Burundi stops World Food Program convoy from entering country
"It was a regular shipment of food from Rwanda into Burundi"
U.S. slams South Sudan's Kiir over 'man-made' famine, urges truce
The United Nations has warned of a possible genocide in South Sudan where millions have been forced to flee their homes.
South Sudan says secures $106 mln from donors, will buy food
Parts of the war-ravaged country are suffering famine
Sudan accuses South Sudan president of meeting rebels
Sudan regularly accuses its neighbour of backing insurgents in the Darfur, Blue Nile and South Kordofan regions
Gulf states must donate to avert famine in Yemen - U.N.
Some 17 million of Yemen's 26 million people lack sufficient food
Aid funds to stop famine in Nigeria's northeast may dry up by June -United Nations
"At it stands right now we believe we are running out of money by June-July"
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
INTERVIEW-Kenya to amend law to protect human trafficking victims
More than 20,000 people are trafficked through Kenya each year from neighbouring countries including Ethiopia, Somalia and South Sudan
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