Mali: Staff members freed
22-04-2016 Geneva/Bamako (ICRC) – The three staff members with whom the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) had lost contact on 16 April were unconditionally released today, safe and …
22-04-2016 Geneva/Bamako (ICRC) – The three staff members with whom the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) had lost contact on 16 April were unconditionally released today, safe and …
28-04-2016 Damascus/Geneva - The intense battles raging in Aleppo, which have seen a key hospital destroyed with significant loss of life, are putting millions at grave risk, the International …
29-04-2016 Manila (ICRC) – To help alleviate the plight of communities affected by the El Niño phenomenon, food rations were distributed to over 29,000 people in two drought-hit municipalities in …
29-04-2016 Damascus/Geneva - In a further day of devastation in Aleppo, another four medical facilities on both sides of the frontlines have been hit, causing extensive damage. As hundreds of shells, …
04-05-2016 Kinshasa – Three staff members of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) were abducted on Tuesday morning in North Kivu Province, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. They …
07-05-2016 Kinshasa (ICRC) – Three staff members of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) who were abducted in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), have been released. They were …
08-05-2016 On the occasion of World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day, the heads of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) stand together to reaffirm …
09-05-2016 The 2016 Young Humanitarian Writers Competition was launched today in conjunction with World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day, celebrated on 8 May each year. The competition is in its second …
10-05-2016 Colombo (ICRC):- Sri Lanka will host the third Asia- Pacific Regional Correctional Managers Conference from 10-13 May 2016; the conference is organized by the Department of Prisons in Sri …
12-05-2016 Joint statement by the ICRC and the United Nations in Syria. Damascus, Syria (ICRC/UN) - A joint aid convoy of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Syrian Arab Red Crescent …
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