The risks posed by digital technologies in conflict zones were laid bare at an event in London last week. While digital technologies have brought many benefits to the humanitarian sector, more …
Like other health care facilities in Mali, Gao regional hospital effectively collapsed when various armed groups took control of the north in 2012. With the ICRC's involvement and support, the …
For 27-year-old, Sara Omer, life in a camp has not been easy. Her house was burnt, and she now must live in the crowded camp with her husband and two children. Back at home, she used to grow food, …
Participating teams presenting their arguments at the quarter finals. Enguday Meskele, an IHL Lecturer at the Wolaita Sodo University and a judge at the quarter and semi- finals commented on the …
For many people, the word confinement has a direct link to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, in Colombia, many communities were sadly all too familiar with the concept long before the global health …
Barrio Chiuijo, Mozambique Liquina Gimo Kariche, 65, lost her right leg above the knee to an anti-personnel landmine in 1987, three years after her husband was killed by an anti-personnel landmine. …
Statement Statement to the UN Open-ended working group on developments in the field of information and telecommunications in the context of international security; Second substantive session; Agenda …
Colombia (ICRC) – The humanitarian situation in Colombia worsened in 2022, underscored by a six-year peak in the harm caused by explosive devices. Other humanitarian concerns were prevalent, …
20-08-2020 Geneva (ICRC)— War-torn Libya's COVID-19 cases have increased more than 15-fold in less than two months, spiking from 571 in June to more than 9,000 today . More than half a million people …
Two-year-old Raziais was admitted to the Therapeutic Feeding Unit, at Mirwais Regional Hospital. She is one of the many children in the hospital undergoing treatment for severe malnutrition. CC …
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