The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is a dramatic new threat to the entire population of the world. But it does not have to be catastrophic for people already struggling with war and violence. We, at …
12-04-2020 Tunis (ICRC)—Hundreds of thousands of Libyans are caught in an intensifying conflict as COVID-19 threatens to spread and debilitate the country's fragile health system. The International …
09-04-2020 Brasilia (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) donated personal protection, sanitary and cleaning products on Wednesday and Thursday (April 7 & 8) to the Manaus (AM) …
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) delegation in Sri Lanka is supporting the national authorities in their efforts to protect the public and the detainee population against the …
09-04-2020 Juba (ICRC)—South Sudan has a critical window in which actions can be taken to curb the spread of COVID-19 and avert the worst. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) fears …
09-04-2020 Manila (ICRC) – With the continued spread of the new coronavirus (COVID-19) in the community, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) expressed its deep concern for the health …
An outbreak of COVID-19 in a prison could have devastating effects on both the detainees and the staff, especially in an overcrowded facility where the health-care system is already burdened. Working …
The Fund The Empress Shôken Fund is named after Her Majesty the Empress of Japan, who proposed – at the 9th International Conference of the Red Cross – the creation of an international fund to …
It only takes a few minutes for a small school in Babile, Oromia region in Ethiopia to turn into a hive of activity. A truck carrying 12 tonnes of maize and sorghum seeds makes it way up to a rocky …
In these uncertain and extremely worrying times, not everyone can practise social distancing, or afford not to work. Take, for example, Rahama Hassan Abdalla and Khadija Adam Omar. Both are …
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