Members of an IRC water and sanitation team in Ethiopia test a tapstand in Bokolmayo refugee camp by flushing the pipes. The taps are connected to a recently-built system that supplies clean drinking water to a camp complex that is home to tens of thousands of refugees who fled drought and conflict in Somalia.

Hassan Omar Ibrahim and his daughter Mariam in Carafat, a camp in central Somalia for people displaced by drought, famine and conflict.

The conflict in Mali is having grave consequences for civilians already suffering the effects of political instability, mass displacement and severe food shortages.

The conflict in Mali has displaced over 350,000 people and has had a devastating impact on children who are suffering from growing malnutrition.

When three-year-old Aden arrived in Dadaab he weighed only 11 pounds. After just a week of treatment in the IRC hospital Aden had gained two pounds.