IRC in the News
Many Somalis are being forced to flee conflict again, years after having sought refuge in Syria from civil war back home.
Emergency water supplies are being rushed to southeastern Chad where about 50-thousand people have fled fighting in Sudan’s Darfur region. Several Arab tribes have been battling for control of mining operations there.
Mireille Kibibi's march to the graduation stage at Berry College was tough -- laden with the burdens of war.
Members of the Nepali-speaking, Bhutanese community celebrated Hemlata Pokhrel's marriage to Sashi Dhakal in the Hindu faith and tradition. The couple met while attending school in the refugee camps in Nepal.
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.
The International Rescue Committee, the brainchild of Albert Einstein, helps refugees rebuild their lives in America -- and learn a whole new world of food.
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.
The UN high commissioner for refugees has warned that the world is standing on the precipice of a global humanitarian crisis, one that the international community is unprepared and ill-equipped to face.





