http://www.icrc.org/eng/home/rss-feed/icrc-rss-africa.xml /eng/home/rss-feed/th_rss_feed.gif http://www.icrc.org/eng/home/rss-feed/icrc-rss-africa.xml Violence is continuing in the Kivus, where it is spreading to the most remote and difficult-to-reach areas, with tragic consequences. The ICRC is concerned about the rising number of civilian victims. Video interview with Frédéric Boyer, in charge of the ICRC's activities in North Kivu. http://www.icrc.org/eng/resources/documents/update/2012/dr-congo-update-2012-05-25.htm Fri, 25 May 2012 10:26:37 GMT 2012-05-25T10:26:37+01:00 The ICRC in Uganda helps develop the capacity of the Uganda Red Cross Society, monitors the treatment of detainees countrywide and promotes international humanitarian law (IHL) to the armed forces, universities and national authorities. http://www.icrc.org/eng/where-we-work/africa/uganda/overview-uganda.htm Fri, 23 Apr 2010 14:18:44 GMT 2010-04-23T14:18:44+01:00 Access to health care is a major challenge for people in northern Mali affected by armed violence. In Gao the hospital is operational again thanks to the efforts of the ICRC, which among other things has delivered surgical supplies. http://www.icrc.org/eng/resources/documents/update/2012/mali-update-2012-05-10.htm Thu, 10 May 2012 11:08:30 GMT 2012-05-10T11:08:30+01:00 The ICRC delegation in Pretoria monitors the humanitarian situation in South Africa, Lesotho, Botswana and Swaziland. It promotes international humanitarian law and helps restore family links for civilian victims of conflict. http://www.icrc.org/eng/where-we-work/africa/south-africa/overview-pretoria.htm Fri, 29 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT 2010-10-29T00:00:00+01:00 Since 3 May, the ICRC evacuated 40 injured people, including 27 who were seriously injured, from Saké and Kirolirwe in the Masisi territory of North Kivu province. http://www.icrc.org/eng/resources/documents/news-release/2012/congo-kinshasa-news-2012-05-07.htm Wed, 9 May 2012 11:12:04 GMT 2012-05-09T11:12:04+01:00 The ICRC continued its work in Uganda in the second half of 2011, focusing its activities on providing water and improving sanitation. It also continued its work to reunite separated families, visit detainees, promote IHL and support the Uganda Red Cross Society (URCS). http://www.icrc.org/eng/resources/documents/field-newsletter/2012/uganda-newsletter-2012-05-03.htm Thu, 3 May 2012 17:23:28 GMT 2012-05-03T17:23:28+01:00 Officials from 14 Rwandan prisons are meeting in Kigali today to discuss improvements to the country’s prison health system. This is the second national prison health seminar that the ICRC and the Rwandan internal security ministry have offered. http://www.icrc.org/eng/resources/documents/news-release/2012/rwanda-news-2012-05-02.htm Fri, 11 May 2012 11:34:37 GMT 2012-05-11T11:34:37+01:00 An overview of the ICRC's key activities in Eritrea in 2011. http://www.icrc.org/eng/resources/documents/field-newsletter/2012/eritrea-newsletter-2011-04-30.htm Tue, 1 May 2012 17:46:58 GMT 2012-05-01T17:46:58+01:00 Sierra Leone's National Committee for the Implementation of International Humanitarian Law will be officially inaugurated today in Freetown in the presence of the country's president, Ernest Bai Koroma, who will deliver the keynote address. http://www.icrc.org/eng/resources/documents/news-release/2012/sierra-leone-news-2012-04-30.htm Mon, 30 Apr 2012 14:36:25 GMT 2012-04-30T14:36:25+01:00 Thousands of wounded or sick people die every year in many parts of the world after going without medical care because of armed violence. To raise awareness among governments and within civil society of the problem of violence committed against health-care workers and facilities, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has co-organized a conference entitled "Health care in danger: a West African perspective on a major humanitarian problem." The event will take place in Dakar on 30 April in Dakar. http://www.icrc.org/eng/resources/documents/news-release/2012/senegal-news-2012-04-30.htm Mon, 30 Apr 2012 17:16:03 GMT 2012-04-30T17:16:03+01:00