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Algeria: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) president meets with Algerian authorities

Discussions focused on strengthening cooperation between the Algerian government and the ICRC

On 22 and 23 April 2024, Mirjana Spoljaric, the president of the International Committee of the Red Cross, carried out an official visit to Algeria at the invitation of the minister of foreign affairs, Ahmed Attaf. During her visit, the ICRC president met with the minister of foreign affairs and…

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International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) president: "We are witnessing a global and collective failure to protect civilians in armed conflicts"

The ICRC has witnessed the human cost of war and heavy explosive weapons rising over the past two years

"Today, from the Democratic Republic of the Congo to Gaza, Sudan, Ukraine and Yemen, we are witnessing a global and collective failure to protect civilians in armed conflicts" says ICRC president Mirjana Splojaric. Statement for the first international follow-up conference to review implementation of the Political Declaration on explosive weapons…

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Keeping the Dreams Alive: Supporting Children in Northeast Nigeria

The ICRC’s mental health and psychosocial support teams in Nigeria run a program designed to guide and support the children of those who have disappeared, through counselling

When someone goes missing due to conflict, the children they leave behind can feel that loss more than most. In response, we ran a program for children in Maiduguri to make sure their needs would not be overlooked. When family members go missing due to armed conflict, they leave behind…

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Sudanese women run out of hope as conflict drags on

Almost 90% are women and children who crossed the border on foot, fleeing brutal violence that submerged their native Darfur soon after the conflict broke out in Sudan on April 15

Squatting on the sandy ground, a young girl is weaving grass stems into a roof. The tiny hut she is making is surrounded by tens of thousands of others like it, made hastily of sticks and leaves covered with tarps or plastic sacks. This spontaneous settlement in Adré, a Chadian…

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Empress Shôken Fund announces 103rd funding distribution to support projects in 17 countries

The projects to be supported cover a variety of topics, including youth, first aid and rescue, disaster preparedness, dissemination of humanitarian ideals, blood transfusion services and National Society development

The Joint Commission of the Empress Shôken Fund (ESF) has announced a new funding distribution that totals CHF 485,597 and supports projects administered by Red Cross and Red Crescent National Societies in 17 countries. The commission is administered by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)…

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Democratic Republic of the Congo: More than 44,000 people receive emergency food aid as violence in eastern provinces intensifies

At present, over 39,000 families have found refuge in Kanyabayonga, in Lubero territory in northern North Kivu province

As humanitarian needs continue to grow at an alarming rate, the resources available to respond to the crisis are in danger of running out very quickly. The escalation in fighting between the armed forces of the DRC and the March 23 Movement (M23) in the southern part of North Kivu…

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Qatar supports International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) operations in South Sudan

The main areas of assistance include helping the Sudanese refugees and South Sudanese returnees to restore/maintain contact with their loved ones

With funding from Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD), Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) has signed a grant agreement with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), to support the latter’s relief aid for people fleeing the conflict in Sudan and seeking refuge or relocation in South Sudan. The main…

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Ethiopia: People affected by conflict in Anfilo, Oromia region receive assistance

The ICRC provided 3,000 families in Koli, Dale Koli, Mugi and Yeti rural kebeles of Anfilo woreda with food and essential household items

The ongoing fighting in Anfilo woreda, Oromia region, Ethiopia has left thousands of families displaced, without means of livelihood and unable to meet their basic needs. "My husband was killed in the conflict. This pushed me to daily labor, sometimes begging [in order] to meet my needs" says a widow…

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Mozambique: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) calls on respect for civilians, ramps up support to Mozambique Red Cross response to a new wave of displacements in Cabo Delgado

Some 46,000 people fled from the Chiure district of Cabo Delgado into Nampula province in search of safety

Nearly 100,000 people, more than half of them children, have been displaced in one month due to an escalation of armed violence in Cabo Delgado province of Mozambique. The new wave of displacements is taking place against the backdrop of a protracted cholera outbreak, heightening the risk of infectious diseases…

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Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC): Civilians in the firing line as use of heavy weapons signals alarming new phase of armed conflict in the east

Civilians are bearing the brunt, with some 7 million displaced from their homes, many of them multiple times – 2.5 million of them in North Kivu alone

A sharp uptick in the numbers of civilians wounded by heavy weapons in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is threatening to overwhelm health facilities already struggling to provide care, further worsening one of the world’s largest and most complex humanitarian crises, Robert Mardini, director general of the International Committee…