The International Committee of the Red Cross said it is increasing its aid to hundreds of thousands of destitute people in Somalia. It said drought, floods and the effects of 17 years of armed conflict and lawlessness have taken a terrible toll on t...
The International Committee of the Red Cross said Gaza is suffering what it calls a full-blown humanitarian crisis. It said the death toll and number of injured is rising, the infrastructure of the Palestinian territory is shattered and civilians la...
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is appealing for $72.5 million to support a three-year emergency and recovery program for victims of Cyclone Nargis in Burma. The Red Cross says hundreds of thousands of poor peopl...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 24 May 2007 The head of the Red Cross says worsening conflict in some of the world's most difficult trouble spots present the organization with ever more complex humanitarian challenges. Lisa Schlein reports for VOA from ICRC h...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 24 April 2007 The International Committee of the Red Cross reports hundreds of civilians caught in fighting in Mogadishu, Somalia have been wounded in the past few days and thousands of people continue to flee. The ICRC warns t...
By Kane Farabaugh New York City 12 February 2007 watch Red Cross Terrorism report Emergency responders Representatives from Red Cross agencies in Spain and Britain joined American colleagues in New York at a recent symposium to share the lessons the...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 18 December 2006 The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies says great progress has been made in helping hundreds of thousands of Indian Ocean tsunami victims recover from the disaster two years ago....
By Noel King Khartoum 09 December 2006 In another blow to emergency aid operations in Sudan's embattled Darfur region, the International Committee of the Red Cross says it has been forced to evacuate staff from the town of Kutum in northern Darfur d...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 27 November 2006 The International Committee of the Red Cross says the government of Burma has ordered the Swiss humanitarian organization to close its five field offices in the country. The Red Cross says this effectively mak...
By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 01 November 2006 Francoise Le Goff The Red Cross says funds for its AIDS programs in southern Africa are due to run out in three months. Officials made the announcement in South Africa as they launched what they said was t...