'I have never seen so many patients in one day'
… if this was the calm before the storm – the streets were really quiet. There was virtually …
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How the ICRC is helping Ethiopians repatriated from Eritrea
… Teklu, market seller “Selling on the streets is degrading for a woman of my age, …
Celebrating Ramadan amidst Aleppo's destruction
Ramadan has always been a bustling time in Aleppo. Markets are full of people looking for food and produce for their fasting families. CC BY-NC-ND / ICRC /Ali Youssef Abu Ahmad had to close his …
Reuniting children with their loved ones in 2017
The International Committee of the Red Cross in Liberia supports the Liberia National Red Cross Society activities, helps the authorities in national implementation of the international humanitarian …
Fractured lives: Little optimism for Gaza's wounded
Violence escalated in the border area of Gaza at the end of March, resulting in dozens of deaths and thousands of wounded, many by live ammunition. Hospitals, overwhelmed by a series of influxes of …
Nuclear weapons - an intolerable threat to humanity
… ever since. Thousands of human beings in the streets and gardens in the town centre, struck …
Humanitarian vocation: My experience with volunteers from the Nicaraguan Red Cross
Gerardo M. Águila, Operational Communication Officer "We have survived all kinds of things - hurricanes, emergencies and disasters - but we had never experienced anything like this. We weren't …
Implementing IHL in West Africa
Since 2001, the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission have collaborated on implementation of International Humanitarian Law …
International Day of the Disappeared in Georgia
30-08-2018 Time is running out for families of 2,400 people who went missing as a result of armed conflicts. Tbilisi (ICRC) – Every year, worldwide, the International Day of the Disappeared is marked …
Pakistan: 5th Bilingual Essay Writing Competition launched
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Pakistan is pleased to announce the 5th edition of the annual Bilingual Essay Writing Competition. The topic for this year's competition is "Social …
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