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Latest press releases and statements in Africa

Sudan: 42,000 people assisted with food in Al Obeid amid growing humanitarian needs

News release

02-07-2026

Al Obeid Food Assistance

Ethiopia: ICRC provides seeds and fertilizers to 132,000 people

News release

25-06-2026

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Mali: ICRC steps up support to people affected by armed violence

News release

09-06-2026

Collaborateurs du CICR avec des bénéficiaires, image d'illustration.

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Latest from the field in Africa

Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi: January to December 2025 Facts & Figures

Article

03-07-2026

An overjoyed refugee mother in Kyaka II Refugee Settlement in Uganda reunited with her three children after 12 months of separation caused by conflict in the DRC.

ICRC Hosts High-Level Dialogue with Diplomatic Community on Cyber Warfare and IHL

Article

02-07-2026

High level dialogue

Who Helps the Helpers? Mental Health and Psychosocial Support for Frontline Responders in Northeast Nigeria

Article

01-07-2026

A group photo NRCS members and medical staff from the State Specialist Hospital Maiduguri

Thirty-one years apart: A mother and son find each other again

Article

26-06-2026

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ICRC Advances Efforts to Adopt African Union Declaration to Strengthen IHL on the Continent

Article

19-06-2026

1350th sitting of the African Union Peace and Security Council

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Latest reports and publications in Africa

Inmates at a Prison in Kenya fetching clean water following a successful water systems upgrade by the Nairobi Regional Delegation.

Nairobi Regional Delegation Facts & Figures 2025

ICRC suppoerted malnutrition Stabilization Centre, Damaturu

Nigeria: January to June 2025 Facts and Figures

ERC with ICRC staff

Egypt: Facts and Figures (January – December 2024)

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