Niger: Conflict has no borders
Thousands of people who have fled the conflict now face a severe shortage in safe drinking water. Water is a scarce resource for the thousands of displaced people and refugees who have fled the …
Thousands of people who have fled the conflict now face a severe shortage in safe drinking water. Water is a scarce resource for the thousands of displaced people and refugees who have fled the …
An open letter to all United Nations Member States: We continue to sound the alarm. Scores of health-care workers are being killed or injured while caring for sick and wounded men, women and children …
Speech given by Mr Peter Maurer, president of the ICRC, at the United Nations Security Council Briefing, 3 May 2016, New York, USA Even wars have limits, because wars without limits are wars without …
In many of the photographs taken by Victor Lacken during the outbreak of Ebola virus disease in 2014 and 2015, the faces of his subjects are obscured by masks and goggles, their bodies covered …
External communication – the exchange of information and public messages with a variety of external audiences – is an integral part of the ICRC's operations and positioning work. It ensures that the …
29-04-2016 Damascus/Geneva - In a further day of devastation in Aleppo, another four medical facilities on both sides of the frontlines have been hit, causing extensive damage. As hundreds of shells, …
The guns have fallen silent in Ramadi. People are returning home , to a scene of utter devastation. Houses and infrastructure destroyed, no water and no electricity. And everywhere, unexploded …
While Ruksana lost a leg to a tumour, Mohammad Gulzar had one of his legs amputated after an accident. As for Numan, his legs were affected by a deformity from birth. What binds these three who all …
Washington DC – The President of the ICRC Peter Maurer has wrapped up a four-day visit to Washington DC, where he met the following officials: National Security Advisor Susan Rice; Secretary of …
Juba – More than three dozen victims of violence have sought assistance at an International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)-supported hospital in Maiwut. The health facility is now providing …
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