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Members of the new Iraqi parliament attend a session at the parliament headquarters in Baghdad
Members of the new Iraqi parliament attend a session at the parliament headquarters in Baghdad July 1, 2014. Sunnis and Kurds abandoned the first meeting of Iraq's new parliament on Tuesday after Shi'ites failed to name a prime minister to replace Nuri al-Maliki, wrecking hopes that a unity government would be swiftly built to save Iraq from collapse. Parliament is not likely to meet again for at least a week, leaving the country in a state of political limbo. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani (IRAQ - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST RELIGION)
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Members of the new Iraqi parliament recite verses from the Koran at the parliament headquarters in Baghdad
Members of the new Iraqi parliament recite verses from the Koran at the parliament headquarters in Baghdad July 1, 2014. Sunnis and Kurds abandoned the first meeting of Iraq's new parliament on Tuesday after Shi'ites failed to name a prime minister to replace Nuri al-Maliki, wrecking hopes that a unity government would be swiftly built to save Iraq from collapse. Parliament is not likely to meet again for at least a week, leaving the country in a state of political limbo. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani (IRAQ - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST RELIGION)
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Sunnis, Kurds abandon Iraq parliament after no replacement for Maliki named
Iraqi lawmakers debate who should replace Maliki as prime minister as the battle between the Iraqi army and Sunni extremists intensifies
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Heads Of WFP&UNHCR Issue Urgent Appeal As Food Shortages Hit Nearly 800,000 Refugees In Africa
The heads of the United Nations refugee agency and World Food Programme warned today that funding difficulties, compounded by security and logistical problems in some countries, have forced cuts in food rations for nearly 800,000 refugees in Africa, threatening to worsen already unacceptable levels of acute malnutrition, stunting and anemia, particularly in children.
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Uganda clashes with Central Africa Republic's Seleka rebels
Ugandan troops have been in CAR hunting down LRA rebels, who have made the lawless nation one of their rear bases
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At least 58 people killed in South Sudan hospitals - MSF
S. Sudan hospitals have been ransacked or set ablaze, leaving hundreds of thousands cut off from healthcare
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Running On Empty: Survival Foods in Chad
Eastern Chad- just a few kilometres from the border of Sudan. Halima is one of 300,000 refugees living in one of the most harsh and remote regions of the world. Today she forages for Mukheit in the burning Saharan desert. Since she escaped from Darfur 10 years ago she has been dependent on food aid to feed her family but now, because of the lack of funding she's living on half the food she used to get from WFP.
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As food shortages hit 800,000 African refugees, UNHCR and WFP issue urgent appeal
The two agencies seek US$186 million to allow WFP to restore full rations and prevent further cuts. UNHCR needs US$39 million for its nutrition support.
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Canada Supports WFP's Fight Against Hunger And Malnutrition In Sudan
KHARTOUM – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomed today a generous contribution from the Government of Canada towards WFP emergency operations in Sudan. The contribution of CAD 5 million (US$4.5 million) will be used to support WFP's emergency food assistance in Sudan.
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Clashes between Uganda army, CAR gunmen kill at least 17
Ugandan troops have been in CAR hunting down LRA rebels, who have made the lawless nation one of their rear bases
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