Good week
Denis Mukwege has won the Sakharov human rights prize for helping thousands of gang rape survivors in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Qari Hashim has been released from jail in Hyderabad, Pakistan after being acquitted of the murder of American journalist Daniel Pearl in 2002.
Bad week
A two-year-old girl became the first Ebola case in Mali in the current outbreak.
Angel Aguirre, governor of Mexico Guerrero state where 43 students went missing, has resigned.
Quote of the week
Human Rights Watch report on domestic workers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) was damning. Middle East women’s rights researcher Rothna Begum said:
The UAE’s sponsorship system chains domestic workers to their employers and then leaves them isolated and at risk of abuse behind the closed doors of private homes.
What you’re saying
In response to our article Cuba calling: what this small island can teach the world about disease control, Circra commented:
Whatever your political stance, a relatively small, relatively poor country that nonetheless makes a significant positive contribution to the world should be praised for doing so.
This week in numbers
$9.2bn out of the $17.9bn spent on food aid by the US from 2003 to 2012 was spent on transporting it.
$2.2bn needed to provide nearly two million displaced people in Iraq with basic supplies over the next 15 months, according to the UN.
£80m more aid pledged by the UK to fight Ebola in Sierra Leone.
100,000s of Ebola vaccines should be ready by mid-2015, says the World Health Organisation.
17 officials disciplined by police in Yunnan province, China, following bribery allegations and protests over a land deal.
Picture of the week
Milestones
It’s 30 years since Michael Buerk’s BBC news report on a “Biblical famine” in Ethiopia.
Botswana went to the polls for the diamond-rich country’s 10th general election since independence.
Peace-building women in South Sudan have proposed a sex ban until the conflict is resolved.
Multimedia
Confused about how the Ebola virus spreads? Watch this animated explainer:
Reading list
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Analysis: The state of state-building in Somalia (Irin)
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Addis Ababa’s monorail project keeps Ethiopia on track for transformation (The Guardian)
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How do we stop countries from exporting corruption? (Transparency International)
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Nepal disaster preparedness needs to go local (Irin)
Coming next week: have your say
- Our live chat on Thursday, 30 October 2-4pm GMT asks how do you deliver financial inclusion responsibly? Email globaldevpros@theguardian.com to recommend someone for the panel.
- Look out for the round up of our mammoth #YouthEngage worldwide tweetathon.
- Calling all southern voices! We want to hear about new papers published by institutions, thinktanks and NGOs in the global south. Send an email to globaldevpros@theguardian.com to be featured in our reading list.
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