An aerial view of the area affected by floods caused by heavy rains in Khartoum
An aerial view of the area affected by floods caused by heavy rains in Khartoum August 5, 2013. REUTERS/Stringer (SUDAN - Tags: ENVIRONMENT DISASTER)
An aerial view of the area affected by floods caused by heavy rains in Khartoum
An aerial view of the area affected by floods caused by heavy rains in Khartoum August 5, 2013. REUTERS/Stringer (SUDAN - Tags: ENVIRONMENT DISASTER)
File photo of police standing guard outside the American embassy after it was attacked by protesters in Tunis
Police stand guard outside the American embassy after it was attacked by protesters in Tunis in this September 15, 2012, file photo. The State Department travel alert was based on the same intelligence that prompted it to close 21 U.S. embassies and consulates this Sunday, chiefly those in the Muslim world, a U.S. official told Reuters on condition of anonymity, August 2, 2013. The embassies in the following countries will be closed: Afghanistan, Algeria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Mauritania, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi/Files (TUNISIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST RELIGION)
File photo of riot policemen standing guard during a protest to demand the release of Yemeni detainees in Guantanamo Bay, in Sanaa
Riot policemen stand guard during a protest to demand the release of Yemeni detainees in the prison of Guantanamo Bay, outside the U.S. embassy in Sanaa in this June 17, 2013, file photo. The State Department travel alert was based on the same intelligence that prompted it to close 21 U.S. embassies and consulates this Sunday, chiefly those in the Muslim world, a U.S. official told Reuters on condition of anonymity, August 2, 2013. The embassies in the following countries will be closed: Afghanistan, Algeria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Mauritania, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah/Files (YEMEN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST MILITARY)
File photo of police walking past graffiti inside the American embassy after it was attacked by protesters in Tunis
Police walk past graffiti inside the American embassy after it was attacked by protesters in Tunis September 15, 2012. The State Department travel alert was based on the same intelligence that prompted it to close 21 U.S. embassies and consulates this Sunday, chiefly those in the Muslim world, a U.S. official told Reuters on condition of anonymity, August 2, 2013. The embassies in the following countries will be closed: Afghanistan, Algeria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Mauritania, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi/Files (TUNISIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST RELIGION)
Millions of girls in Africa to gain access to family planning - UNFPA
Over the next three years, the UNFPA will work with the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Sudan and Tanzania to develop age-appropriate sexual education for marginalised girls and young women aged 15–19
Q+A: New Iranian leader is no rights champion, says Nobel laureate
Iranian rights activist Shirin Ebadi says the country’s human rights record is unlikely to improve under newly elected President Hassan Rouhani
Kony's LRA rebel group weakened by defections, low morale - report
The Resolve LRA Initiative says many rebels have grown disillusioned with Joseph Kony's failure to keep in contact with the increasingly fragmented group, which continues to pose a threat to civilians in large parts of central Africa
A man from the Hadandawa tribe man stands inside his tent in the desert in Ogrein
A man from the Hadandawa tribe man stands inside his tent in the desert near the Ogrein Railway Station at the Red Sea State August 1, 2013. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah (SUDAN - Tags: ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY)