Geneva (ICRC) – Millions of people already suffering because of armed conflicts are likely to be particularly hard hit by the current increase in food prices, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) warned today.

Geneva (ICRC) – The ICRC's Annual Report, (published 27 May 2008), announces spending to help people whose lives have been wrecked by armed conflict among the highest ever. The organisation's total expenditure reached 944 million Swiss Francs in 2007, with 45 per cent of field expenditure going to Africa and 21 per cent to the Middle East. The sum is a little under the total for 2006.