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Ten-year-old Aisha, carrying her school bag in a camp for displaced families like hers in Yemen.
Watchlist 2022

Crisis in Yemen: Protracted conflict pushes Yemenis deeper into need

January 21, 2022
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Emergency response

Crisis Watch: Breaking news from the IRC

January 21, 2022
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Two children sit on the ground in a tent. Framed in the entrance to the tent is a woman holding a toddler. There are other tents in the background.
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Four ways President Biden has supported refugees, and six actions he needs to take

January 19, 2022
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A close up of a mother holding her baby son
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Voices from the crises the world can’t ignore in 2022

January 14, 2022
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A baby bundled up in winter clothing lies on an examination table while an adult measures his arm using a special device used to diagnose malnutrition.
Afghanistan crisis
How to prevent starvation in Afghanistan this winter
January 11, 2022
Three Afghan children sit inside a makeshift tent
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Afghanistan crisis: Latest updates, ways to help
January 11, 2022
In a camp in Afghanistan, a young girl runs while holding a stick. There are other people and makeshift homes in the background.
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Pearl Jam, the IRC and aid groups tell global leaders: #AfghansCantWait
January 11, 2022
An eleven-year-old girl looks at the camera while sitting outside in a camp for internally displaced people in Yemen. Laundry hangs to dry behind her.
Watchlist 2022
The top 10 crises the world can't ignore in 2022
January 7, 2022
A smiling elderly Afghan woman sits on the ground with her hands folded at her knees with a large sack grain beside her.
Watchlist 2022
Crisis in Afghanistan: Unprecedented hunger after the conflict
January 7, 2022
Two young girls sit on the edge of a bed and smile looking at the camera.
South Sudan
Photo story: Working for gender equality in South Sudan
January 6, 2022
Halima Hashi, a 37-year-old woman from Somalia, stands inside a dim shelter in the refugee camp where she now lives in Ethiopia.
Watchlist 2022
Crisis in Ethiopia: Climate change meets conflict
January 5, 2022
A mother sits holds her baby at an IRC health clinic in Somalia
Watchlist 2022
Crisis in Somalia: Aid workers hampered as needs rise
January 4, 2022
A young boy plays a buzuq in a tent.
Crisis in Syria
After fleeing his home, a Syrian boy finds joy in music and art
December 30, 2021
A female Afghan aid worker wearing a surgincal mask stands with a cityscape and distant montains behind her.
Crisis in Afghanistan 2021
Afghans faced a year of crisis with resilience and generosity
December 29, 2021

Press releases

IRC calls for immediate ceasefire after 70 civilians killed by airstrike in Yemen
January 21, 2022
Civilian deaths and injuries in Yemen in startling escalation as global leaders turn attention to other crises
January 20, 2022
Riesgos para Haití, Honduras y Venezuela en 2022 podrían impactar regionalmente si no se resuelven: reporte de IRC
January 19, 2022
Haiti, Honduras and Venezuela to face humanitarian risks with regional impact in 2022 if unaddressed: IRC warns
January 19, 2022
Thousands of displaced Syrians enduring three cold waves in one week in northwest Syria
January 19, 2022
New sanctions risk plunging the people of Mali further into humanitarian crisis, warn 13 NGOs
January 19, 2022

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