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International Day of the Disappeared: Conflict in Sudan drives missing persons cases in Africa

News release
27-08-2025
Sudan IDOD August 2025

Joint statement: DIRCO and ICRC call for stronger political commitment to uphold IHL across Africa

Statement
19-08-2025
ICRC and Alvin Botes DIRCO

Sudan: Attacks in Kordofan states cause hundreds of deaths, mass displacement and the collapse of essential services

News release
29-07-2025
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Sudan: “The people of Al Fasher cannot be abandoned”

Article
04-10-2025
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Uganda: National Moot Competition on International Humanitarian Law

Article
26-09-2025
Uganda IHL Moot

Ethiopia: “The world erupted around me” – a landmine survivor’s story

Article
19-09-2025
Tesfay receiving treatment at the Mekelle Orthopaedic and Physiotherapy Center.

Sudan faces worst cholera outbreak in years as war devastates infrastructure

Article
18-09-2025
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South Africa Urges African States to Champion International Humanitarian Law

Article
12-09-2025
Alvin Botes speaking at the Global High-Level Initiative event on IHL in Pretoria
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ICRC suppoerted malnutrition Stabilization Centre, Damaturu
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