Forgotten Crisis In CAR Rapidly Deteriorating Into A Neglected Tragedy, WFP Head Warns
BANGUI - United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Director Ertharin Cousin today witnessed alarming food insecurity and malnutrition in Central African Republic (CAR) amid a deadly combination of violence and insufficient funding for the humanitarian response.
WFP Airdrops Food In South Sudan
JUBA - The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has started a series of urgently needed airdrops of food assistance to remote areas of South Sudan that are unreachable because of insecurity and other obstacles. WFP launched the operation to feed people affected by conflict and to resupply isolated refugee camps where food stocks have dwindled.
Sudanese police again fire tear gas at protesters
No injuries have been reported among the Sudanese anti-government protesters, but Khartoum University has suspended classes indefinitely because of the violence fueled by austerity measures
Rebels say deployment of regional troops to S. Sudan "ill advised"
The task of the soldiers to be deployed in South Sudan are is to enforce a much-violated ceasefire between government and rebels and to protect the state's oilfields.
A woman lies on a bench at a hospital in Bor
A woman lies on a bench at a hospital in Bor March 15, 2014. REUTERS/Andreea Campeanu (SOUTH SUDAN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS CONFLICT)
United Nations peacekeepers from South Korea secure an airport in Bor
United Nations peacekeepers from South Korea secure an airport in Bor March 15, 2014. REUTERS/Andreea Campeanu (SOUTH SUDAN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS CONFLICT MILITARY)
A pair of flip-flops lie near a cross on a site of a mass grave in Bor
A pair of flip-flops lie near a cross on a site of a mass grave in Bor March 15, 2014. REUTERS/Andreea Campeanu (SOUTH SUDAN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS CONFLICT)
UPDF medics treat a wounded SPLA soldier in a hospital in Bor
UPDF medics treat a wounded SPLA soldier in a hospital in Bor March 15, 2014. REUTERS/Andreea Campeanu (SOUTH SUDAN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS CONFLICT MILITARY)
UPDF medics treat a wounded SPLA soldier in a hospital in Bor
UPDF medics treat a wounded SPLA soldier in a hospital in Bor March 15, 2014. REUTERS/Andreea Campeanu (SOUTH SUDAN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS CONFLICT MILITARY)