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Nigeria: Malnutrition rates rise as armed conflict and climate change hamper food production in the Lake Chad region
15-10-2024
Severe malnutrition rates have risen sharply in healthcare facilities supported by the ICRC in northeast Nigeria. Clinics report a 24% increase in the number of young children suffering from malnutrition compared to the previous year.
ENG FRA
Ethiopia: children disproportionately affected by weapon contamination
08-10-2024
Rural areas of northern Ethiopia that have experienced heavy fighting in the past years remain heavily contaminated by unexploded ordnance. Weapon contamination poses severe risks for civilians, especially children.
ENG
Lebanon: the ICRC delivers lifesaving medical supplies to Beirut amid ongoing escalation
05-10-2024
Seventeen metric tons of urgently needed medical supplies have arrived in Beirut via air cargo from the ICRC.
ENG FRA العربية
Ukraine: Bolstering Support for People with Disability in Kharkiv
16-09-2024
The ICRC has launched a partnership with Kharkiv University Clinic and Ukraine’s Ministry of Health to provide physical rehabilitation support for the growing number of people in need due to amputations and disability caused by the armed conflict.
ENG UKR
75 Years of the Geneva Conventions - Seeking to Mitigate the Cruelty of War
12-08-2024
The Geneva Conventions, crucial international treaties regulating armed conflict, mark their 75th anniversary on August 12. These treaties form the backbone of international humanitarian law, a set of rules seeking to limit the effects of armed conflict, limiting the means and methods of warfare and safeguarding those not or no longer taking part in hostilities.
ENG FRA
Minova – a commercial hub trapped in the fighting in eastern DRC
31-05-2024
Minova, a town of about 50,000 inhabitants, tucked between the Lake Kivu and the mountains, has been a bustling commercial hub in eastern DRC. But, since the armed conflict flared up at the end of 2023, commercial activity has slowed dramatically.
ENG FRA
Gaza: Red Cross and Red Crescent teams working to save lives in the Red Cross field hospital in Rafah
28-05-2024
An influx of patients with severe injuries and burns from an airstrike arrived at the Red Cross field hospital in Rafah, Gaza, desperately needing treatment on the night of May 26th, 2024.
ENG FRA
Gaza: Red Cross opens new 60-bed field hospital
14-05-2024
The ICRC and 11 Red Cross National Societies are combining efforts to open a field hospital in Rafah, Gaza, to help address the overwhelming medical needs emanating from the ongoing conflict.
ENG FRA العربية SPA
Sudan: After a year of conflict, missing family bring extra heartache during Eid celebrations
10-04-2024
A year of conflict in Sudan has caused increased humanitarian needs across the country and beyond its borders while causing millions suffering and pain.
ENG FRA
Burkina Faso: When words fail, children draw their pain
08-04-2024
For several years, Burkina Faso has faced armed violence that forces many civilians to abandon their homes, often after witnessing atrocities. But being safe from physical danger does not mean being completely secure: night terrors, nightmares, family, social and professional isolation...
ENG FRA
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