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A Rohingya family with their children at an IRC-supported health center in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh

Why is the monsoon season so dangerous for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh?

The Rohingya refugee population in the Bangladesh camps has tripled since last monsoon season. Between 100,000 and 150,000 refugees are at extreme risk, living in flimsy shelters in areas prone to flooding and landslides.

ArticleMay 2, 2018
An Afghan woman displaced by drought sits holding her baby inside a tent.

What next for Afghanistan? A hunger crisis

We must act quickly to prevent famine in Afghanistan, where 3.1 million children are already at risk of acute malnutrition.

ArticleDecember 3, 2021
Displaced woman sits with a child outside a tent in Mogadishu

Who are the refugees President Trump wants to ban?

President Trump has blocked refugees and citizens from Syria, Somalia, Sudan, Iraq, Iran, Libya and Yemen from entering the United States. Here’s what you need to know about what the refugees are fleeing and why America should not slam the door against them. 

ArticleJanuary 28, 2017
An IRC health worker checks an elderly woman's blood pressure

IRC ramps up emergency response for Nigerians fleeing Boko Haram terror

The International Rescue Committee is significantly scaling up our humanitarian response in northeastern Nigeria, where hunger and famine threaten people who have lived in the grip of Boko Haram terror over the past four years.

ArticleAugust 31, 2016
A child is screened for malnutrition at an IRC clinic in a camp near Mogadishu, Somalia

Ending famine is defining global issue for millennials

An independent public opinion poll commissioned by the IRC finds that surprisingly few Americans know about the hunger crisis - and that some generations are more motivated than others to solve it.

ArticleJuly 12, 2017
teacher Misra Hussein Ahmed wears a COVID-19 face mask while standing outside her temporary classroom made of branches in an Ethiopian displacement camp.

Omicron: Triple threat of COVID, conflict, climate change in Africa

As new COVID-19 variants such as Omicron emerge, it’s more important than ever that world leaders address COVID, conflict and climate change in Africa.

ArticleNovember 30, 2021
A woman collects food and emergency aid from IRC staff in Zimbabwe after Cyclone Idai

How the IRC responds rapidly to a cyclone 

Cyclone Kenneth is the second hurricane-force storm to hit southeast Africa in less than six weeks. As the IRC's team in Tanzania readied to respond if needed, our lifesaving Cyclone Idai response continued in Zimbabwe.

ArticleApril 29, 2019

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