Also known as: ICRC
International Committee of the Red Cross — humanitarian organization reporting on medical evacuations and conflict impacts in South Sudan and documenting humanitarian crises.
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… "Javad Salehi, Abdolmajid Dashtian, and Omran Behraveshian have been held by Qatari forces for six months," he said in a letter addressed to the International Committee of the Red Cross. …
Iran calls for release of pilots captured in Qatar during Middle East warCitizen Digital
… It commended a recent transfer facilitated by the International Committee of the Red Cross, involving individuals released by Congolese authorities and transferred to AFC/M23, describing the move as a step in the right direction. …
DRC urged to act on FDLR disarmament protocolThe Standard
Audio By VocalizeDetained former civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi meeting with Arnaude de Baecque, resident representative of ICRC to Myanmar, in Naypyidaw on August 3, 2026. …
Myanmar escalating aerial attacks on civilians: UN probeThe Standard
… In the run-up to his Bangkok trip, Suu Kyi -- who remains under house arrest -- was allowed to meet a representative of the International Committee of the Red Cross on Monday, the first time she has been seen meeting a foreign official since her ouster.If Myanmar was invited back …
Myanmar ex-junta chief on first Thailand trip as civilian leaderCitizen Digital
… Israel suspended International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) visits to Palestinian security detainees after the October 2023 attacks, arguing that the organisation had failed to secure access to Israeli hostages held in Gaza. …
Freed Palestinian detainees campaign against sexual abuse in Israeli jailsCitizen Digital
South Sudan medical evacuations rise as conflict intensifies:ICRC By AFP July 08, 2026 05:59 (EAT) Add as a Preferred Source on Google Follow us Follow on Whatsapp Follow on Google Follow on Twitter South Sudan has been riven by violence since 2013 [File: Goran Tomasevic/Reuters] …
South Sudan medical evacuations rise as conflict intensifies:ICRCCitizen Digital
… And the region has seen conflict casualty figures climb higher since the start of the outbreak, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross, placing further pressure on an already fragile health system. …
DR Congo Ebola outbreak yet to peak, could last a year - Red CrossThe Standard
… Francois Moreillon, head of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) delegation in the DRC, on Monday appealed to the belligerents' "sense of responsibility" and urged them to open "the way to effective humanitarian access, cooperation and coordination". …
Long-running conflicts muddy DR Congo Ebola responseThe Standard
… ilians in Mushaki, a farming area about 40 kilometres (25 miles) from Goma, now under M23 control, according to humanitarian sources.The injured, who included a two-year-old girl, were taken to Ndosho hospital in the city, supported by the International Committee of the Red Cross …
Civilians caught in war of drones in eastern DR CongoCitizen Digital
… When you have a population not knowing what has happened, that trauma and the impact cannot be overlooked," Jose Luis Pozo Gil, the International Committee of the Red Cross's deputy Sudan chief, told AFP. …
Dealing with the dead in the ruins of Sudan's warIranian authorities called for the release of three pilots they say were captured in Qatar during the Middle East war, saying Javad Salehi, Abdolmajid Dashtian, and Omran Behraveshian have been held by Qatari forces for six months without contact with their families.
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Iranian authorities called for the release of three pilots they say were captured in Qatar during the Middle East war, saying Javad Salehi, Abdolmajid Dashtian, and Omran Behraveshian have been held by Qatari forces for six months without contact with their families.
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The International Contact Group for the Great Lakes region has called on the DRC to swiftly implement a disarmament protocol after an FDLR faction formally accepted and signed it on July 28. The ICG, chaired by France and including the US, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, the EU, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK, urged Kinshasa to develop an operational plan and realistic timeline for the effective neutralisation of the FDLR.
14 August 2026 · Citizen Digital →
The UN's Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar documented a pattern of deliberate aerial attacks on civilians, arbitrary detentions, torture and sexual violence by the Myanmar military, with such attacks intensifying in the lead-up to January elections and continuing unabated since.
11 August 2026 · The Standard →
Myanmar's President Min Aung Hlaing arrived in Bangkok for his first visit to Thailand as a civilian leader, part of efforts to normalize relations with his country. As a general, he led a 2021 military coup that ousted democratic leader Aung San Suu Kyi and triggered a civil war estimated to have killed more than 100,000 people; he was installed as president in April following stage-managed elections democracy watchdogs called a sham.
6 August 2026 · The Standard →
Palestinian rights organisations launched an international campaign on Tuesday to document and combat sexual violence against Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons. Campaign coordinator Youssef al-Amayreh, released in January after two years in Israeli custody, said the initiative had collected dozens of testimonies from former detainees alleging sexual violence and abuse.
15 July 2026 · Citizen Digital →
The International Committee of the Red Cross reports that medical evacuations of wounded South Sudanese increased 50 percent in the first half of 2026, as renewed fighting between government forces and opposition militias since late 2025 has limited healthcare access and increased demand for life-saving care.
8 July 2026 · Citizen Digital →
The Red Cross warned Tuesday that the Ebola outbreak in DR Congo, which has confirmed 808 cases and 192 deaths since May 15, has not yet peaked and could take a year to contain. The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies joined warnings over dangerous gaps in the response.
16 June 2026 · Citizen Digital →
The Ebola outbreak spreading in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo faces obstacles from long-running regional conflicts, including M23 militia control of territory and inter-ethnic violence between Lendu and Hema groups in Ituri province, where the outbreak's epicentre is located in Mongbwalu.
19 May 2026 · The Standard →
In eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a drone attack in Mushaki, a farming area about 40 kilometres from Goma under M23 control, wounded at least 25 civilians including a two-year-old girl last week. The region has been plagued by violence for more than 30 years, with fighting intensifying in early 2025 when Rwanda-backed M23 fighters seized key cities including Goma and Bukavu.
15 May 2026 · The Standard →
In Khartoum, volunteers run a makeshift morgue where they photograph bodies, search for identifying information, post images to social media for 72 hours in hopes families will claim them, and prepare the unclaimed for Muslim burial according to custom.
27 April 2026 · Citizen Digital →