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Latest press releases and statements in Africa

DRC/Burundi/Uganda/Rwanda: Families search for their loved ones as cross-border displacement surges

News release

19-03-2025

Women in the forground Great Lakes

Joint statement of the ICRC, the International Federation and the Red Cross Society of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: One too many humanitarian crises in North and South Kivu

News release

18-02-2025

Le CICR et ses partenaires de la Croix-Rouge déchargent des fournitures d'un véhicule

DRC: The ICRC condemns attacks that left many civilians in North Kivu wounded or dead

News release

28-01-2025

DRC North Kivu woman and children

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Latest from the field in Africa

Ethiopia: Raising awareness about weapon contamination among schoolchildren in Oromia

Article

04-04-2025

ICRC reached some of the Elementary Schools in the hard-hit communities of Kellem Wellega to disseminate on the risks of unexploded ordnances and explosive remnants of the conflict.

Sudan: Delivering life-saving care to support a health system in crisis

Article

01-04-2025

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FACT SHEET: Addressing Sexual Violence in South Sudan

Article

26-03-2025

Young girls are more vulnerable whenever they go into the bush to collect firewood.

Sudan:Facts and Figures 2024

Article

25-03-2025

Distribution multipurpose cash assistance for newly arrived displaced families in River Nile State

Finding hope amid loss: Families of missing persons rebuild lives in northeast Nigeria

Article

21-03-2025

Weekly mental health and psycho social counselling sessions, helped Achomai recover.

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Latest reports and publications in Africa

The ICRC response to the El Nino flooding in Somalia - Report

Kenya, Djibouti, Tanzania: Newsletter 2023

Sudan: 2023 Facts and Figures

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