A race for survival across Niger’s burning desert
The following account is by Ahmed (not his real name), one of the thousands of migrants who travel through the Sahara including through Niger each year, where the blazing heat and dust challenges …
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Missing and consigned to oblivion: the tragedy of Colombia’s unmarked graves
In Colombia there are registers listing some 78,000 missing persons. But we'll never know how many there really are. Many are buried in unmarked graves (bearing the letters 'NN') in hundreds of …
The ICRC Data Protection Commission
The ICRC Data Protection Commission (DPC) is the ICRC body responsible for checking that the organization's processing of personal data complies with its Rules on Personal Data Protection and other …
Data Protection in Humanitarian Action
The Brussels Privacy Hub at the Vrije Universiteit Brussels (VUB) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) intend to run a project exploring the relationship between data protection …
ICRC in Yemen: Our work in 2015
In 2015, more than two million Yemenis were forced to flee their homes, thousands lost their lives and countless others were maimed or injured. Across the country, hospitals ran out of supplies, …
Mali: ICRC visits essential during conflicts, says ex-detainee
Lamine Follé is a 33-year-old soldier now serving with the 3rd company of the Malian National Guard. But in 2012 he was captured by an armed group during fighting in the northern part of the country. …
Cataract patients rediscover the brighter side of life in Buru Islands
Buru, Ophthalmologist examins a patient before determining his needs for operation or other treatment. CC BY-NC-ND/ICRC/ Otto Ferdinand Buru, Freddy Nggadas, ICRC prgram manager for the Cataract …
South Sudan: A pregnant mother’s long walk to a safe birth
Giving birth in South Sudan is often dangerous and difficult. Medical care can be long distances away, forcing pregnant women to give birth at home or to travel on foot late in their pregnancy to a …
Enable Makeathon: Inspiring innovative solutions to help people with disabilities
Written by Mary Werntz, head of regional delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross in New Delhi Of the world's seven billion people, one billion are living with disabilities. …
Nigeria: Tears of joy as families are reunited with missing relatives
The humanitarian crisis in the Lake Chad region has left thousands dead, two million displaced, hundreds abducted, and hundreds of thousands forced to flee, often losing contact with their …
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