286 Results for Africa

28-08-2014

Armed conflicts, natural disasters and migration have resulted in hundreds of thousands of people around the world going missing. Each missing person leaves behind loved ones in anguish not knowing what happened.

20-06-2014

As the Maputo Summit draws to a close 23-27 June 2014, ICRC reminds States parties to the Mine Ban Convention that 15 years on and there's no time for complacency.

06-06-2014

Michael Greub, head of the sub-delegation in Misrata, Libya was killed on Wednesday 4th June 2014 in the city of Sirte. Armed men opened fire on his vehicle as he left a meeting at around noon local time.

15-05-2014

As the rainy season hampers access to many parts of South Sudan, the ICRC is conducting large scale air drops of food, seeds and essential household items.

28-04-2014

The tens of thousands of African migrants who cross the Sahel in search of safety or a better life do not necessarily end up in Europe. Travelling from Niger, Senegal, Togo and Mali, some of them choose to live and work in Libya or Algeria. Others are arrested and detained along the way, and are then deported, often to Niger.

28-03-2014

"Every day, the plight of the Central African people gets worse. Their suffering is compounded by repeated acts of violence against civilians, pillaging, killings and sexual violence," said Peter Maurer, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), following a three-day visit to the country. "With poverty widespread and State institutions crippled by years of instability and crisis, the country's existing dependence on humanitarian aid will only grow unless efforts are stepped up to restore security."

21-03-2014

On the occasion of World Tuberculosis Day, 24 March, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is calling attention to the fact that the contagious and potentially fatal disease is a major health problem in prisons. A project run by the organization in three jails in Uganda shows that tuberculosis can be fought successfully in detention facilities.

06-03-2014

Sexual violence is an invisible tragedy that happens in all the conflicts around the world according to Pascale Meige, Deputy Director of Operations at the International Committee of the Red Cross.

25-02-2014

Hundreds of thousands of people are living in the open air on arid land scattered across the country. For humanitarian organizations, many of these areas are hard to reach geographical and because of a lack of safe access.

23-02-2014

Following media reports of the renewed wave of violence affecting South Sudan since 18 February Mr Melker Mabeck, Head of Delegation for ICRC in South Sudan, issued the following statement from the ICRC delegation in Juba on 22 February 2014.