Amid growing rates of coronavirus infections, the UN warns of COVID’s impact on refugees and on global food security. But two pieces of good news: the deadliest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has ended, and the world came together to support crucial vaccine efforts. Here are six stories you may have missed this month. DRC’s deadliest Ebola outbreak declared officially over After nearly two years and 2,280 deaths, the second-worst Ebola outbreak in history is over, the World Health...
In the 58 years since independence, periods of peace in Sudan have been brief. Today there are new violent clashes unfolding in South Sudan, which gained independence from Sudan in 2011. While parties meet to discuss a peaceful resolution, this is the story of one man changed forever by the previous civil war, which lasted 22 years and claimed 2 million lives.  Gabriel Bol Deng vividly remembers the first thing he ate when he was in the United States. It was...