A magazine reporting from the field about humanitarian aid workers. The programme airs on Thursdays, alternating with Beyond Business, at 10:15 am (GMT+2).
With this year marking the 60th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions, FRANCE 24's Focus programme looks at whether these texts governing international humanitarian law are applicable in the conflicts of today.
Aid group Médecins Sans Frontières says two of its workers have gone missing after an armed attack on a compound in eastern Chad, near the border with Sudan's troubled Darfur region. Chadian officials have yet to confirm the incident.
The United Nations says it is temporarily suspending its humanitarian work in Baidoa, south-central Somalia, after its local offices were raided on Monday by members of the hardline al Shabaab militia.
The United Nations' top humanitarian official John Holmes arrived in Sri Lanka Saturday to try and secure the safety of up to 50,000 civilians trapped in fighting between government forces and Tamil Tiger rebels.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on Thursday he was sending a humanitarian team to Sri Lanka's '"no-fire zone", where thousands of civilians are trapped in fighting between government troops and Tamil rebels.
The Italian government is to release eight billion euros for the reconstruction of the Abruzzo region, which was devastated by an earthquake on April 6, killing some 300 people and causing the destruction of 55 percent of the houses.
US reached agreement with Sudan to allow aid back into Darfur, US Senator John Kerry.The Sudanese authorites expelled humanitarian groups from the region after the ICC issued an arrest warrant for the country's president.
UN agencies have warned that Sudan's decision to expel 13 international aid groups will leave more than a million people without food or health care. The UNHCR said it will investigate if the expulsions constitute violations of international law.
Backed by his allies in the African Union and China, Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir vowed not to cooperate with the International Criminal Court's arrest warrant and lashed out at the West, throwing out 10 foreign relief agencies from Darfur.
