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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
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
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
DRC: the influx of civilians wounded by heavy weapons overwhelms hospitals in the kivus
06-03-2024
In February 2024, the Ndosho hospital in Goma, in the east of the DRC, received six times more patients than usual, forcing it to double its capacity and transfer patients to the provincial hospital in Bukavu.
ENG FRA
Russia-Ukraine international armed conflict: 23,000 people still reported missing
19-02-2024
TheICRC is seeking to clarify the fate of 23,000 persons whose families have no news, either because they have been captured, killed, or because they lost contact after fleeing their homes. The pain of family separation comes on top of indescribable loss, suffering and rising humanitarian needs two years after the escalation of the armed conflict, including for millions of people displaced, both within and beyond the borders of the two countries.
ENG FRA UKR
Gaza: Increased armed hostilities in Rafah pose disastrous risk to civilian lives and infrastructure (Archive Footage)
15-02-2024
ENG
Syria Earthquake: A day of tragedy with enduring impact
06-02-2024
On 6 February 2023, two earthquakes, each registering a magnitude of 7.8 struck the northwest region of the country. This natural disaster resulted in the tragic loss of thousands of lives and caused injuries to numerous others. Structures were devastated, leaving behind rubble where homes once stood.
ENG FRA العربية SPA POR RUS TUR
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