Nile Boats Transport Food Aid
Barges carrying urgently needed food to help people cut off by floods and fighting in remote areas of South Sudan are being moved into a convoy on the River Nile at Juba.
S.Sudan rebel team quits Uganda without meeting on mending ties
SOUTHSUDAN-UGANDA/:S.Sudan rebel team quits Uganda without meeting on mending ties
European Commission Tops Up Contribution To WFP Sudan
KHARTOUM - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today welcomed an additional contribution of €9.1 million (US$12.3 million) from the European Commission's Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection Department (ECHO) to its operations in Sudan.
50 Times More Food Moved By Air As WFP Tackles Multiple Emergencies
GENEVA - A surge of conflict in the first half of this year prompted a more than fifty-fold increase in the amount of life-saving food and goods moved globally by air by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to reach those in need, compared to the same period last year.
Sub-Saharan Africa's biggest oil producers in shadowy state deals with Swiss commodity traders - report
Africa governments sell crude worth billions of dollars without publicly accounting for the money
South Sudanese rebels in Kampala to mend ties, seek troop withdrawal
A Ugandan official said the timing of any withdrawal would be decided by Uganda alone and not "dictated" by others
Central African leader appeals for ceasefire as talks open in Congo
Thousands have been killed and more than a million forced from their homes by sectarian violence in the Central African Republic since March 2013
Africa's GM-phobia hinders agricultural development - report
Researchers argue governments are embracing a “convenient deadlock” on GM crops
Emaciated children in South Sudan point to looming famine
Aid agencies say South Sudan could be headed for the worst famine since the 1984 Ethiopian famine
Bullet holes are seen in a car at a checkpoint on the Egyptian border with Sudan and Libya, which was attacked on Saturday, in Wadi al-Gadid governorate
REFILE - REMOVING RESTRICTION Bullet holes are seen in a car at a checkpoint on the Egyptian border with Sudan and Libya, which was attacked on Saturday, in Wadi al-Gadid governorate July 19, 2014. Gunmen killed 21 Egyptian military border guards near the frontier with Libya on Saturday, highlighting a growing threat from an area that security officials say has become a haven for militants seeking to topple the Cairo government. REUTERS/Al Youm Al Saabi Newspaper (EGYPT - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)