Nigeria: Dire Displacement Crisis In Wake Of Escalating Violence

A surge in attacks over the last two months in Nigeria’s restive Borno state is driving a dire displacement crisis in which tens of thousands of people are seeking refuge in already over-crowded camps.

Iraq: Massive Challenges Prevent Iraqis From Returning Home, ICRC President Says

Rebuilding Iraq’s social fabric is key to ensuring that the country can leave its violent past behind

Syria: Displaced People Struggle For Survival

As the year draws to an end, millions of families around the world are gathering in the warmth and safety of their homes to celebrate the holiday season. But in northeastern Syria thousands of displaced people are huddled in makeshift shelters in the cold, and the wet, and the mud.

Yemen: Ceasefire Cannot Come Soon Enough

The UN sponsored peace talks on Yemen have brought a small chink of hope: agreement of a ceasefire in the port city of Hodeida.

Democratic Republic of the Congo: 50,000 Congolese Citizens Expelled from Angola Trapped at Kamako Border Post (Kasai)

Philippines: Aid for 2,500 people displaced by fighting in Lanao del Sur Press Release

Manila (ICRC) - Close to 500 families that found themselves displaced by the recent outbreak of fighting in the southern part of Lanao del Sur province, in Mindanao, and remain displaced to date received food and other essential supplies provided by the International Committee of the Red Cross...

ICRC President in Myanmar & Bangladesh: Food Aid Essential In Myanmar

The President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Peter Maurer is visiting the northern areas of Rakhine State for the first time. During his three-day visit he observed a Red Cross Movement mobile medical clinic in Buthidaung and joined a food distribution in Maungdaw. The Red Cross Movement is scaling up and doubling its distributions as monsoon season approaches, so people have enough food to last when roads are inaccessible.

Yemen, Hodeida: Help Arrives For Those Forced To Flee

In Hodeida, Yemen, the ongoing fighting has forced hundreds of families to flee their homes to safe areas, with no hope of return for the moment.

Rare Footage From Rakhine State: Isolation And Communities In Need

Since violence broke out in Rakhine state in August 2017, hundreds of thousands of people have fled to Bangladesh, and those remaining have suffered from lack of access to markets, livelihoods and healthcare.

Photojournalism: Véronique de Viguerie wins ICRC’s 2018 Humanitarian Visa d’Or for Yemen report Press Release

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) awarded the Humanitarian Visa d'Or yesterday to French photojournalist Véronique De Viguerie for her report on the impact of the conflict in Yemen on its people.