''Somebody hold my hand,'' shouted Abdullah, a 23 year old internally displaced person (IDP), as he roamed through his village in South Kordofan, amidst the sound of gunshots and the smell of smoke, …
… psychosocial support, and formal or informal jobs. "Ahead of the International Donors' …
In a small rural village near Beletweyne, Somalia, families rely on a cooperative project to grow and harvest sorghum and sesame through the use of community-owned farm equipment. Sharing such vital …
… The women cook, and the men deliver. We need jobs to get our men off the streets and away …
Over 40 incidents of violence against health-care workers have been reported at the emergency department of Cox’s Bazar District Sadar Hospital since July 2019. This information was shared during a …
… since a company's basic role was to provide jobs and pay taxes," says Pia Yasuko …
19-11-2015 Damascus (ICRC) – A three-day seminar on surgical techniques for treating weapon-wounded patients, attended by 45 surgeons, ended today in Damascus. The event – the first of its kind held …
The first thing the villagers noticed when they returned was the destruction of homes, roads and other infrastructure. “We had to return because there was no way to make a living at the camp and our …
09-08-2020 Baghdad – The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement deplores violence and acts of intimidation against health workers and urges respect for all medical personnel, vehicles, and …
Severe Tropical Cyclone Winston, which tore across Fiji on 20 and 21 February, was the strongest cyclone ever recorded in the southern hemisphere. With sustained winds of 298 km/h when it made …
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Customary international humanitarian law consists of rules that come from "a general practice accepted as law" and that exist independent of treaty law.
