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Afghanistan: Outgoing ICRC Head Warns Of Humanitarian Crisis
Tuesday, 9 October 2012, 10:01 am | ICRC
Kabul/Geneva (ICRC) – The outgoing head of the delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Afghanistan, Reto Stocker, declared in Kabul today that for ordinary Afghans the armed conflict in the country has taken a turn ... More >>
Malaysia: Asia Hosts Military Operations Workshop For First
Tuesday, 9 October 2012, 9:52 am | ICRC
Kuala Lumpur/Geneva (ICRC) – Over the coming days, a high-level workshop on rules governing military operations will be taking place in Asia for the very first time. Seventy senior military officers from 70 nations will take part in the Senior Workshop ... More >>
Nigeria: Implementation Of Humanitarian Law Must Improve
Tuesday, 9 October 2012, 9:50 am | ICRC
Abuja (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) appealed today to parliamentarians from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in Abuja, Nigeria, to work towards better implementation of international humanitarian ... More >>
Niger: Limb-Fitting Centre Renovated For Conflict Victims
Wednesday, 3 October 2012, 12:02 pm | ICRC
Niamey (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Nigerian authorities inaugurated a refurbished centre for prosthetic limbs in the National Hospital of Niamey today. The new facilities, which underwent several months of renovation, ... More >>
South Sudan: water shortages hit crisis point
Wednesday, 3 October 2012, 11:59 am | ICRC
Severe water shortages in refugee camps in South Sudan close to the Sudanese border have helped drive upcontributed to a rise in mortality and malnutrition rates to alarming levels, in what is a major humanitarian crisis. The ICRC has launched a ... More >>
South Africa: Law Against War Crimes Adopted
Friday, 27 July 2012, 3:02 pm | ICRC
Pretoria (ICRC) – South Africa has adopted the Implementation of the Geneva Conventions Act , which gives domestic force to the 1949 Geneva Conventions and their 1977 Additional Protocols. More >>
Syria: Helping Civilians In Damascus Cope With Uncertainty
Friday, 27 July 2012, 2:59 pm | ICRC
Over the past two days, the situation in and around Damascus has remained tense and volatile. People are still fleeing their homes for safer areas. The ICRC and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent have been focusing their efforts on Damascus. More >>
ICRC Bulletin No. 03/2012
Friday, 27 July 2012, 12:52 pm | ICRC
The summer fighting season is at its height, and civilians, above all, are paying the price – either directly, as victims of the violence, or indirectly, as they face massive difficulties obtaining health care. More >>
World's newest country signs up to Geneva Conventions
Friday, 20 July 2012, 9:16 am | ICRC
Juba/Geneva (ICRC) – The Republic of South Sudan has acceded to the 1949 Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols, after a bill was passed by the National Legislative Assembly on Monday 16 July. All the countries in the world have now signed ... More >>
Uganda: ICRC hands over prison health project
Friday, 20 July 2012, 9:14 am | ICRC
Kampala (ICRC) – Every year, around 8,000 inmates in Fort Portal, Gulu and Luzira Upper prisons benefit from a health project which the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is handing over today to the Ugandan authorities. More >>
Nigeria: Assisting Thousands Of People Displaced
Wednesday, 18 July 2012, 12:46 pm | ICRC
Geneva/Abuja (ICRC) – The armed violence and clashes that took place on 7 and 8 July between the mainly livestock-herding Fulani and the farming Berom communities in Riyom and Barkin Ladi near Jos (Plateau state) caused dozens of casualties and ... More >>
Russia: Red Cross assistance to Krasnodarsky flood victims
Friday, 13 July 2012, 4:11 pm | ICRC
Moscow (ICRC/Russian Red Cross/International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies) – Six hundred families in Krymsk, the town most severely affected by the disastrous flood in Krasnodarsky Krai, in the south of Russia, today began receiving ... More >>
Democratic Republic of the Congo: North Kivu
Friday, 13 July 2012, 4:09 pm | ICRC
Geneva/Kinshasa (ICRC) – The humanitarian situation and the security of thousands of inhabitants of North Kivu province are becoming increasingly unpredictable and unsettled due to continuing clashes, such as those between the government forces ... More >>
Syria: Red Cross Red Crescent Movement Deplores Killing
Thursday, 12 July 2012, 12:48 pm | ICRC
Damascus/Geneva (Syrian Arab Red Crescent/ICRC/International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies) – A Syrian Arab Red Crescent staff member, Khaled Khaffaji, was shot last night in Deir Ezzor, eastern Syria, and died today. This is the second ... More >>
Uganda: Congolese Refugees Receive Emergency Aid
Thursday, 12 July 2012, 12:46 pm | ICRC
Kampala/Geneva (ICRC) – Following renewed fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo over the past few days, more than 16,500 Congolese refugees have fled into western Uganda through the Bunagana, Katwe and Bukazi border posts. More >>
Sudan: ICRC Facilitates Handover Of Released Soldiers
Friday, 6 July 2012, 2:32 pm | ICRC
Geneva/Khartoum (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has facilitated the handover to government authorities of 63 members of the Sudanese Armed Forces who were released by the Sudan Liberation Army-Minni Minnawi (SLA-MM) ... More >>
Mali: Preventing The Spread Of Cholera Near Gao
Friday, 6 July 2012, 2:26 pm | ICRC
Geneva/Niamey (ICRC) – Since Monday 2 July, 32 cases of cholera have been identified in the village of Wabaria, situated along the Niger River near Gao in northern Mali. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) stepped in immediately with support ... More >>
Effective Arms Trade Treaty A Humanitarian Imperative
Tuesday, 3 July 2012, 12:08 pm | ICRC
Geneva (ICRC) – On 2 July, UN Member States will be gathering for four weeks in New York to negotiate the adoption of an Arms Trade Treaty (ATT). The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) will participate in the Diplomatic Conference and ... More >>
Nigeria: Teachers Study International Humanitarian Law
Friday, 22 June 2012, 2:39 pm | ICRC
Abuja (ICRC) – A three-day ICRC workshop on international humanitarian law is bringing together 34 law teachers from 20 Nigerian universities in Abuja, Nigeria. More >>
Syria: Needs Increase As Situation Deteriorates
Monday, 18 June 2012, 4:24 pm | ICRC
Since early May, the situation has been deteriorating in several parts of Syria. Fighting between government forces and armed opposition groups continues in Idlib, Rural Idlib, Rural Damascus, Hama, Lattakia and, to a lesser extent, in Rural Aleppo, ... More >>
