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Israel pounds Gaza as Red Cross warns of ‘intolerable suffering’
Families of Israeli hostages want Israel to accept Hamas’s proposal of exchanging Palestinian prisoners for the hostages, but Israel’s president made no commitment.
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
Record 45mn need urgent food aid in Southern Africa — UN
Roughly 45-million people in southern Africa are in urgent need of food aid as a result of drought, flooding and economic hardship, the UN said Thursday. “This hunger crisis is…
New limbs, new life for South Sudan amputees
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
Economic crisis cuts swathe through Venezuela society
Venezuela is locked in a deep economic and political crisis despite sitting on the world’s largest oil reserves
Militants claim kidnap of missing Red Cross team in Mali
The Red Cross says one of its teams in Mali is missing, which al-Qaeda-aligned group Mujao has reportedly confirmed was kidnapped by them.
CAR’s new leader orders security crackdown
The CAR’s new interim leader has ordered troops in Bangui to shoot troublemakers "at point blank range" in a bid to end months of violence.
Philippines: Typhoon Haiyan leaves hundreds dead
One of the strongest typhoons ever to make landfall in the Philippines has left more than 1 000 people dead in the country, says the Red Cross.
Red Cross suspends Gerry Elsdon as secretary general
The South African Red Cross’s governing board has suspended former beauty queen and TV personality Gerry Elsdon with immediate effect.
Red Cross finds scores of bodies in CAR capital
The Red Cross in the Central African Republic said it has found some 78 bodies in the streets of the capital Bangui since it fell to the rebels.
Hopes to end Syrian violence
Visiting Red Cross chief is seeking access to those detained in more than five months of anti-regime protests in Syria.
Sri Lanka death toll unacceptably high, says UN
The UN said on Friday that the number of deaths in Sri Lanka’s civil war in recent months was ”unacceptably high”, but declined to give figures.
Cholera claims 120 lives in Mozambique
At least 120 people have died from cholera throughout Mozambique since January, Ministry of Health spokesperson Leonardo Chavane said on Wednesday.
Philippines ‘ready to resume talks with rebels’
The Philippines is ready to resume peace talks with the country’s largest Muslim rebel group, government’s chief peace negotiator said on Wednesday.
Red Cross asks for $420-million for development
The international Red Cross is asking for -million, but acknowledged that the global financial crisis means donors will be less generous.