International Day of the Disappeared, 30 August 2023 “There are currently thousands of people who have gone missing because of the conflict in Yemen. Many disappear every year, whether they are …
30-08-2023 Families in Iraq are still searching for answers years and decades after their loved ones went missing. As we mark the International Day of the Disappeared today, the International …
30-08-2023 Colombo (ICRC) – On the International Day of the Disappeared, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) remembers the hundreds of thousands of people around the world who are …
La Hkum Lu Aung remembers a time when her life was peaceful and pleasant. Her family had enjoyed normal days, working hard to raise farm animals and cultivate rice and other crops in Nam Lin Pa …
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) welcomes the efforts of the member states of the World Health Organization (WHO), and of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB), to negotiate …
28-08-2023 An update on ICRC’s work in the country, from Afghanistan Head of Delegation Eloi Fillion: Just more than half of all Afghans need humanitarian assistance. What that really means: One in …
In Afghanistan, more than half (55%) of the population is in need of humanitarian assistance, with economic sanctions deepening an already dire situation. The International Committee of the Red Cross …
23-08-2023 Wad Madani (ICRC) – This week, over 9,000 displaced people in Jokhii village, west of Al Fashir, the capital of North Darfur State, received essential household items from the …
Opinion SOPHIE ORR The article was originally published in the Miami Herald . This July marks two years since Haiti's President Jovenel Moïse was shot dead inside his home. With the country mired in …
Over a decade on, millions of people across Syria continue to bear the brunt of a conflict compounded by several crises. Not only lives have been lost, families shattered, and homes destroyed, but …
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