The IRC in Kenya joined other organisations and the Ministry of Health in Nairobi, Kenya on Friday 1 August to launch World Breastfeeding Week. This week aims to promote the positive health benefits of breastfeeding around the globe

Catalyzing the U.S. Response to COVID-19 in Humanitarian Settings

Supporting refugees is not just a moral obligation; it is a vital part of maintaining global stability in a world where more and more people are on the move. While President Trump’s Administration has chosen to turn its back on refugees, the rest of the world cannot.

400 years ago a group of writers collaborated on a historical play called Sir Thomas More. The script included one of the earliest and most impassioned defences of a compassionate refugee policy, an extract known as The Strangers’ Case, widely believed to be written by William Shakespeare.

Hila isn’t sure of her exact age—around 70, she guesses. The Syrian mother of 10 children fled Deir ez-Zor after the area was besieged by ISIS and her home was destroyed.

Fighting in Tripoli, the capital city of Libya, has been escalating since the weekend. Here are five facts about the situation on the ground.

In a world where leadership on humanitarian policy is deseprately needed, the UK government has an opportunity to show it.

Militant terror organisation Boko Haram has been committing acts of violence in the far north of Cameroon since 2014. This region was the poorest part of Cameroon even before the outbreak of the conflict. It is even harder now for people to get food and millions are in need of life-saving support.