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?
- SPOTLIGHT: Ebola outbreak in West Africa
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
- SPOTLIGHT: Iraq divided and in crisis
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.
- SPOTLIGHT: Syria's civil war
Lack of stability in Gaza risks return to war, says UN
- SPOTLIGHT: Israeli-Palestinian conflict
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
- FACTBOX: Typhoon Haiyan one year on
- SPOTLIGHT: Super typhoon Haiyan wreaks havoc in Philippines
- VIDEO: Typhoon debris turned into furniture
Sri Lanka landslide deaths linked to early warning failures
- SPOTLIGHT: Reducing climate change disaster risk
Don't lower age of marriage for girls, global leaders urge Bangladesh
Gays fear new law will drive them out of Kyrgyzstan
- SPOTLIGHT: LGBT rights
SPECIAL REPORT-Tsunami evacuees caught in $30 billion Japan money trap
- SPOTLIGHT: Japan earthquake and tsunami 2011
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?
- SPOTLIGHT: Can we end statelessness in a decade?
Weather forecasters predict better services for women
- SPOTLIGHT: Women and climate change
UN meeting seeks solutions for landlocked countries struggling with poverty
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