With millions of people already displaced by decades of armed conflict before the earthquake, Myanmar is one of the countries most in need of humanitarian assistance in the Asia-Pacific region. “When ...

Geneva/Yangon (ICRC) – Three months after a devastating earthquake hit central Myanmar, hundreds of thousands of people in the country are still struggling to rebuild their lives and meet their basic ...

جنيف (اللجنة الدولية) – يسّرت اللجنة الدولية للصليب الأحمر (اللجنة الدولية) إطلاق سراح 3 رهائن ونقلهم من غزة إلى إسرائيل، وإطلاق سراح 90 معتقلاً فلسطينياً ونقلهم من إسرائيل إلى الأرض الفلسطينية ...

For weeks, forecasts have warned of increased rains due to El Nino this season, with a 90% chance it will trigger severe flooding in the Horn of Africa. In Somalia, where the planting season just ...

One month ahead of the U.N. Climate Change Conference, COP26, new testimony from Mali has laid bare how climate risks threaten communities in conflict zones. The International Committee of the Red ...

Dominik Stillhart, the director of operations for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), visited Ukraine this week where he saw the devastating human cost of urban warfare in Irpin and ...

In the wake of the devastating floods in Libya’s northeast, over 10,000 people are still missing. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is sending additional supplies, including 5,000 ...

The global consensus that once made anti-personnel mines a symbol of inhumanity is starting to fracture. After decades of progress, we are witnessing a dangerous shift: states that once championed ...

Thousands of families are on the move in northeast Nigeria heading to remote locations. Some are going back home following the camps closure in Maiduguri. Others are fleeing areas affected by the ...

Geneva (ICRC) – Artur was driving through the sunflower fields of northern Ukraine when the heavy wheels of his tractor triggered devastation. “We were driving to the field and hit a mine. I was in ...

Tens of thousands of people arrived in Burundi since the beginning of this year, fleeing the escalation of armed conflict in the east of the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). In the ...

As humanitarian needs in Ukraine increase by the hour, the ability of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to deliver much-needed humanitarian assistance is today being jeopardised by a ...