ICRC presents ambitious yet realistic budget to meet growing needs in 2014
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), which works in more than 80 countries all over the world, is asking its donors for 1.29 billion Swiss francs (1.05 billion euros, or 1.33 billion US dollars) to cover its activities in 2014.
Kenyan MPs throw out bill capping foreign funding of NGOs
Aid groups praise Kenyan parliamentarians for rejecting a government bill that would have slashed foreign funding for Kenyan NGOs, damaging health services and legal aid for the poor.
Sudan: ICRC facilitates handover of five soldiers in Darfur
The ICRC assisted in the transfer of five Sudanese Armed Forces personnel released today by the Sudan Liberation Army – Ali Karbino (SLA-AK), an armed opposition group in Darfur. The soldiers were handed over to the Sudanese authorities in Al Fashir, North Darfur.
African troops kill senior LRA commander, Uganda says
SOUTHSUDAN/LRA:African troops kill senior LRA commander, Uganda says
FACTBOX-Transparency International's global corruption index
CORRUPTION-TRANSPARENCY/GLOBAL (FACTBOX):FACTBOX-Transparency International's global corruption index
REUTERS NEWS PICTURES SERVICE - PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2013
RNPS - PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2013 - An elderly man walks out of a polling station located in a school during a referendum in the town of Abyei October 28, 2013. Residents of the remote and disputed Abyei border region said they would press ahead with their own referendum on whether to join Sudan or South Sudan, despite warnings it could trigger violence in the volatile area. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic (ABYEI - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS ELECTIONS TPX)
U.S. Contribution Helps WFP Feed Newly Displaced&Other Vulnerable People In Sudan
KHARTOUM – The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), through its Emergency Food Security Programme, today confirmed its contribution of US$9 million to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Sudan.
Wanted: 'disruptive' ideas to change the aid system
Kim Scriven, manager of the Humanitarian Innovation Fund, explains how and why the organisation is paying for new thinking in emergencies
Monica's Story: How WFP Food Helped Me Fight HIV
Twelve years have passed since doctors told Monica Julio that she had HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. The mother-of-six is now a busy and valuable member of her community in South Sudan, and she attributes this to food assistance provided by the World Food Programme (WFP), which allowed her to stick to her treatment and inspire others to do the same.
Mini-film series shows challenges for millions still waiting for AIDS revolution
"See What We See" is a mini-film series launched by Medecins Sans Frontiers to counterbalance what it says is rhetoric presenting the fight against HIV/AIDS as almost won