protection of civilians

In many areas of the Democratic Republic of Congo, citizens are still vulnerable to brutal violence from armed groups and in some cases from government, including the police, army and local officials.

The United Nations Arms Trade Treaty will "enter-into-force" and become international law on December 24, 2014.

Agencies fear recent improvements will be wiped out as the number of severely hungry people will rise by one million in first three months of 2015.

The crisis in Gaza is fast spiralling out of control with water supplies critically low and a public health crisis imminent, Oxfam warned today