International Committee of the Red Cross
Tuesday, June 24, 2014 - 08:18
Lucia Benuzzi, tracing delegate with the ICRC in Juba, describes the challenges created by the conflict in South Sudan, and how the ICRC and the South Sudan Red Cross try to cope with them while working to reunite families separated by the conflict.
Tuesday, October 22, 2013 - 08:47
Violence in the western town of Yaloké has forced people to take refuge in the bush, following similar events in Bouca and Bossangoa. The ICRC and the Central African Red Cross Society are distributing food and burying the dead.
Thursday, April 25, 2013 - 00:00
In 2012 the ICRC observed a deterioration in civilians' living conditions because of intensifying hostilities in the departments of Cauca, Norte de Santander, Caqueta, Arauca, Putumayo and Narino
Friday, February 15, 2013 - 00:00
"I was concerned to see that, away from wealthy cities, there is another Colombia where people are cut off from such basic necessities as clean water, health care and education," said Mr Maurer
Friday, April 15, 2011 - 00:00
Thousands of people in rural and urban areas of Colombia in 2010 faced displacement, threats, murder, uncertainty about the fate of missing relatives and lack of access to basic services
Thursday, February 17, 2011 - 00:00
They were both handed over to the former Colombian senator Piedad Cordoba, ICRC delegates and a member of Colombians for Peace. They were then taken by a helicopter bearing the ICRC emblem and provided by the Brazilian government.
Friday, January 28, 2011 - 00:00
The ICRC is acting as a neutral intermediary. We are helping to establish the security conditions necessary for the humanitarian operation and to coordinate the logistic aspects.
Monday, April 26, 2010 - 00:00
With the shift of the armed conflict away from densely populated areas towards more remote regions, the plight of tens of thousands of people who still bear the brunt of the fighting has become almost invisible.
Friday, April 23, 2010 - 00:00
Thousands of Colombians are suffering as a consequence of the armed conflict - often in silence. By recognizing them as victims, the ICRC is able to improve the assistance and protection activities it carries out on their behalf.
Friday, April 4, 2008 - 00:00
The ICRC's head of operations for Latin America, Maria Dos Anjos Gussing, talks about a possible role for the ICRC in such an action should all parties agree