Global Week in Review: WHO to Pick New Leader for Africa

Plus, African countries to meet on Burkina Faso’s future.

WHO Electing New Regional Director - African countries to meet on Burkina Faso’s future, plus more global news. —Katerina Torres In light of the World Health Organization’s admittance to poorly handling the Ebola crisis, this week they will elect a new regional director for their Africa office. Although the new director won’t be able to erase the mistakes already made, they will be crucial to preventing the mishandling of future crises. “This Ebola outbreak should have justified WHO’s existence but it has become completely sidelined and irrelevant,” Lawrence Gostin, a professor of global health law at Georgetown University, told the AP.(Photo: AP Photo/Adel Ben Salah, File)

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WHO Electing New Regional Director - African countries to meet on Burkina Faso’s future, plus more global news. —Katerina Torres In light of the World Health Organization’s admittance to poorly handling the Ebola crisis, this week they will elect a new regional director for their Africa office. Although the new director won’t be able to erase the mistakes already made, they will be crucial to preventing the mishandling of future crises. “This Ebola outbreak should have justified WHO’s existence but it has become completely sidelined and irrelevant,” Lawrence Gostin, a professor of global health law at Georgetown University, told the AP.(Photo: AP Photo/Adel Ben Salah, File)

African Countries Set to Meet on Burkina Faso - Burkina Faso, an ally to the West when it comes to fighting Islamic militants, has been given two weeks by the African Union to restore constitutional rule before sanctions are made. Still, there is uncertainty about who will hold the power in Burkina Faso’s future, as the AP reports that even the opposition is split. (Photo: AP Photo/Theo Renaut)

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African Countries Set to Meet on Burkina Faso - Burkina Faso, an ally to the West when it comes to fighting Islamic militants, has been given two weeks by the African Union to restore constitutional rule before sanctions are made. Still, there is uncertainty about who will hold the power in Burkina Faso’s future, as the AP reports that even the opposition is split. (Photo: AP Photo/Theo Renaut)

11 Babies Died In Dominican Republic - After 11 babies died in early October at the Robert Reid Cabral Children’s Hospital in the Dominican Republic, President Danilo Medina set up an investigation into the hospital’s role in the deaths. The AP reports that a preliminary investigation revealed the infections that killed these children were contracted in the hospital. (Photo: AP Photo/Ezequiel Abiu Lopez)

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11 Babies Died In Dominican Republic - After 11 babies died in early October at the Robert Reid Cabral Children’s Hospital in the Dominican Republic, President Danilo Medina set up an investigation into the hospital’s role in the deaths. The AP reports that a preliminary investigation revealed the infections that killed these children were contracted in the hospital. (Photo: AP Photo/Ezequiel Abiu Lopez)

Man Attempts Escaping Namibian Prison - Marcus Kevin Tomas, an American citizen in prison in Namibia, tried escaping from the Windhoek Central Prison on Sunday, Nov. 2, AP reports. Tomas, who is charged with killing a Namibian citizen, attempted to jump over the prison’s barbwire fence but got caught on the barbwire instead. (Photo: AP Photo/George Hendriks)

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Man Attempts Escaping Namibian Prison - Marcus Kevin Tomas, an American citizen in prison in Namibia, tried escaping from the Windhoek Central Prison on Sunday, Nov. 2, AP reports. Tomas, who is charged with killing a Namibian citizen, attempted to jump over the prison’s barbwire fence but got caught on the barbwire instead. (Photo: AP Photo/George Hendriks)

Benghazi Fights Lead to 210 Deaths - In just two weeks, 210 people have been killed in the fighting that has ensued in Benghazi, the AP reports. After entering new areas of the city earlier this week, troops are arresting Islamist militias. There’s still no information on who the 210 killed were and from which side of the fighting they belong.  (Photo: AP Photo/Mohammed Elsheiky)

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Benghazi Fights Lead to 210 Deaths - In just two weeks, 210 people have been killed in the fighting that has ensued in Benghazi, the AP reports. After entering new areas of the city earlier this week, troops are arresting Islamist militias. There’s still no information on who the 210 killed were and from which side of the fighting they belong.  (Photo: AP Photo/Mohammed Elsheiky)

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Zambia’s Acting President Causes Riots - The acting president of Zambia, Guy Scott, caused protests when he fired secretary general Edgar Lungu. A week after the Zambian President Michael Sata passed away, Scott made the controversial dismissal of Lungu, which caused riots. Scott then decided to give back Lungu’s position. The country is fed up with all this as they still mourn President Sata’s death, the AP reports. (Photo: AP Photo/Moses Mwape)

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Zambia’s Acting President Causes Riots - The acting president of Zambia, Guy Scott, caused protests when he fired secretary general Edgar Lungu. A week after the Zambian President Michael Sata passed away, Scott made the controversial dismissal of Lungu, which caused riots. Scott then decided to give back Lungu’s position. The country is fed up with all this as they still mourn President Sata’s death, the AP reports. (Photo: AP Photo/Moses Mwape)

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Boko Haram Marries Off Kidnapped Girls - In a video released on Friday, Oct. 31 by Boko Haram, their leader, Abubakar Shekau, taunted the parents of the missing girls by saying, “If you knew the state your daughters are in today, it might lead some of you…to die from grief,” the AP reports. The video states that over 200 girls were married and converted to Islam.  (Photo: AP Photo/Boko Haram)

Egypt Convicts Men for Same-Sex Marriage Video - Eight men in Egypt will remain in jail for three years after prosecutors in an Egyptian court accused them of “debauchery” and “undermining public morals,” CNN reports. A video showing the men in what appears to be a same-sex marriage went viral, causing the arrest. Same-sex marriage isn’t against the laws in Egypt, but still “shameless public acts” are used to prosecute.(Photo: AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

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Egypt Convicts Men for Same-Sex Marriage Video - Eight men in Egypt will remain in jail for three years after prosecutors in an Egyptian court accused them of “debauchery” and “undermining public morals,” CNN reports. A video showing the men in what appears to be a same-sex marriage went viral, causing the arrest. Same-sex marriage isn’t against the laws in Egypt, but still “shameless public acts” are used to prosecute.(Photo: AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)