Nurith Aizenman
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NewsAn exhibit at the Smithsonian's National Museum of African Art highlights intricate gold work that nearly disappeared — as well as its past ties to a morally complicated group of powerful women. -
NewsNo Lean Season had an ambitious plan: help tens of thousands of desperately poor farmhands in Bangladesh travel to the city to find jobs. So why are they proud to announce it's not working? -
A charity has been helping people in a poor rural area in Bangladesh buy a bus ticket to the nearest city. Now a study suggests the method hasn't actually worked, but the charity is still celebrating.
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Senegal's exquisite gold jewelry — and the complicated history of the women who wore it — are getting their due at an exhibit at the Smithsonian's Museum of African Art.
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NewsCharities are clamoring for your money. We've got some advice to help you sort through the appeals. -
NewsThere are six separate steps in the video from Democratic Republic of the Congo — and that's not counting "abundantly" wetting your hands and lathering up. -
NewsIt's already the biggest outbreak in Congo's history. And Dr. Pierre Rollin of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says by many measures it's as if they're stuck at square one. -
Global health experts warn the Ebola epidemic in Democratic Republic of the Congo could soon enter a new phase. Ongoing conflict there prevents health workers from wiping out the disease.
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NewsA new report says the U.S. has the 28th-highest rate in the world: 4.43 deaths due to gun violence per 100,000 people in 2017. By contrast, Bangladesh saw 0.07 deaths per 100,000 people.
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NewsHealth workers and other responders are threatened as often as three or four times a week in the country. And efforts to bring security are proving difficult.
