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Tue, 19 Aug 2014 10:19 AM

Ethiopia had almost 630,000 refugees at the end of July, compared to Kenya's 575,000. The main factor in the increased numbers is the conflict in South Sudan.

Tue, 19 Aug 2014 15:25 PM

The World Food Programme (WFP) and partners have been working all-out for months to try to prevent a hunger catastrophe in South Sudan, overcoming enormous obstacles to bring food and other assistance to people in desperate need.  Part of WFP's response includes deploying emergency mobile teams to reach vulnerable people who have been isolated by conflict in some of the most food-insecure areasof the country.  The teams set up distribution sites from scratch, managing air-drop zones and sleeping in tents - and facing challenges that range in size from tiny scorpions to big guns.  Here are a few stories from WFP staff members who have been part of these mobile emergency response teams.

Tue, 19 Aug 2014 02:43 AM

FOUNDATION-AID-ATTACKS:TRF-Attacks on aid workers worldwide hit worst levels on record

Tue, 19 Aug 2014 10:25 AM

19 August marks the anniversary of the bombing of the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad, in which 22 people lost their lives. In 2008, the UN General Assembly designated this day as World Humanitarian Day in an effort to raise public awareness of the crucial role that humanitarian assistance plays in improving people's lives worldwide, and to recognize the contributions of those who risk their lives delivering it.

Tue, 19 Aug 2014 03:15 AM

To help those who are in need has been part of a legacy that his father, a physician, sewed in his heart when he was a child. Mario Sibrian, a Honduran national working in South Sudan for WFP Aviation, has been living up to his father's legacy for the last 14 years. That is his driving force behind his commitment to humanitarian assistance during the tsunami in Asia, the Haiti Earthquake and Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines.

Tue, 19 Aug 2014 09:23 AM

This week we celebrate World Humanitarian Day—a time to recognize our staff who are in the field, every day.  Since conflict began in South Sudan over eight months ago, more than 180,000 people have sought refuge in neighboring Ethiopia.  Fatmata Kokobaye is head of WFP office in Gambela responsible for providing life-saving support to South Sudanese refugees. Gambela is also an important corridor for food assistance to get into South Sudan, by air, land or river. Here she tells us her story.