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  Explainer: violence in South Sudan

  10 Jan 2012: Mark Tran: There has been fierce fighting between groups within South Sudan since the country gained independence in July last year. But what is fuelling the conflict?

• South Sudan appeals for humanitarian aid after fighting

  5 Jan 2012:

  Government declares disaster zone and calls for assistance as thousands flee from their homes to escape violence between ethnic groups in Jonglei state

• Live chat: Your questions on the food crisis in the Horn of Africa answered

  5 Jan 2012:

  Post your questions for those involved in supporting relief efforts for the food crisis. They will be answering your questions at 2pm (GMT) Tuesday

• MPs say Britain should use aid to press for good governance

  5 Jan 2012: UK parliamentary committee backs aid to conflict-affected states, but says funding should be withheld if recipient states fail to deliver on transparency or human rights

• Aid groups lobby US not to shut off remittances to Somalia

  4 Jan 2012: Banks in Minnesota – fearing prosecution under anti-terror legislation – end money transfers from American Somalis to families in Somalia, despite humanitarian crisis

• Fighting disrupts humanitarian operations in South Sudan

  3 Jan 2012: More than 20,000 people are estimated to have fled into the bush amid ethnic clashes. NGOs fear for aid efforts

• The issues: Sudan and South Sudan

  23 Dec 2011: After the independence of South Sudan, and with conflict continuing in border areas, here is an overview of what's being said about the two countries

• Report highlights Central African Republic's alarming mortality rates

  13 Dec 2011: HIV infection rates, poor healthcare and conflict are revealed as main cause of high death rates in CAR, according to MSF

• The verdict of Congo's voters must not be sacrificed for 'stability'

  5 Dec 2011:

  Jason Stearns: Foreign powers who choose to look the other way as polls are rigged will hardly make the country more stable

• Global Witness quits Kimberley Process in protest at 'diamond laundering'

  5 Dec 2011: International NGO cites 'failure' of diamond certification scheme in Ivory Coast, Zimbabwe and Venezuela

• Time for a new deal for 'fragile states'

  29 Nov 2011:

  Alastair McKechnie: These countries require a fundamentally different approach to development that recognises political and security challenges. The process of change begins in Busan

• Congo's violent election countdown reflects rejection of regime

  22 Nov 2011: Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja: Attacks on opponents of President Joseph Kabila have not dented support for his main rival, Etienne Tshisekedi

• Médecins sans Frontières book reveals aid agencies' ugly compromises

  20 Nov 2011:

  Humanitarian Negotiations Revealed gives inside account of forced deals with regimes which abuse human rights

• Regenerating Gaza – in pictures

  Gallery (11 pictures), 17 Nov 2011:

  The British charity Interpal is engaged in a programme to regenerate and rebuild Gaza after the Israeli attacks in 2008 and 2009

• Can vulture funds be prevented from preying on poor countries?

  16 Nov 2011:

  Mark Tran: Firms that buy up the debt of poor countries and then try to force them to pay up are being hobbled by legislation in the UK. But the law doesn't go far enough

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