ICRC in the Middle East

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.

Seventeen metric tons of urgently needed medical supplies have arrived in Beirut via air cargo from the ICRC.

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.

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.