Ukraine: The "scale of destruction defies comprehension"
The following quote is from ICRC’s director-general Robert Mardini on the impact of 100 days of international armed conflict in Ukraine: "It would be hard to exaggerate the toll that the …
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Burkina Faso: when food aid is the only hope
Thousands of displaced people in Burkina Faso, facing both a major food crisis and an upsurge in armed violence, have come to rely entirely on the government and humanitarian organizations. Forced to …
Mozambique: Kits enable fresh start for 9,000 displaced people in Metuge
Momba and his family of eight were forced to flee from their home in Macomia district in July 2020, Mozambique to Pemba and finally Metuge district with nothing. But they still consider themselves …
Azerbaijan: A boy’s journey from a camp in Iraq to social reintegration
Thousands of children from different countries continue to be stranded in camps in Syria and Iraq in very harsh conditions. Meanwhile, some others have made their way back home and are trying to …
Cyber security incident: How could it affect me?
Update: 24 June 2022 What happened? On January 18 we determined that the personal data on more than 515,000 people worldwide was accessed by hackers. They did so through a cyber-attack on the servers …
Myanmar: Ensuring sustainable livelihoods for all
It has been a decade since intercommunal violence began causing waves of displacement in Rakhine State, Myanmar – disrupting lives and livelihoods for thousands of people. COVID-19 and the military …
Peru: Dignified burial in Accomarca after almost four decades
The families of 80 people from the community of Accomarca in Ayacucho, who went missing almost four decades ago during the internal conflict in Peru that lasted from 1980 to 2000, were finally able …
Libya: Returnees of Tawergha rebuild their lives after displacement
“You only leave home when home won’t let you stay”, is a poignant line from Warsan Shire’s popular poem titled “Home” that aptly captures the reality of thousands of families from Tawergha in …
Five things to know about sexual violence in conflict zones
Despite its prohibition in international law, sexual violence in conflict remains a brutal reality. Unfortunately, it remains widespread and prevalent during armed conflicts and other situations of …
Meeting an A-bomb survivor after 76 years: A testimony of hope
As he gears up to participate in the First Conference of the States Parties to the Treaty of Nuclear Weapons in Vienna (Austria) from 21 to 23 June 2022 as an ICRC youth representative, Keita …
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