N'Djamena (ICRC) – On 26 July an employee of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) was shot and wounded in Abéché after two vehicles carrying ICRC personnel were stopped by armed men, some of whom were in military uniform.

N’Djamena (ICRC) – Today, 8 May, the delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Chad is celebrating not only World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day but also the 30th anniversary of its humanitarian work in the country.

Geneva / Khartoum (ICRC) – Six children, out of the 103 caught up in the Arche de Zoe affair, rejoined their families in Sudan today, under the auspices of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).

Geneva (ICRC) – In connection with a statement by the French foreign ministry of 28 February regarding the working procedures of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) when it visits places of detention in Chad, the ICRC wishes to point out that all negotiations concerning access to those places are confidential and that personal information on the detainees is communicated only to those persons’ families.

N'Djamena / Geneva (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is providing aid for some 10,000 refugees who fled their villages for neighbouring Chad during recent fighting near the Sudanese towns of Seleia, Abu Suruj and Sirba in West Darfur.

Geneva/N'Djamena – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) took advantage of a lull in the fighting in N'Djamena today to try to ascertain the number of wounded and the state of the city's medical facilities.

Geneva (ICRC) – A recent outbreak of fierce fighting between the Chadian armed forces and armed opposition groups in the eastern part of the country has taken a heavy toll in dead and wounded, mostly among those who took part in the hostilities

ICRC appeals for record budget of 932 million Swiss francs for humanitarian work in 2008. This video report shows action undertaken by the ICRC to help displaced people in Iraq, Chad, Sri Lanka and the Democratic Republic of the Congo and interviews with ICRC Director of Operations Pierre Krähenbühl in English, French and Spanish.

The ICRC began last Friday to distribute food to displaced people in Dogdoré, in the eastern district of Dar Sila.

Abéché – 1.11.2007 – Since the events of 25 October that led to the arrest of members of the “Children Rescue/Arche de Zoé” organization, the staff and partner organizations of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have been working to meet the needs of the 103 children currently living in the Abéché orphanage.

The ICRC delegation in Chad issued the following press release on 5 July 2007.

Faced with a growing human catastrophe in eastern Chad, the ICRC has begun distributing urgently needed food, seed and agricultural implements as well as essential shelter and other household items to some 67,000 displaced people in Dogdoré and the Dar Assoungha and Dar Sila areas bordering Sudan.

Geneva (ICRC) – Mounting humanitarian needs in eastern Chad, caused primarily by a worsening crisis of internal displacement, have prompted the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to appeal to donors for an additional 9.47 million Swiss francs for its Chad budget, raising it to Sfr 26.6 million (or just under 22 million US dollars).

The ICRC has recently introduced several income generating projects to benefit groups of women among host and displaced communities in the conflict affected regions of Assoungha (Alacha/ Goungour towns) and Dar Sila (Tour/Dogdoré towns) respectively.

N'Djamena (ICRC) – An operation to deliver 70 tonnes of aid to some 40,000 internally displaced people in the Dar Sila and Assoungha regions of eastern Chad began on 15 January with the arrival in Abéché of an Antonov-12 cargo plane loaded with supplies.

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N'Djamena / Geneva (ICRC) – After one of the heaviest clashes so far between government troops and opposition forces took place on 9 December, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) was the first humanitarian organization to reach the area of the fighting.

N'Djamena/Geneva (ICRC) – In eastern Chad, near the Sudanese border, over 5,000 internally displaced persons have recently arrived in Adé from Koloy.

A workshop on the topic "The national commission and the implementation of international humanitarian law in Chad" is being held in N'Djamena today and tomorrow.

The following was issued as a press release by the ICRC delegation in N’djamena

The ICRC has started distributing seed and tools this week to 25,000 displaced people in eastern Chad. The operation will be completed by the end of next week, just in time for the planting season and before the rains make it difficult to reach the area.

N'Djamena (ICRC) – After assisting 2,500 internally displaced persons south of the town of Adre in eastern Chad, the ICRC is now coming to the aid of some 40,000 Chadians who have been forced to flee their homes because of armed raids and banditry along the country's border with Sudan.

N'Djamena (ICRC) – The fighting that took place between the Chadian army and rebel forces within the city limits of the Chadian capital N'Djamena on 13 April left hundreds wounded or detained, and many more dead.

N’Djamena/Geneva (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has followed with concern the events of 13 April 2006 in N’Djamena and Adré.

This week, the ICRC has launched an operation that may eventually help some 30,000 to 40,000 people displaced as a result of insecurity in eastern Chad.

Since it began in 2003, the Darfur conflict has forced people to flee their villages to escape the violence. They are now scattered in towns and camps for the displaced within Darfur as well as in refugee camps across the border in Chad. They include hundreds of children thrust apart from their families in the chaos. Many of these children have survived only thanks to help from relatives and neighbours and are anxious to hear from their loved ones.

The ICRC has just completed the bulk of repairs to the water supply systems of four towns – Adré, Tiné, Iriba and Abéché – situated in an area of Chad that has been severely affected by the presence of thousands of Sudanese refugees.

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Report on ICRC activities in the field since the previous bulletin of 22 October

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Latest report on ICRC activities in the field

Geneva (ICRC) – To respond to the growing crisis in Darfur, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is launching a major airlift out of Geneva, which will supplement flights currently leaving Nairobi twice weekly to deliver aid and logistics equipment for ICRC operations in Sudan.

Latest report on ICRC activities in the field

Latest report on ICRC activities in the field

Latest report on ICRC activities in the field

Latest report on ICRC activities in the field

After months of separation, Jetro and Albin have been reunited with their parents in Bossangoa in the Central African Republic.

After months of separation, Justin, Bénédicte and Fané are to be reunited with their families in Bangui and Bossangoa in the Central African Republic.

Geneva (ICRC) – On 6 April the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) repatriated 10 Central African prisoners of war from Chad, where they had been held.

Geneva (ICRC) – At the request of all parties, a team from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) yesterday evacuated 25 religious personnel from the north of the Central African Republic to Chad on humanitarian grounds.