The ICRC and Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS) begun delivering emergency assistance to people displaced by ethnic violence in Ethiopia last week. The displacement occurred along the borders of …
The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, and most of the international community, want to ensure that nuclear weapons are never used again and are eliminated entirely. Why is it so …
Violence escalated in the border area of Gaza at the end of March, resulting in dozens of deaths and thousands of wounded, many by live ammunition. Hospitals, overwhelmed by a series of influxes of …
The Khartoum Cheshire Home (KCH) is a busy place – close to 50 babies under the age of five receive treatment here every week. CC BY-NC-ND / ICRC / Ahmed Mohamed Abdel Fattah Since 2012, the ICRC has …
by the ICRC Brussels delegation The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is an impartial, neutral and independent organization whose exclusively humanitarian mission is to protect the …
03-08-2018 Sana'a (ICRC): The International Committee of the Red Cross condemns Thursday's hits in the coastal city of Hodeida which resulted in the killing and wounding of scores of civilians. "The …
Ingy Sedky The Syrian woman poured a glass of muddy water and handed it to me. "Drink it!" my host said. It was a hot summer day in August in a shelter in the middle of the desert. I eyed the dark …
Residents of the villages scattered along the shore of the Sea of Azov between Mariupol and Novoazovsk had always felt blessed by fortune. There was never a lack of people wanting to spend a lazy …
The incident killed at least nine people and wounded 11 others including civilians As a result of Tuesday's blast in Lamitan City, Basilan, which killed at least nine people and wounded 11 others …
“The Red Cross is my husband,” Falensa Samo sings after receiving her kit of essential household items including blankets, buckets, jerry cans, sleeping mats and pots. Falensa, who hails from Kunkwe …
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