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DRC: 1,359 disarmed members of government forces and their families have arrived safe and well in Kinshasa, with the support of the ICRC

News release
15-05-2025
DRC operation ICRC staff member in the foreground on a dirt road, with people walking towards an aeroplane in the background

ICRC President: Respect for international humanitarian law key to breaking vicious cycle of conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

News release
09-05-2025
En el campamento de desplazados en Lac Vert, un grupo de civiles espera que distribuyan alimentos.

ICRC president in first official visit to Democratic Republic of the Congo

News release
09-05-2025
Kinshasa, 08 mai 2025. La présidente du CICR rencontre la Première ministre de la RDC, Judith Suminwa Tuluka, lors de sa première visite officielle dans le pays. Mirjana Spoljaric était accompagnée de Patrick Youssef, directeur régional Afrique du CICR, et de François Moreillon, chef de la délégation du CICR en RDC.
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Update of customary IHL database – May 2025

Article
20-05-2025

Burundi: Fleeing violence, families face the agony of separation

Article
14-05-2025
Refugees in Musenyi camp in Burundi

Kenya: Facts & Figures 2024

Article
06-05-2025
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The 23rd International Committee of the Red Cross Essay Competition for East African Universities

Article
02-05-2025
Law Students from a Kenyan University listen to an firearms instructer during an IHL War simulation in Nairobi, Kenya

The challenge of access to maternal health care for women in the Central African Republic

Article
24-04-2025
Patients arriving for appointments at Doukouma health centre, supported by the ICRC. Doukouma, Central African Republic, 9th December 2024.
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Egypt: Facts and Figures (January – December 2024)

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The ICRC response to the El Nino flooding in Somalia - Report

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Kenya, Djibouti, Tanzania: Newsletter 2023

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