IRC in the News

For a few moments in Lee Park on Saturday morning, it seemed as though the skilled hands of the Morro Azul Samba School percussion ensemble had cultivated world peace.

After more than two decades of civil war, Somalia’s capital is enjoying a sense of relative calm. But Mogadishu is still struggling to recover from the fighting. Compounding the challenge are the tens of thousands of people who have fled south-central Somalia to live in squalid camps in the city. 

International Rescue Committee president, George Rupp, is listed as one of the "500 most powerful people on the planet."