ACT Alliance Alert: Assistance to Sudanese Refugees in Ethiopia
ACT member The Lutheran World Federation (LWF/DWS-ET) assessed the situation and confirmed additional needs in the WATSAN, livelihoods and environment areas, which will be addressed through an ACT appeal.
UN investigates reports of S.Sudan massacre
According to local sources, so far 78 people were reported killed, 68 wounded, nine missing and thousands are reported to be displaced
Aid workers face rising tide of emergencies, hostilities
Aid workers are now very much at the frontline of extreme humanitarian challenges facing the world, writes Plan International's Davinder Kumar
UN cautions its Darfur envoy over Bashir encounter
The U.N. tells its top official in Darfur to avoid encounters like one when he met Sudan's president - wanted by the ICC - at a wedding
Weak land rights in Africa fuel potential for conflicts -experts
Soaring investment in infrastructure, mining and agribusiness is spreading to Africa, where a lack of legislation on land rights means local communities are regularly bypassed, fuelling anger and resentment