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

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…

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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…

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…