Horn of Africa: Declining food security
The food security situation is deteriorating in South Sudan and Somalia. Mathias Frese, head of relief for the ICRC in Eastern Africa, takes stock of the factors that have led to too many people …
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Iraq: Fighting impedes hospital access for patients, staff and supplies
The conflict in northern Iraq is making it difficult for patients, staff and supplies to reach hospitals. Hundred of thousands have fled to safer areas. ICRC delegate Saleh Dabbakeh reports on the …
ICRC President Peter Maurer in Gaza, Israel and the West Bank
Peter Maurer has begun a three-day mission to see for himself the human cost of the on-going conflict. …
Gazans return home to scenes of utter desolation
During a brief ceasefire, Gazan residents return to find their homes reduced to dust and rubble. Heavy shelling of Shijaia in Gaza City has left scenes of appalling destruction. For residents …
Pakistan: Red Crescent doubles assistance to the displaced from North Waziristan
As a result of a military operation in North Waziristan, in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced to various districts in neighbouring Khyber …
Gaza: power plant destroyed, electricity and water supplies collapse
The Gaza Strip now has less than 20 percent of the limited electricity supplies it had before the conflict began. Sara Badiei, an ICRC water engineer in Gaza, describes the devastating knock-on …
Philippines: Rebuilding storm-resilient shelters in Haiyan-stricken areas
Haiyan, the world’s most powerful typhoon to make landfall, not only destroyed lives and livelihoods but left millions of houses in central Philippines in ruins. More than eight months after the …
United Kingdom: Bridging the transatlantic divide - the second annual dialogue on international humanitarian law and armed conflict
Historic Pembroke College, Oxford was the host of a 2-day workshop last week which brought together academics, government and military lawyers from the UK, US, Canada, continental Europe and Israel. …
Central African Republic: Delegate describes evacuating injured patients
For many injured and sick people in Bangui, access to medical care has become very difficult. Julien Columeau, an ICRC delegate who spent four months in the country, describes the extreme …
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