U.S. watching piracy increase off Somalia, sees ties to famine
"We're not ready to say there is a trend there yet but we'll continue to watch"
EXPERT VIEWS-Progress in fighting tropical diseases but funding and conflicts pose challenges
NTDs include diseases such as guinea worm, dengue, onchocerciasis (river blindness), trachoma and sleeping sickness
U.N. agency pulls staff from parts of South Sudan due safety fears
Violence against aid workers is increasingly common in oil-rich South Sudan, which is suffering the world's first famine for six years
U.S. says to continue training regional troops against Lord's Resistance Army
The Lord's Resistance Army were notorious for their brutality and for kidnapping children for use as fighters and sex slaves
U.N. says 82 aid workers killed in South Sudan's three-year war
Much of the violence in the country has been motivated by ethnic differences as government troops
Uganda begins winding down operation against Lord's Resistance Army
UGANDA-SECURITY/:Uganda begins winding down operation against Lord's Resistance Army
South Sudan refugees release U.N. Congo mission staff
The unarmed refugees are demanding to be moved to a third country
Clashes in northwestern South Sudan town kill at least 14 people
The U.N. has a large peacekeeping force in the East African nation
U.N.'s World Food Program says three porters killed in South Sudan
Violence against aid workers is increasingly common in oil-rich South Sudan
UK says killings in South Sudan conflict amount to genocide
"There are massacres taking place, people's throats are being slit ... villages are being burnt out, there's a scorched-earth policy"