Ouagadougou (ICRC) – En raison d'une intensification de la violence armée au Burkina Faso depuis le début de l'année, plus de 500 000 personnes se sont retrouvées privées de soins de santé ou ont eu...
Away from the world’s attention, Burkina Faso has been slipping into violence. In less than a year, the number of displaced has increased fivefold, from 50,000 last December, to 270,000 in August. As...
The increasing use of anti-personnel mines of an improvised nature in recent conflicts has resulted in rising numbers of civilian casualties in many contexts. These mines have been referred to as...
Thousands of families in Maguindanao province in southern Philippines have been facing repeated and prolonged displacement for six months now due to the clashes between government forces and armed...
Burkina-Faso : notre action de janvier à juin 2019 Présent au Burkina Faso depuis 2006, nous avons la mission de protéger la vie et la dignité des victimes de conflits armés ou d’autres situations de...
Nigeria: Supporting host communities and displaced people in 2019 (January - June 2019) During the first half of this year in Nigeria, the upsurge of attacks has led tens of thousands of people to...
Au Niger, dans les régions de Diffa et Tillabéri, des dizaines de milliers de déplacés internes, réfugiés et résidents continuent d'être affectées par les conséquences du conflit et de l'insécurité...
In 2019, Libya entered its eighth year of insecurity and protracted conflict. Its economy is in crisis, basic infrastructure is damaged, security threats and severe shortages of cash liquidity have...
Ninth Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on Cluster Munitions Statement by Dr Gilles Carbonnier, Vice-President of the International Committee of the Red Cross The humanitarian consequences...
Amman, Jordan (ICRC) – More than 50 experts and representatives of victims from around the world will convene on the Dead Sea in Jordan on 3 and 4 September to discuss how to improve the search for...