Somalia: Ushering in Ramadan in detention
The ICRC in Somalia marked this year's Ramadan by distributing food and volumes of the Quran to detention centres in Somalia. Among the food items distributed were palm dates, meat, sugar, tea leaves …
The ICRC in Somalia marked this year's Ramadan by distributing food and volumes of the Quran to detention centres in Somalia. Among the food items distributed were palm dates, meat, sugar, tea leaves …
The ICRC visits hundreds of thousands of detainees all over the world. Year in, year out. But what happens during a "detention visit"? And why do we visit detainees anyway? This video gives a peek …
ICRC Agronomist, David Kuhn Von Burgdorff, paints a vivid picture of the devastation caused by the conflict in Gaza on its agricultural land and farming …
A surge in arrivals of Burundian refugees in reception centres near the Rwanda-Burundi border prompted the Rwandan government in April to open a new refugee camp in Mahama, Eastern Province. A major …
With no let-up in the crisis, people continue to seek safety by crossing from Syria to Jordan. The majority enter Jordan through the country's north-eastern border area, where the scorching summer …
Informal Meeting on strengthening compliance with International Humanitarian Law Friday, 13 July 2012, Geneva, Switzerland Guidance Document International Humanitarian Law (IHL) is a set of rules …
By Dominik Stillhart, director of operations There is something quietly dreadful about cemeteries in which all the graves are uniform. Absence of variety among the tombstones sends a message to the …
When a hospital in Kodok, South Sudan was caught in the crossfire between the conflict's two warring parties, doctors were forced to evacuate. Two people died as a direct result of fighting, but 11 …
This page highlights the BBC's coverage of recent ICRC distributions of food and essential household items in Udier, South Sudan. View the photo gallery on our distribution operations in Udier on the …
Srebrenica 1995 - 2015 I wish Finally To lay down in the grave The missing grave Next to my child The missing child To warm up his hands. …
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