UNICEF and WFP Stepping Up Assistance To Desperate People In Remote Areas Of South Sudan
JUBA - UNICEF and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) are stepping up joint missions to reach desperate people in remote areas of South Sudan where the number of children at risk of death from malnutrition-related causes has increased dramatically and a hunger catastrophe is looming.
"Risk averse" aid system fails those most in need - MSF
United Nations “at the heart of the dysfunction” in South Sudan, Democratic republic of Congo and Jordan
Italy rescues more than 2,600 boat migrants over weekend
ITALY-MIGRANTS/:Italy rescues more than 2,600 boat migrants over weekend
Refugees From South Sudan Continue To Seek Safety In Uganda
Although a cessation of hostilities agreement was signed by the warring parties in South Sudan, tens of thousands of refugees remain in transit camps and settlements in Uganda. WFP is providing them with life-saving support.
Ethiopia: Helping South Sudanese refugees to survive
The Ethiopia Red Cross Society, assisted by several partners in the RC/RC Movement, is responding to the urgent needs of thousands of South Sudanese refugees in Ethiopia.
African nations give Rwandan rebels six months to disarm
Congo-based FDLR given breathing space to lay down weapons; disarmament could boost stability in eastern Congo
COLUMN-Political risk is evident everywhere except the markets: Kemp
MARKETS-POLITICAL RISK/KEMP (COLUMN):COLUMN-Political risk is evident everywhere except the markets: Kemp
South Sudan stops U.N. travel based on ethnicity - U.N. officials
South Sudan has been in political turmoil since President Salva Kiir sacked his deputy Riek Machar last year
Iraq's Maliki hopes for government deal by next week
Sunnis and Kurds parliamentarians see Prime Minister Maliki as the main obstacle to resolving Iraq's crisis and hope he will step aside