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Iraq: Greater support needed for uprooted communities
ICRC President Peter Maurer visits Songul, 70 kilometres from Kirkuk.The ICRC has installed tanks to store water for people who have fled the fighting. Baghdad/Erbil (ICRC) – At the end of a six-day...
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Humanitarian Action across Borders: Migration in the Americas (speech)
Migrants from Central America wait for a train to leave. Hundreds of thousands of migrants from Central America risk their lives every year in search of a better life in the United States. On January...
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Want to know what fighting in Ukraine is doing to civilians? Interested to learn how we’re responding to intensified violence in northeast Nigeria? Curious to hear what an Australian expert has to say...
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Preserving Human Dignity Through Direct Family Contact
This image shows the video monitoring screen used for video-teleconference calls between members of the general detainee population at Guantanamo and their families. Copyright: A Nelson/ICRC On January...
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Video: Social media & strategic storytelling
Image courtesy of the United Nations Watch the ICRC's presentation on social media and strategic storytelling at the United Nations' first-ever Social Media Day in New York City. The event, held on...
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Video: Syria - Four years of conflict and human suffering
East Al-Ansari, neighborhood of Aleppo, 2014 / ©Reuters As the fourth anniversary of the Syrian armed conflict draws near, Intercross talks to the ICRC's head of operations for the Near and Middle...
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Seen on ICRC.org: A round-up of news from Iraq, Ukraine & Niger
Iraq. ICRC teams head towards snow-clad Panjwin near Sulymanya to deliver aid that will help displaced persons cope with the severe winter. CC BY-NC-ND / ICRC / H. Mustafa A widening of the conflict in...
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Red Cross Red Crescent denounces recent violence against its volunteers and...
Since July 2014, Red Cross volunteers in Guinea have faced an average of ten attacks a month by people mistrustful of their activities to help end the Ebola outbreak. Photo: Moustapha Diallo, IFRC In...
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Humanitarian situation worsens in Nigeria & neighboring countries as...
Madinatu Mosque, Maiduguri, Nigeria, 24 January 2015. ICRC staff prepare emergency food supplies for some 3,600 displaced people who fled from Baga to Maiduguri after attacks on their town. CC BY-NC-ND...
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Water catastrophe looms in the Middle East as war bleeds the region dry
ILOT Read the ICRC's new report on this long overlooked crisis and learn more about how it's affecting millions of people. SyriaIraqJordanLebanonYemenIsrael and the occupied territories
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ICRC hopes Kuwait pledging conference will bring glimmer of hope to Syrians
As the Syria crisis enters its fifth year, the human costs across the region are so enormous that they stretch beyond imagination. The ICRC is representing the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement at a...
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Seen on icrc.org: Desperation in Yemen plus the deadly legacy of landmines
Air strikes & violent clashes put "immense strain on already weak medical services" says head of @ICRC in Yemen. Here are highlights of some important stories from icrc.org over the past few...
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News release: ICRC president wraps up visit to Washington
The President of the ICRC, Peter Maurer, was in Washington on April 13 and 14 for meetings with US officials. Copyright: ICRC/Anna Nelson The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross...
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Redefining humanitarianism: a video interview with ICRC President, Peter Maurer
During a January 2015 visit, Mr. Maurer (pictured wearing an ICRC badge) said he heard "heartbreaking stories" from people displaced by fighting in Iraq. Copyright: ICRC / S. Dabbakeh Watch our latest...
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Seen on icrc.org: Yemen, Syria, and death on the Mediterranean
A Red Cross worker in a bomb damaged building in Faj Attan, Sana’a, Yemen. Photograph: Thomas Glass/ICRC Here’s a round-up of some of the most important ICRC news stories from the past week, including...
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