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  • Sivaguru Angaramuttu Udalayakumari, was one of the last batch of IDPs to be relocated from Menik Farm after it closed on 25 September 2012. She doesn't know whether she will be able to return to her place of origin
  • Sivaguru Angaramuttu Udalayakumari, 43, is one of the last IDPs to be relocated to Mullaitivu District following the closure of Menik Farm on 25 September 2012. She doesn't know whether she will be able to return to her place of origin
  • Women play football on the 28 September Stadium grounds. These days, the venue is again used for sporting events
    Women play football on the 28 September Stadium grounds. These days, the venue is again used for sporting events (Sep 2012)
  • Abuses by security forces did not end after the 2009 attack. AVIPA is also working with other victims, including several men allegedly tortured by soldiers in 2010
    Abuses by security forces did not end after the 2009 attack. AVIPA is also working with other victims, including several men allegedly tortured by soldiers in 2010
  • In August, women received diplomas for completing the training. The ceremony was held at the offices of AVIPA, a local association for survivors and their families
    In August, women received diplomas for completing the training. The ceremony was held at the offices of AVIPA, a local association for survivors and their families
  • One Conakry resident recently told IRIN, chuckling, “We want money! But we want justice first and foremost.”
    One Conakry resident recently told IRIN, chuckling, “We want money! But we want justice first and foremost.”
  • Many rape victims were subsequently abandoned by their husbands. The UN human rights office (OHCHR) has sponsored vocational training programmes to help them make a living
    Many rape victims were subsequently abandoned by their husbands. The UN human rights office (OHCHR) has sponsored vocational training programmes to help them make a living
  • Members of International Federation for Human Rights, which is helping victims to bring perpetrators to justice, speak with survivors of the 28 September attack
    Members of International Federation for Human Rights, which is helping victims to bring perpetrators to justice, speak with survivors of the 28 September attack
  • Mauritania is home to Africa first camel milk dairy
  • Flooding has displaced half a million Nigeriens this year
  • Irrigation has boosted farmers' yields
  • Zambians are resorting to cheaper dried foods following steep price rises for fresh produce
  • Blue Nile chiefs measure grain to be distributed to their people at Yusif Batil refugee camp in Upper Nile State, South Sudan, where over 105,000 people have sought refuge after fleeing violence across the border in Sudan
    Blue Nile chiefs measure grain to be distributed to their people at Yusif Batil refugee camp in South Sudan’s Upper Nile State (September 2012)
  • The women of Ari Hara village in Mauritania's Brakna region with sachets of sweetened drinking yoghurt produced in their cooperative
    Women of Ari Hara village in Mauritania's Brakna region with sachets of sweetened drinking yoghurt produced in their cooperative (Sep 2012)
  • Children at Gendrassa refugee camp in Upper Nile State, South Sudan, play in a dirty puddle. Aid agencies say malnutrition in the camp has declined, but disease is still rife
    Children at Gendrassa refugee camp in Upper Nile State, South Sudan, play in a dirty puddle (Sep 2012)
  • WFP delivers food aid to northern Malians who have fled south to the environs of Mopti, just south of the area held by Islamists. Much of the food aid is delivered by motorised pirogue
  • Iman Iban Kasozi, the vice chairperson of Uganda Muslim Youth Assembly displays one of the trees the faith leaders will plant
  • Soumana Djabi fled to Mopti from Gao in May 2012, with his brother's family and their combined 15 children. Ansar Dine said they would imprison him. "They took people and killed them - I was scared."  The journey took eight days by foot. A fisherman by tr
  • Aminata Alu Dicko fled Gossi near Timbuktu (Gossi) for Mopti when rebel groups then Islamicists took over her town. She fled with 18 people altogether. "I was scared. I left my house, my animals, everything behind." (July 2012)
  • Amadou Tiene is from Timbuktu and fled to Mopti with 3 other adults and 18 children. They receive 12kg of cereals, 3kg of pulses plus oil and salt per person per month. Most of the IDPs around Mopti come from Gao, Timbuktu and Niafunke. "The most difficul
  • Displaced children from northern Mali have settled on the outskirts of Mopti, where they are enrolled in local schools. Their families - mainly fishermen and fish-sellers - were forced to flee when Islamist groups took over Timbuktu and stopped their moth
  • These women and children have fled Timbuktu to temporarily settle in the outskirts of Mopti following the takeover of their town by fundamentalist Islamists. Fish-sellers by trade, they said Islamic groups forbade them from selling fish on the streets, so
  • At a market in Yusif Batil camp, in South Sudan, the only fresh food available is a local leaf that has grown increasingly scarce as refugee numbers swell
    At a market in Yusif Batil camp, in South Sudan, the only fresh food available is a local leaf that has grown increasingly scarce as refugee numbers swell
  • Access to quality seedlings, experts say, will improve farmers' yields
  • Farmers will be able to fetch good prices for good quality nuts
  • A child recovers from malnutrition at a refugee camp in Yida, in South Sudan’s Unity State. Aid agency Médecins Sans Frontières says poor sanitation in the camp is causing diarrhoeal disease, which contributes to malnutrition
    A child recovers from malnutrition at a refugee camp in Yida, in South Sudan’s Unity State (Sep 2012)
  • Refugees at Yusif Batil camp in South Sudan step around puddles as they make their way to the monthly food distribution. Flooding has caused an increase in Hepatitis E, malaria and diarrhoea in the camp
    Refugees at Yusif Batil camp in South Sudan step around puddles as they make their way to the monthly food distribution (Sep 2012)
  • Men load their monthly food rations onto a camel at Yusif Batil refugee camp in South Sudan. Even though camel owners charge a percentage of the grain ration, some refugees choose this option over walking home in ankle-deep mud
    Men load their monthly food rations onto a camel at Yusif Batil refugee camp in South Sudan (Sep 2012)
  • Women wait at a food distribution centre in Yusif Batil, Upper Nile State, South Sudan
    Women wait at a food distribution centre in Yusif Batil, Upper Nile State, South Sudan (Sep 2012)
  • Grace Kimutai who was tested for HIV without consent
  • Filomena Mendonca and family inside their home in Fatulmau, Timor Leste. The 30-year-old has only recently secured birth certificates for her five children. Upwards of 70 percent of children don't have government birth certificates in Timor Leste
  • Children at the playgroup in Fatulmau. Thousands of children have no birth certificates in Timor-Leste

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