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Afghanistan: Operational Facts and Figures – 2023

In 2023, families in Afghanistan continued to struggle to meet their basic needs such as affordable food, employment, appropriate shelter and access to health care. To help reduce these challenges, …

Article

Nigeria: After six years, three siblings find their way home

Despite a long journey and ongoing armed conflict, Kaltum and her siblings were able to stick together and work alongside Nigerian Red Cross volunteers to find their way back to the family they’d …

Article

Sudan: 2023 Facts and Figures

The ICRC has been present in Sudan since 1978 helping people affected by the conflict in Darfur, Khartoum, Blue Nile, Kassala, Al Jazeera, and South Kordofan. The ICRC's work, independently or in …

Report

Georgia: Relief and grief surge as remains of loved one are handed over after 30 years

In July 1993, 26-year-old Maia Kapanadze’s life took a sudden turn that left her in limbo for 30 years. Her husband, Badri Shalikashvili went missing from near Kindghi village during the war in …

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Russia-Ukraine international armed conflict: 23,000 people reported missing

19-02-2024 Geneva (ICRC) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is seeking to clarify the fate of 23,000 persons whose families have no news of them, either because they have been …

News release

Israel: Concerns for civilians in northern Israel

For more than four months, civilians in northern Israel have lived with increasing levels of violence and uncertainty. * Hebrew available here  For more than four months, civilians in northern Israel …

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Haiti: Renewed call for protection of health services, humanitarian access and respect for the red cross emblem

Statement Port-au-Prince (ICRC) – Ongoing violence in Haiti has shown how essential it is that medical aid reaches the people who need it. The Haitian National Red Cross Society, the International …

Statement

Management of Requests from States in Relation to ICRC Staff: Data Protection Considerations

As a humanitarian organization with a workforce of over 20,000 staff members active in over 100 countries, it is not uncommon for the ICRC to receive, from time to time, requests in relation to the …

Publication

Sustaining engagement and impact in conflict-affected contexts through the World Bank–ICRC partnership: Discussion Draft

This non-paper reviews the lessons from the partnership and suggests ways to improve delivery in fragility, conflict and violence (FCV) contexts under the International Development Association 21 …

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The International Review of the Red Cross - IRRC: Protecting the Environment in Armed Conflict (No. 924)

In the context of the historical development of international humanitarian law (IHL), the specific protection of the environment is relatively recent. Still, in the almost fifty years since the first …

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