Tbilisi / Geneva (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is preparing to fly 15 tonnes of medicines and medical supplies to Georgia early this week to help treat people injured in the international armed conflict between Georgian, South Ossetian and Russian troops.

Dakar / Geneva (ICRC) – On 26 and 27 March the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) visited 35 Malian soldiers and two police officers being held by Ibrahim Ag Bahanga’s armed group in north-eastern Mali.

On 14 December 2007, 368 persons were repatriated from Eritrea to Ethiopia under the auspices of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).

Geneva (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is alarmed about the deteriorating situation in the Gaza Strip.

Geneva (ICRC) –There has recently been a degree of publicly expressed confusion regarding the future of persons currently deprived of their freedom in Iraq.

Between 2 and 16 December, an ICRC team including a doctor visited Moroccan prisoners in the hands of the Polisario Front. The delegates spoke individually with 291 of the 614 prisoners still being held (188 of whom have been in captivity for over 20 years).

Geneva (ICRC) -The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) welcomes the United States' reaffirmation of the applicability of the Third Geneva Convention to the international armed conflict in Afghanistan, and its recognition of the treaty's importance and value.