Mali-Niger: Climate change and conflict make an explosive mix in the Sahel
… improving access to education, training and jobs, including through micro-economic …
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Speech by ICRC president: Protecting civilians in peacekeeping operations
Speech by Peter Maurer, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross, at the United Nations Security Council in Geneva, Switzerland. War equals destruction. Destruction of the enemy, of …
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Béni inhabitants live in climate of tension
The Béni area of northern North Kivu province has endured several years of violence in connection with the conflict between Ugandan armed group the Allied Democratic Forces and the armed forces of …
Afghanistan: Facing an uncertain economic future and persistent unemployment
Gul Hazrat, a daily wage labourer in Kabul, Afghanistan, has rarely enjoyed easy days. But in the last few months, things have become much tougher as he finds it increasingly difficult to provide for …
Egypt: beating the coronavirus and fair distribution of the vaccine
… lost family members, while others have lost jobs or struggled with mental health issues. …
South Sudan: Families receive seeds and tools to plant as rains set in
Prior to the seeds and tools distribution in Dulamaya, a makeshift camp West of Juba, an ICRC staff, Joseph Mokorendere, runs a dissemination session. This is an opportunity to educate the affected …
Why a radiant Spanish physiotherapist was so well loved
The International Committee of the Red Cross family remembers Spanish physiotherapist Lorena Enebral Perez, 38, a passionate and dedicated professional who was killed in Afghanistan on Sept. 11. The …
Georgia: Closure after 30 years as family receives remains of missing loved one, give a burial
For 30 years, Iakob Buadze’s life revolved around one goal – to find his brother, Merab, who had disappeared after joining the armed conflict in Abkhazia in the spring of 1993. A resident of …
Yemen: Conflict leaves millions of children without proper education
… siblings had to stop their education and find jobs instead,’’ saidAfaf, an 11-year-old girl …
Colombia: Losing a limb to explosive remnants of war
"How can we leave, when we have nowhere to go?" Édinson picked up an explosive device by mistake. The explosion not only blew off his hand, it also led to the displacement of his whole family. "My …
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