Video: Samson and Sampinya
It had been 44 years since Samson and his uncle Sampinya left their home in Dite, Zimbabwe and headed across the Limpopo River into South Africa in search of better opportunities to be able to …
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South Sudan: Thousands missing because of conflict and violence
30-08-2019 Juba (ICRC) – As the world marks the International Day of Missing Persons, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is following more than 4,000 cases of missing South Sudanese. …
Iraq: Hundreds of thousands of people remain missing after decades of war, violence
30-08-2019 Baghdad (ICRC) – The families of hundreds of thousands of missing Iraqis marked the International Day of the Disappeared on Friday, as the office of Iraq's Prime Minister pledged to …
Hoping: A woman's quest for answers
Rowena's days are filled with longing. She still hopes to find her partner Anton, a construction worker who went missing in the 2017 Marawi conflict. As in many other countries in the world, the …
ICRC and director Hysaj produce play depicting agony of families of those missing for 20 years
30-08-2019 Pristina (ICRC) – A theatrical play titled The Stools , directed by renowned Kosovo director Fadil Hysaj and supported by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), was staged …
Libya: “There is no buffer for any economic shocks”
In 2019, Libya entered its eighth year of insecurity and protracted conflict. Its economy is in crisis, basic infrastructure is damaged, security threats and severe shortages of cash liquidity have …
Yemen: Scenes of devastation as every single detainee either killed or injured in attack
01-09-2019 Geneva/Sanaa (ICRC) – A building serving as a detention facility in Yemen was destroyed in an airstrike, killing or injuring every detainee inside when the multi-story facility crumbled. …
Cluster munitions: For civilians, consequences are severe and long-lasting
Ninth Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on Cluster Munitions Statement by Dr Gilles Carbonnier, vice-president of the International Committee of the Red Cross The humanitarian consequences …
ICRC writing competition III
The International Committee of the Red Cross is proud to organize for the third time a writing competition in Arabic to engage the Arabic speaking scholars on relevant IHL discussions and to provide …
Push to improve search for missing people at Dead Sea meeting
Amman, Jordan (ICRC) – A two-day meeting to discuss how to improve the search for missing people , including victims of enforced disappearance, began today at the Dead Sea in Jordan with the …
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