Record-busting aid spending belies big squeeze
How is humanitarian aid faring since the financial crisis? Are donors tightening their belts and yanking their purse strings?
Humanitarian spending bucks financial crisis-report
But almost 40 percent of needs still unmet due to devastating disasters and rising delivery costs
Darfur rebels say they joined border state fight
A report by JEM could not be independently confirmed, but it suggested closer coordination between various rebel groups in the North
Has the media written off South Sudan too soon?
As South Sudanese celebrated independence this month, the media was already querying whether the country has any future at all
AfricaSan3: WaterAid calls for urgent action and a focus on the poorest to reduce poverty across Africa
As leaders gather for the Third African Conference on Sanitation and Hygiene in Rwanda (AfricaSan 3, 19-21 July 2011), WaterAid warns that Africa is facing increasing inequality in access to one of the continent's most basic services and that action needs to be taken urgently