ICRC seeks record $1.7 billion for humanitarian work in 2015
ICRC wants to step up response to sexual violence in central Africa, central America, and health needs
South Sudan warns UN that sanctions could fuel confrontation
Conflict has reopened deep fault lines among ethnic groups, pitting the president's Dinka people against his rival's Nuer people
Sudan says shuts UN peacekeepers' Darfur rights office in Khartoum
Move comes amid tension over allegations of mass rape by Sudanese troops in troubled western region of Darfur
United Nations members resolve to end child marriage
There are now more than 700 million women who were married before their 18th birthday
War-weary Darfuris see grim future with or without UN peacekeepers
Despite presence of one of world's largest peacekeeping missions, violence still blights people's lives
Sudan asks UN mission in Darfur to prepare to leave
Request comes amid a dispute between the United Nations and Khartoum over an alleged mass rape in the area
To cut climate emissions and pollution, Ethiopia harnesses sewage
Sewage could soon be turned into cylinders of biogas as part of a a city cleanup
Boy looks on as a military convoy of government forces accompanying Special Prosecutor for Crimes in Darfur Mohamed and his team arrives in Tabit village in North Darfur
A boy looks on as a military convoy of government forces accompanying Special Prosecutor for Crimes in Darfur Yasir Ahmed Mohamed and his team arrives in Tabit village in North Darfur November 20, 2014. The joint peacekeeping mission known as UNAMID has been trying to gain access to visit Tabit since earlier this month to investigate media reports of an alleged mass rape of 200 women and girls in Tabit. Mohamed and his team began initial investigations into the allegations on Wednesday. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah
Military convoy of government forces accompanying Special Prosecutor for Crimes in Darfur Mohamed and his team moves towards Tabit village in North Darfur
A military convoy of government forces accompanying Special Prosecutor for Crimes in Darfur Yasir Ahmed Mohamed and his team moves towards Tabit village in North Darfur November 20, 2014. The joint peacekeeping mission known as UNAMID has been trying to gain access to visit Tabit since earlier this month to investigate media reports of an alleged mass rape of 200 women and girls in Tabit. Mohamed and his team began initial investigations into the allegations on Wednesday. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah (SUDAN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW MILITARY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
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