Nigeria: Vaccinating livestock to save livelihoods
Northeast Nigeria is home to one of Africa’s largest cattle markets. For many affected by long-running conflict in the region, ensuring the health of livestock as a means of livelihood is vital. …
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Pakistan: ICRC provides emergency health care in flood-affected areas of Balochistan
More than 33 million people across Pakistan were affected by catastrophic floods caused by unprecedented monsoon rains in 2022. Post-deluge, stagnant water, damage to homes and roads and disrupted …
After earthquake damage in northwest Syria, urgent action needed to prevent collapse of water systems and avoid devastating humanitarian consequences
06-03-2023 Geneva (ICRC) – Survivors of the massive earthquake that struck northwest Syria one month ago face the prospect of devastating public health challenges after the quake further damaged the …
Warning : Treated Seeds !
In most of the areas where we operate, which are suffering from a triple crisis of armed conflict, food insecurity and climate change, food systems are based on subsistence agriculture. In this …
Haiti: urgent call for the protection of the medical mission, humanitarian access and respect for the Red Cross emblem
03-03-2023 Port-au-Prince, March 3rd, 2023 (ICRC). As new flare ups of violence in Haiti cause more injuries and deaths, the Haitian Red Cross (HRC), the International Committee of the Red Cross …
Gender equality and war: “No humanity, dignity, peace until international humanitarian law is upheld for all genders”
Ahead of International Women’s Day, Mirjana Spoljaric, the first female president in the 160-year history of the International Committee of the Red Cross, spoke at Columbia University in New York …
Ethiopia: even during period of peace, lasting humanitarian consequences of the conflict remain
03-03-2023 Statement by Patrick Youssef, ICRC Regional Director for Africa, on Tigray region at the United Nations Palais Briefing in Geneva. Good morning and thank you for your interest, I have just …
Prison maintenance guide
The ICRC has many decades of experience in prisons around the world. This gives the organization a unique understanding of prison visits and improvements to prison conditions. Over the years, there …
Example Rules for Fighters
The following list provides a concise set of international humanitarian law (IHL) rules that armed groups can integrate into their operational guidance as a minimum standard. These rules are not an …
Mozambique: 13,500 families receive emergency assistance and support for income generation in 2022
ICRC provided emergency assistance and sustainable programmes to displaced people and host communities to respond to the humanitarian consequences of the conflict. To help meet their urgent needs, we …
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