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Somalia: Child malnutrition surges amid clinic closures
12-06-2025
Severe malnutrition among children has surged across Somalia, with health facilities supported by the ICRC seeing record admissions since the devastating drought two years ago. In May alone, the stabilization centre at Kismayo General Hospital admitted 277 critically ill children, the highest monthly number since 2023.
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RD Congo : 1,359 unarmed individuals from government forces and their families arrived safely in Kinshasa with the support of the ICRC.
15-05-2025
From April 30 to May 15, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) accompanied 1,359 unarmed individuals belonging to the government forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and their families
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Eastern Chad: Thousands of new Sudanese refugees pour into Eastern Chad daily, humanitarian actors struggle to keep up
14-05-2025
Thousands of Sudanese refugees have arrived in the border town of Tiné in Eastern Chad since fighting escalated in the neighboring Darfur in mid-April.
ENG FRA العربية SPA
Burundi: “We don't even know the name of the child” – Red Cross struggles to bring families together after the upsurge of fighting in DRC
29-04-2025
Tens of thousands of people arrived in Burundi since the beginning of this year, fleeing the escalation of armed conflict in the east of the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Sudan: “We have nothing to go back to” – new report sheds light on two years of devastation in Sudan
10-04-2025
Today the ICRC releases a report on the catastrophic humanitarian situation in Sudan, as the armed conflict that devastated the country is about to hit the two-year mark on April 15.
ENG FRA العربية SPA
Sudan: Healthcare a luxury for millions
18-03-2025
Health facilities attacked or looted, health personnel displaced, ambulances blocked or destroyed – nearly two years of the armed conflict in Sudan have had a devastating impact on healthcare.
ENG FRA العربية SPA
Democratic Republic of the Congo: One too many humanitarian crises in North and South Kivu
18-02-2025
The DRC Red Cross, the ICRC and the IFRC are gravely concerned by the deepening humanitarian crisis in the Kivu region of the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), particularly in the city of Goma. Thousands of civilians, including women and children and wounded and sick people, are bearing the brunt of the conflict.
ENG FRA العربية SPA
Egypt: Completion of the Regional Arabic course on International Humanitarian Law in Sharm El-Sheikh
15-12-2024
IHL Regional Arabic Course concluded in Egypt, enhancing IHL understanding among Arab officials.
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Egypt: Al-Azhar University and ICRC explore similarities between International Humanitarian Law and Islamic Sharia
01-12-2024
ICRC and Al-Azhar discussed the alignment of IHL with Islamic Sharia in Cairo.
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Nigeria: Malnutrition rates rise as armed conflict and climate change hamper food production in the Lake Chad region
15-10-2024
Severe malnutrition rates have risen sharply in healthcare facilities supported by the ICRC in northeast Nigeria. Clinics report a 24% increase in the number of young children suffering from malnutrition compared to the previous year.
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