Communities and internally displaced persons are emotionally and physically bearing the brunt of decades of instability
The fledgling Red Cross Military Identification Programme aims to collaborate with non-state and state military groups to establish DNA profiling of combatants before deployment
South Africa has largely escaped the fate of several European countries and the United States, but that doesn’t mean we can’t prepare, just in case
Feeding schemes inundated with requests to assist during Covid-19 lockdown
Humanitarian assistance doesn’t always work right away. That doesn’t mean we should stop trying.
70% of all illness deaths are due to easily treatable malaria, acute watery diarrhoea and respiratory infections in Udier Village
South Sudan’s five-year-long civil war has left possibly tens of thousands of people without limbs — a toll that may never be accurately established
The Red Cross’s Peter Maurer told the Mail & Guardian his immediate concern with the withdrawal from the ICC was one of perception.
As Damascus sees its heaviest fighting since Syria’s conflict began, reports suggest Al-Assad’s regime is not alone in committing human rights abuses.
The beheaded body of a kidnapped British doctor working for the International Committee of the Red Cross has been found dumped by the roadside.
Al-Shabaab’s ban on one of the few agencies still operating in Somalia could deprive hundreds of thousands of people of critical food aid.
Streams of civilians have fled Sirte in Libya while the Red Cross warns of a medical emergency and battles continue.
Yemeni President Abdullah Ali Saleh has called for early elections in his first speech since returning to Yemen.
Fears were growing on Monday for up to 2,5-million people affected by Pakistan’s worst floods in 80 years amid outbreaks of disease.
Zimbabwe’s prisons will get a much-needed injection of help from the International Committee of the Red Cross.
