Ethiopia: WFP, UNHCR Chiefs Shine Spotlight On Plight Of South Sudanese Refugees
With conflict continuing in South Sudan, WFP's Executive Director Ertharin Cousin and UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres are calling on the international community to step up their humanitarian response. The two UN agency heads spoke with refugees, government officials and humanitarian workers during a visit last week to Ethiopia, which is registering one of the highest numbers of South Sudanese refugees.
South Sudan's President Kiir attends a wreath-laying ceremony at the Kigali Genocide Memorial Centre in Kigali
South Sudan's President Salva Kiir attends a wreath-laying ceremony at the Kigali Genocide Memorial Centre during the commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the genocide, in the Rwandan capital Kigali April 7, 2014. An estimated 800,000 people were killed in 100 days during the genocide. REUTERS/Noor Khamis (RWANDA - Tags: ANNIVERSARY CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)
Swiss Contribution Will Boost Nutrition For Mothers And Children In Sudan
KHARTOUM - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today welcomed two contributions from the government of Switzerland that will improve the poor nutritional status of children, pregnant women and nursing mothers in Sudan.
20 years after the genocide in Rwanda: lessons learned and unlearned
The international community cannot claim to care about atrocity crimes and then shrink from the commitment of resources and will required to actually prevent them
Japan Contributes $4.2million To Support Refugees In Kenya
NAIROBI - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a US$4.2 million (Kshs 364 million) contribution from the Government of Japan to support refugees in the Dadaab and Kakuma refugee camps in Kenya.
Blog From South Sudan: South Sudanese Need Food And Peace
Ertharin Cousin, the Executive Director of the World Food Programme, has just finished a three-day visit to South Sudan and Ethiopia, where she traveled alongside the UN High Commissioner for Refugees to see first-hand the devastating impact of the South Sudan crisis. In her latest blog, the WFP chief talks about meeting people in the town of Nyal who have fled a deadly combination of violence and hunger.
New Zealand tops social progress index, world's biggest economies trail
New Zealand came first in the Social Progress Index, which ranks countries by social and environmental performance rather than economic output in a drive to make social progress a priority for politicians and businesses.
Sudan says Qatar to deposit $1 bln as part of aid package
SUDAN-QATAR/ (UPDATE 2):UPDATE 2-Sudan says Qatar to deposit $1 bln as part of aid package