INTERVIEW-U.N. calls on Gulf countries to do more to help Syrian refugees
More than 5 million people have fled Syria and another 13.5 million are displaced inside the country.
Four countries face famine threat as global food crisis deepens
The Food Security Information Network said that 108 million people were reported to be facing crisis level food insecurity or worse in 2016
South Sudanese rebels free three foreign oil workers
One of the released men said his rebel captors had told him to pass a message to foreign oil companies to stop operating in South Sudan
Somalis fleeing Yemen war caught in nighttime sea attack
Bullets tore into the vessel, killing more than a dozen men. It was the beginning of a half-hour attack on March 16 that killed 43 civilians
Lack of clean water poses extra threat to millions facing famine: UN
"The combination of malnutrition, dirty water and poor sanitation sets off a vicious cycle from which many children never recover"
Four of six aid workers killed in South Sudan were Kenyans - statement
At least 79 aid workers have been killed since December 2013
South Sudan rebels say raid jail, capture town on Ugandan border
Account dismissed on as "ridiculous and unfounded" by the government
South Sudan rebels blame government for killlings of aid workers
Attack condemned as "heinous murder" by UN
Six aid workers killed in an ambush in South Sudan, U.N. says
"I am appalled and outraged by the heinous murder yesterday of six courageous humanitarians in South Sudan," the U.N. coordinator for South Sudan said
U.S. warns South Sudan govt against "deliberate starvation tactics"
"The famine is not a result of drought, it is the result of leaders more interested in political power and personal gain than in stopping violence and allowing humanitarian access."