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Ambulances of Red Cross arrive with patients who were injured in their town Togoga in a deadly airstrike on a market, arrive at Mekelle General Hospital in Mekele, on June 24, 2021, two days after a deadly airstrike on a market in Ethiopia’s war-torn northern Tigray region, where a seven-month-old conflict surged again. – At least 64 people were killed and 180 were injured in an air strike on a market in Ethiopia’s war-torn northern Tigray region, a local health officer said, as the army denied targeting civilians. (Photo by Yasuyoshi CHIBA / AFP) (Photo by YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP via Getty Images)
ETHIOPIA

Red Cross makes first medical delivery to Tigray since September

The ICRC said the urgently-needed supplies and essential drugs, which were flown in, would be distributed to facilities across Ethiopia’s war-torn Tigray

  • Agence France Presse
2 min read
Bushfire smoke still emerges in Australia despite the country claiming they have it under control. (Photo by Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images)
AUSTRALIA

Australian ‘megablaze’ brought under control

Exhausted firefighters said they had finally brought Australia’s largest “megablaze” under control Monday, as wet weather promised to deliver much-needed respite for countryside…

  • Andrew Beatty
3 min read
CYCLONE IDAI

Red Cross: Cyclone Idai survivors face ‘ticking bomb’ of disease

While aid workers have been rushing to bring emergency aid to the hundreds of thousands of affected people, there is a need to focus on sanitation

  • Nina Larson
3 min read
The only way forward for Syria is to broker a political settlement in consultation with Russia and Iran.
BASHAR AL ASSAD

Red Cross chief meets Assad over Syrians’ plight

Red Cross chief Peter Maurer has held a "positive" meeting with Bashar al-Assad in Syria during which he voiced concerns over humanitarian abuses.

  • Sapa Afp
2 min read
Horn of Africa aid caravan too late
INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR THE RED CROSS

Red tape delays UN relief to Horn of Africa

The WFP’s first delivery of aid to Somalia was delayed due to bureaucratic hurdles in Kenya — slowing relief efforts for millions hit by drought.

  • Peter Martell
4 min read
The city where you ‘wait to die’
AFRICA RECOVERY POVERTY RELIEF

The city where you ‘wait to die’

The residents of Misrata in Libya have been under siege from government forces for seven weeks.

  • Harriet Sherwood
  • Xan Rice
4 min read
CIVIL WAR

Rights group appeals for release of Sri Lankan civilians

Human Rights Watch called on Thursday on the Sri Lankan government and the Tamil Tigerss to allow civilians trapped in the war zone to flee to safety.

  • Ravi Nessman
3 min read
CIVIL WAR

Sri Lanka urges rebels to let civilians flee war zone

Sri Lanka’s president urged the Tiger rebels on Friday to allow about 250 000 civilians trapped in the northern war zone to flee to safety.

  • Ravi Nessman
4 min read
COLOMBO

Hundreds of civilians killed, says Sri Lankan official

A Sri Lankan health official says recent heavy fighting in the north has killed more than 300 civilians and wounded at least 1 000 others.

  • Staff Reporter
4 min read
FOOD

Red Cross ramps up Somalia aid efforts

The international Red Cross said on Wednesday it plans to distribute food and relief aid to half-a-million Somalis in the coming weeks amid warnings the country faces its worst…

  • Staff Reporter
2 min read
BEREKET SIMON

Ethiopia’s Ogaden rebels warn of ‘African genocide’

Ethiopian rebels on Thursday urged the world to bring an end to an army crackdown in the restive Ogaden region, warning that another ”African genocide” was unfolding. The Ogaden…

  • Bogonko Bosire
3 min read