Article by Yves Daccord, director-general of the ICRC, published on Alertnet - Thomson Reuters Foundation Even before the intensification of the Yemen conflict in recent weeks created a new …
The ICRC is sharing its experience and expertise in treating the war-wounded with a number of medical facilities in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a region devastated by …
For people fleeing the violence, and on the move, there are few opportunities for health care. Pregnant women have been forced to give birth in the most difficult of circumstances, sometimes obliged …
The armed conflict between Boko Haram and various armed forces is spreading from Nigeria into the surrounding countries of Niger, Cameroon and Chad. This is one of the worst humanitarian crises …
Many refugees and internally displaced people say that a lack of food is their main concern. Some families have just a tiny bit of rice every day to survive on. With so many people uprooted and …
Kagunga, Tanzania, 17 May 2015 With an estimated 50,000 people in Kagunga, the main priority is to ease the congestion by transferring the refugees to Nyarugusu refugee camp in Kigoma where …
21-05-2015 Geneva/Abuja (ICRC) – On his first official visit to Nigeria, the president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Peter Maurer has called on the international community …
22-05-2015 Manila (ICRC) – More than 63,000 people, displaced by the month-long fighting in March between government security forces and armed groups in Maguindanao province (Mindanao), received …
A powerful quake, then hundreds of aftershocks. Death and destruction have brought fear and nightmares in their wake. Psycho-social support to hard hit communities aims at healing the minds of …
When families flee their homes, they can no longer tend their fields. When agricultural production drops, trade falls off; a sweeping, downward economic spiral. And when families flee their homes, …
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