The following is a quote attributable to ICRC President Mirjana Spoljaric on the humanitarian situation in and around the Sudanese city of Al Fasher.

Geneva (ICRC) – Rising civilian casualties in urban warfare, increasing attacks on medical facilities and the rapid evolution of cyberweapons demand that states urgently recommit to the rules of war, ...

Geneva (ICRC) – Rising civilian casualties in urban warfare, increasing attacks on medical facilities and the rapid evolution of cyberweapons demand that states urgently recommit to the rules of war, ...

A convoy carrying 60 tons of aid, including urgently needed medical items, from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has been mobilised for Gaza, but safe humanitarian access is ...

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 ...

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 ...

In Gaza City today, civilians are being killed, forcibly displaced and made to endure dire conditions. First responders, including the Palestine Red Crescent Society and Civil Defence, have been ...

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 ...

لقد تحمل المدنيون في الشرق الأوسط وطأة أزمات متكررة على مدار عقود، وهم في أمسّ الحاجة إلى فترةٍ من الراحة لالتقاط الأنفاس بعيدًا عن دوامة ...

وفي هذا السياق، قالت المديرة الإقليمية للجنة الدولية لمنطقة أوروبا وآسيا الوسطى، أريان باور: "تمثل إعادة رفات الجنود الذين قتلوا في النزاع ...

Severe malnutrition among children has surged across Somalia, with health facilities supported by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) seeing record admissions since the devastating ...

President Spoljaric travelled to the epicentre of the 2017 Marawi conflict, where she heard from people still grappling with the lasting consequences of the fighting. She also visited a transitory ...