South Sudan: The pain, memories and hope
JUBA (ICRC) – Nyakol (not her real name) struggled to reconstruct the last moments with her brother just before explosives rocked her neighborhood in Malakal, Upper Nile State, in May 2014. The …
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International Day of the Disappeared: Conflict in Sudan drives missing persons cases in Africa
27-08-2025 Nairobi (ICRC) – Over 82,000 people across Africa are registered as missing with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). The ICRC figures show that the conflict in Sudan has …
ICRC voices: Contending with Syria’s deadly legacy of war
In a series of online articles, the ICRC team for the UK and Ireland interviews delegates working across the world. This month, we spoke to William Carmichael, from County Antrim in Northern Ireland, …
Sri Lanka: Ambiguous Loss
Dealing with frozen grief While it is very painful to contend with the tragic loss of a loved one, most people develop their own coping mechanisms to deal with the grief caused by death. However, …
Number of missing people registered with the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement up nearly 70% in five years
29-08-2025 Geneva, 30 August 2025 - The number of people registered as missing by the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement worldwide has increased by nearly 70 per cent over the past …
Myanmar: Restoring hope to families of the missing
Each year on 30 August, the International Day of the Disappeared honours the countless people who have gone missing through conflict, migration and natural disasters — and the families who face the …
Syria: ICRC calls for sustained and collective efforts to address the issue of the missing
29-08-2025 Damascus (ICRC) – Ahead of the International Day of the Disappeared on 30 August, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) renews its call to all actors to strengthen their …
Balancing risks and opportunities: New technologies and the search for missing people
By the end of 2024, more than 284,000 people from all over the world were registered as missing with the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement Family Links Network, and this is only a fraction of the …
Standing in the face of absence: “The past ten years have been the most painful of my life. Yet I still endure”
In a small, crowded neighborhood of Aden, in Yemen, the walls of Arwa’s modest home hold ten years of silence. A mother of two, Arwa, is also a caregiver to the five children of her missing husband. …
ICRC president: Mass evacuation of Gaza City unfeasible and incomprehensible
30-08-2025 Geneva (ICRC) – The following is a quote attributable to ICRC President Mirjana Spoljaric on the humanitarian situation in Gaza City and the risks that mass evacuation orders pose to …
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