Building Resilience Critical to End Hunger and Undernutrition by 2025
Global conference offers new research and commitments to address threat of rising shocks to global food system
Red Cross boosts South Sudan aid, plans first airdrops in years
Five months of conflict have left a million people displaced within the country and driven almost 300,000 over the borders as refugees
Powerful myths silence male victims of rape in war
In some refugee groups, more than one in three men are said to have suffered sexual violence
"FGM is bad, but it’s not child abuse," says London-born victim
“I bled so much they didn’t think I was going to make it. About ten days later I was back at school.”
SPECIAL REPORT-Despite deaths, crackdown, Sahara migrant trail thrives
At least 34,800 people have made the treacherous crossing from North Africa to Europe so far this year, the UNHCR says
Text of Sisi interview with Reuters
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South Sudan: Boosting aid effort to respond to alarming humanitarian situation
The humanitarian situation in South Sudan, already dire, is set to deteriorate further with the arrival of the rainy season. To maintain a suitably robust response and bring aid to hundreds of thousands of people displaced by the conflict, the ICRC is asking donors for an additional 48 million Swiss francs (approximately 55 million US dollars). With a total budget of 112 million francs (127 million dollars), the ICRC's operation in South Sudan will be the organization's second largest, after Syria.