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Ebola cases in North Kivu, a region in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo have dropped dramatically in the last few months, thanks to concerted efforts by local health workers as well as international staff on the ground. But what happens after the deadly hemorraghic fever has run its course remains a problem, both for mental and sexual well-being. RFI's Laura Angela Bagnetto reports from the cities of Beni and Butembo in the DRC to find out how people are coping with life after Ebola:

If you think YouTube is just music videos and jokes in poor taste, you probably haven't visited the site in a long time. Some of the web's most popular entertainers have been using their fame and fan bases to draw attention to very serious issues, as Cleo Lahitte discovered when she attended the Royaume de Web event last month in the Swiss city of Geneva.

Several public health facilities in Liberia are on the verge of closure due to the lack of essential drugs and medical supplies, for which healthcare workers have embarked on a series of strikes.

In Bingo, a small town of 3,000 people outside Beni, in the North Kivu region of the Democratic Republic of Congo, people have been dealing with the deadly Ebola disease. RFI's Laura Angela Bagnetto went to Bingo to find out more:

In the North Kivu region of the Democratic Republic of Congo, local and international aid workers continue to deal with Ebola, the deadly hemorrhagic disease that has killed more than 3,000 people in the region over the past year. Charlie Musoka, World Food Programme head of office for the town of Butembo speaks to RFI's Laura Angela Bagnetto of the current difficulties in the city, and reflects on his time combatting Ebola in the Guinea during the West Africa outbreak (2014-2106):

India's only foreigner detention center which will house illegal immigrants in the north-eastern state of Assam will be operational early next year.  Nearly two million people in the state were excluded when Delhi published the state’s final National Register of Citizens in August. Those excluded from the register will have to appeal to prove they are citizens.

The UN and other international rights groups have expressed concern that many could be rendered stateless. The citizenship list is part of a drive to detect illegal immigrants in Assam; a system that might be applied across the country at a later date.

In this last report from a two-part series Murali Krishnan looks at the fear and panic that dominate many areas of Assam’s population whose names have been excluded.

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Nearly two million people from the north-eastern Indian state of Assam may lose their citizenship after the government brought out the final version of the National Register of Citizens or NRC last month.

The NRC is a list of people who can prove they came to the state by 24 March 1971, the day before neighbouring Bangladesh declared independence from Pakistan.

The register was primarily targeted at people whom authorities describe as illegal immigrants from Bangladesh, which shares a border with Assam.

Murali Krishnan traveled to Assam to investigate in a first of a two-part series.

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Like many other Inland villages in the south of Italy, Camini was slowly dying, as the young people left to find work in the north of Italy or elsewhere in Europe.

However, a revival has been taking place since 2011, when the Calabrian town began welcoming asylum seekers under the Protection System for Asylum Seekers and Refugees (SPAR).

Today 90 immigrants live in Camini, and the cooperative has been able to employ 40 locals as the school has reopened, along with shops and a bar.

In this second of three reports, Pauline Bandelier looks at the long-term integration of these refugees.

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Asylum seekers are helping to revive abandoned villages in Calabria, in Italy's south.

Nicknamed "the city of immigrants" Riace has hosted up to 600 asylum seekers.

In October last year, Raice's mayor, Domenico Lucano, was arrested and charged with aiding and abetting illegal immigration.

But in the nearby village of Camini, 90 refugees are still living and participating in communal life.

Pauline Bandelier went to Camini to see how this project is progressing, despite the turmoil.

This is the first report in a three-part series.

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West Africa’s biggest mosque - the Massalikoul Djinane - which means the ‘paths to paradise’ was officially unveiled to the public on September 27. 

The president Macky Sall, religious and other political leaders from across the country attended the inauguration of the huge mosque which cost 30 million euros. 

It was financed and built by the Mouride Muslim brotherhood - the biggest and most powerful branch of Islam in Senegal. Some 1600 police and security officers had locked down the area for the inauguration.

The woman behind the Brotherhoods stamp on the capital is 30 year old Marianne Seck Tall, the chief engineer and coordinator of the works as Emmanuelle Landais reports.

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