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Over the past month, a sharp surge in mass casualty incidents linked to aid distribution sites has overwhelmed Gaza’s shattered healthcare system, pushing its already-diminished capacity past its ...
Landmines and explosive remnants of war (ERW) contaminate an estimated 2,100 km² of land in Iraq—equal to 300,000 football fields. These deadly hazards pose an ongoing threat to civilians, hindering ...
As the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Mirjana Spoljaric, concluded her three-day visit to Syria, she emphasised that respect for international humanitarian law (IHL) ...
Geneva/Yangon (ICRC) – Three months after a devastating earthquake hit central Myanmar, hundreds of thousands of people in the country are still struggling to rebuild their lives and meet their basic ...
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.
In Niger, as in many other countries in the Sahel, * livestock herders face a double threat to their way of life. Pastureland is shrinking at an alarming rate as temperatures rise and rainfall ...
More than half a decade of conflict has exhausted Yemenis and transformed the country into the world’s largest humanitarian crisis. Access to water, food and basic services is becoming harder for most ...
Over 3,000 persons with disability have benefited from physical rehabilitation services in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mali and Nigeria, thanks to the first humanitarian impact bond (HIB).
Urgent humanitarian needs remain in northern Ethiopia following two years of conflict that damaged healthcare infrastructure and disrupted public health services in most areas.
William Schomburg, the head of sub-delegation for the iCRC in Gaza, speaks from a makeshift camp set up for displaced Palestinians in Rafah, near the Egyptian border, about the humanitarian conditions ...