Mozambique: ICRC operational response in 2023
Maputo (ICRC) - We help people affected by the armed conflict in northern Mozambique, where more than 670,000 people were internally displaced as of the end of the year and humanitarian needs remain …
Maputo (ICRC) - We help people affected by the armed conflict in northern Mozambique, where more than 670,000 people were internally displaced as of the end of the year and humanitarian needs remain …
The ICRC’s Digital Health Framework provides a clear and structured understanding of the ICRC’s digital health goals and intended outputs, outcomes, and impact through 2024 and beyond. This document …
Speech given by Mirjana Spoljaric, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross, at the European Humanitarian Forum – 18 March 2024 Commissioner, Ministers, Excellencies, colleagues, …
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is an impartial, neutral and independent organization whose exclusively humanitarian mission is to protect the lives and dignity of victims of …
15-03-2024 Statement by Patrick Youssef, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Regional Director for Africa, following his visit to Burkina Faso Ouagadougou (ICRC) – During my visit to …
14-03-2024 ICRC Geneva - The 19th meeting of the Coordination Mechanism seeking to clarify the fate and whereabouts of people missing in relation to the armed conflicts of the 1990s and August 2008 …
Beijing (ICRC) – On March 9, 2024, the 22nd Red Cross International Humanitarian Law (IHL) Moot Court Competition for the Asia-Pacific Region, jointly organized by the International Committee of the …
In close collaboration with the Panamanian Red Cross, we work to provide a humanitarian response to migrants after their journey through the Darien region. Learn more in our 2024 activity report. The …
12-03-2024 Maputo (ICRC) – Nearly 100,000 people, more than half of them children, have been displaced in one month due to an escalation of armed violence in Cabo Delgado province of Mozambique. The …
The upsurge in armed conflict and other situations of violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is taking a devastating humanitarian toll, especially in the east of the country. Read our …
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