A member of Doctors Without Borders looks out over the general hospital in the Central African Republic's capital city, Bangui, in April 2014. Issouf Sanogo/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
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Millionaire Congolese businessman Jean-Pierre Bemba was convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, on Monday. Jerry Lampen/AP hide caption
A Burundian soldier of the U.N. peacekeeping force MINUSCA contingent uses a metal detector at the entrance of a polling station in Bangui, Central African Republic on Dec. 14, 2015. Marco Longari/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
These U.N. posters remind staff that sex for cash or barter is prohibited. United Nations hide caption
Canadian Judge Marie Deschamps, chair of the Independent Review Panel on U.N. Response to Allegations of Sexual Abuse by Foreign Military Forces, at a news conference at the United Nations on Thursday. Richard Drew/AP hide caption
Pope Francis arrives at Lubaga Cathedral in Kampala during the Ugandan stage of his trip. Carl de Souza /AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Pope Francis is greeted by Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta upon his arrival at Nairobi's State House on Wednesday. Andrew Medichini/AP hide caption
A poster in the Nairobi slum of Kangemi welcomes Pope Francis to Kenya. Tony Karumba/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
African forest elephants stampede in the Central African Republic jungle. Courtesy of Cornell Lab or Ornithology hide caption
A picture taken with a smart phone shows Syrian refugees queuing at one of the many UNHCR (United Nations Refugee Agency) registration centers in Lebanon. At the same time that civil wars and the Ebola outbreak are plaguing countries in Africa, Syrian and Iraqi refugees are seeking help from agencies. Joseph Eid/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
World's Aid Agencies Stretched To Their Limits By Simultaneous Crises
A Muslim shopkeeper uses a mobile phone in front of his shop in the PK5 district of Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic, on April 30. The nation, which struggles with conflict between Christian and Muslim militias, banned texting on Monday. Issouf Sanogo/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
A former Seleka soldier stands in the ruins of a mosque, which residents say was attacked and burned by anti-Balaka militiamen, about 16 miles from Bambari. Siegfried Modola/Reuters/Landov hide caption
Central African Republic's interim President Michel Djotodia sits during a conference in Bangui in this Dec. 8 file photo. Djotodia resigned Friday after a two-day summit in neighboring Chad. Herve Serefio/Reuters/Landov hide caption