Red Cross celebrates 150th anniversary
The world’s oldest aid organisation, the International Committee of the Red Cross, is marking its 150th anniversary today. Since its inception, the ICRC has brought relief to the victims of […]
Red Cross seeks greater access to Syria
The head of the Geneva-based International Committee of the Red Cross called on all sides of the Syrian conflict to help his organization access more of the war-ravaged country with […]
ICRC fears spread of Mali conflict
by Matthew Allen, in Davos, swissinfo.ch Jan 24, 2013 – 07:38 The current fighting in Mali could spark conflicts in neighbouring countries, as refugees flooding across the borders heighten existing […]
Health care in Syria is “beyond catastrophic”
by Mohamed Cherif in Geneva, swissinfo.ch Hundreds of doctors are being imprisoned or killed for doing their job and tens of thousands of people are deprived of vital treatment as […]
ICRC develops global website to reunite families
The Geneva-based International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) has launched a new website designed to help families dispersed by conflict and catastrophe find each other. The site, familylinks.icrc.org, will […]
History of the Red Cross / Red Crescent Movement
Do you know where and how the Red Cross started? Please click on the links below and find out! For more pictures and explanations throughout the years please click on […]
ICRC vows to maintain presence in Libya
Swissinfo.ch and agencies The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has said it will stay in Libya, despite suspending its work in the port of Misrata and in the […]
Red Cross officially declares Syrian conflict to be civil war
UN observers say attack on Tremseh targeted defectors, activists source: Jordan Times DAMASCUS — Syria’s 16-month bloodbath crossed an important symbolic threshold Sunday as the international Red Cross formally declared the conflict a civil war, a status with implications for potential war crimes prosecutions. The Red Cross statement came as […]
Missing British aid worker Khalil Dale found dead in Quetta, Pakistan
The body of missing British aid worker Khalil Dale has been found in Pakistan, four months after he was kidnapped by armed men, the International Committee of the Red Cross […]
Swiss aid group withdraws from northern Mali
The Swiss charity Helvetas says it is moving its aid workers from the embattled region of northern Mali to the south of the country. Pierre-Yves Suter, who is stationed in the capital Bamako, said a military offensive by Tuareg rebels in the north was reason for serious concern. “It might […]
Syrian rebels in tactical retreat
By REUTERS ARABNEWS BEIRUT/DAMASCUS: Weary Syrian rebels left a shattered district of Homs yesterday after a 26-day military siege aimed at crushing a symbol of the almost yearlong revolt against […]