Shanghai (ICRC) - Senior military officers from 19 countries in Asia and the Pacific have gathered in Shanghai for a regional workshop on the law of armed conflict at sea to be held from 8 to 11 May.
Almost four years ago, tens of thousands of Yazidi people were forced to flee Sinjar, in north-west Iraq, after being subjected to appalling violence.
Bamako / Niamey / Dakar (ICRC) - Communal violence has intensified in Mali, with recent clashes in the region of Menaka along the Mali-Niger border leaving dozens of civilians killed.
Geneva / Sana'a (ICRC) - The International Committee of the Red Cross is deeply saddened by the fatal shooting today of one of its staff members in Yemen.Hanna Lahoud, a Lebanese national, was in charge of the ICRC's detention programme in Yemen.
The trauma unit at a major hospital in the Central African Republic is filled to capacity after an outbreak of fighting in the capital, where ambulances transporting the wounded have often been delayed because of street battles and barricades.
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is gravely concerned
On April 3rd, government leaders will gather in Geneva for a pledging conference for Yemen.
A list of things that have collapsed in Yemen: The food chain. The health care system. The education system. The sewer and water system.
Unrelenting violence in DR Congo is fuelling one of the largest and most serious humanitarian crises in the world in which millions are forced from their homes and struggling to feed themselves.
Manila (ICRC) - Five months after the end of the clashes in Marawi City, Lanao del Sur province, humanitarian organizations working on the ground estimate that 81,000 evacuees and returnees are still struggling to meet their basic needs: water, food, sanitation and education.
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