The top humanitarian headlines from trust.org this week include:
AFRICA
Ebola costs Liberia, Guinea, Sierra Leone $2 billion -World Bank
Idris Elba, footballers take to African airwaves to fight Ebola
Sierra Leone lags in Ebola fight, but prognosis is "very good"
Ebola batters Liberia, Guinea, Sierra Leone economies -World Bank
VIDEO: Obama says Ebola fight not over as he calls for more funding
- SPOTLIGHT: Ebola outbreak in West Africa
Three Somalis killed in attack on U.N. convoy in capital
- SPOTLIGHT: Somalia in turmoil
In Senegal, women kill own babies due to strict abortion laws
Kenyan president changes security officials after al Shabaab kill 36
We cannot abandon Kenya's Mandera County as medics flee Islamist attacks
Sudan's Bashir slams UN peacekeepers, demands they leave
Inter-ethnic conflict racks Congo's mining heartland
C.African militia says to lay down arms, become political party
Zimbabwe triples cost to sell groundwater
MIDDLE EAST
Poverty fuels tensions as Syrian refugees brace for another winter
WFP suspends Syria refugee aid due to lack of funds
Greece says it cannot help protesting Syrian refugees
- SPOTLIGHT: Syria's war
Islamic State lacks funds to keep control of Iraqi, Syrian territory-experts
Conflict, militancy hit human rights in Middle East, African nations
Arab-Jewish school, symbol of Jerusalem co-existence, torched
- SPOTLIGHT: Israeli-Palestinian conflict
ASIA
Bhopal demands justice 30 years after deadliest industrial disaster
In Bhopal, two women spark hope for disaster's disabled children
Bhopal's toxic legacy lives on, 30 years after industrial disaster
VIDEO: Suffering continues in Bhopal 30 years after disaster
Philippines starts evacuating residents ahead of typhoon Hagupit
Philippines hardest hit by extreme weather in 2013-report
Menace or myth, Myanmar frets over Rohingya militant group
EXCLUSIVE-Poor and besieged, Myanmar's Rakhine join Rohingya exodus
FEATURE-Myanmar's women garment workers join forces amid lure of city jobs
Mosquito-borne chikungunya now spreading rapidly through South Pacific
Typhoon-proof homes in Vietnam build hope for disaster-prone areas
Disputes over Indian land for industry on the rise, angering locals-charities
LATIN AMERICA
Colombian general freed from FARC rebel captivity resigns post
Ignoring indigenous rights in Amazon fuels global warming - study
El Salvador's ex-gang members tell of long, hard road ahead
HIV/AIDS
AIDS campaigners say pandemic has finally reached tipping point
Lack of access to clean water hampers fight against AIDS in Africa
South African mother turns tragedy into fight against HIV
- SPOTLIGHT: Is a world free of HIV/AIDS achievable?
GLOBAL
Developing nations urge deeper climate cuts to zero emissions
Climate change adaptation comes of age in UN talks
Star Philippines negotiator kept at home as U.N. climate talks begin
- SPOTLIGHT: Lima climate talks
United Nations says aid chief Valerie Amos plans to step down
ICRC seeks record $1.7 billion for humanitarian work in 2015
"New Abolitionist" anti-slavery campaign launches in NY
Religious leaders vow to eradicate modern-day slavery
More data, even if imperfect, is important to combat slavery
- SPOTLIGHT: Trafficking and modern day slavery
Foreign "land grabs" redraw global map of farmland ownership
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