Philippines' typhoon orphans struggle with trauma a year on

FEATURE-Typhoon Haiyan survivors rebuild lives with farming, pigs, stores

FEATURE-Glints of hope emerge in typhoon-hit Philippines city Tacloban

Sri Lanka landslide deaths linked to early warning failures

Don't lower age of marriage for girls, global leaders urge Bangladesh

Gays fear new law will drive them out of Kyrgyzstan

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

EUROPE

At least 24 migrants die as boat sinks in Black Sea near Istanbul

GLOBAL

INTERVIEW-World must end "cancer" of statelessness - UN refugee head

Tutu and Jolie back UN drive to end statelessness in a decade

SUMMARY: Can we end statelessness in a decade?

Weather forecasters predict better services for women

UN meeting seeks solutions for landlocked countries struggling with poverty






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