Thousands of refugees are fleeing the Nuba Mountains for South Sudan. Many are malnourished when they arrive—if they make it at all—and report that the Sudanese military is bombing their villages and fields. [BBC]
Impassable roads, high prices, and food supplies ruined by Syrian security forces are contributing to food shortages in violence-stricken Syrian neighborhoods. An estimated 500,000 people are currently affected. [Washington Post]
The UK withdraws aid from badly needed education programs in South Sudan after the country cuts its own contributions to long term development programs. [The Guardian]
Wanted war criminal Bosco Ntaganda is welcoming defectors from the Congolese army and systematically adding to his wealth and power, causing worry about what is coming next for the troubled eastern Congo. [The Economist]
Shortly before Syria began crushing its opposition, it easily stocked up on an arsenal of weapons worth $168 million. Oxfam is calling for arms trade treaties that would tighten
loose regulations that make such transactions—and human rights abuses—possible. [The Guardian]
