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Mon, 19 Aug 2013 11:54 AM

Traumatized refugees at the Timisoara Emergency Transit Centre get the chance to break with their pasts and embark on new lives.

Mon, 19 Aug 2013 10:40 AM

From WFP Executive Director Ertharin Cousin ROME – In 2003, the world mourned when 22 people lost their lives in an attack on the United Nations office in Baghdad, Iraq. Ten years later, we still mourn all too often for humanitarian workers killed in the line of duty. Many more are injured, detained, kidnapped, traumatized and otherwise prevented from carrying out their life-saving work.

Mon, 19 Aug 2013 10:01 AM

A new nationwide media blitz in Sudan calls for the end of the practice of cutting girls' genitalia. Critics say its edge is dulled by not directly referring to FGM and instead relying on a word that means "complete."

Sat, 17 Aug 2013 09:35 AM

Khartoum/Geneva (ICRC) – Recent flash floods and heavy rains, which fell at the beginning of August, have left many people homeless. The Sudanese Red Crescent Society, with the support of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), has provided vital household essentials and shelter items to 12,000 severely affected people in Khartoum State, Dongola region and Wadi Halfa.

Fri, 16 Aug 2013 16:39 PM

Sudanese and Egyptian Islamist supporters of deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi shout slogans and hold up his portrait during a rally after taking part in Jumma prayers (Friday prayers) to protest against the recent violence in Egypt, in Khartoum August 16, 2013. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah (SUDAN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)

Fri, 16 Aug 2013 16:34 PM

Sudanese and Egyptian Islamist supporters of deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi shout slogans during a rally after taking part in Jumma prayers (Friday prayers) to protest against the recent violence in Egypt, in Khartoum August 16, 2013. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah (SUDAN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)