This story belongs to Chantal Rutonda Nyamuco, one of more than 500,000 displaced Congolese who have fled the violence that has swept over their country. Chantal, now 29 years old, still does not know what became of her family.

Throughout the Syrian conflict, children’s education has been disrupted by displacement and insecurity. Now, an IRC survey of about 3,000 school children at five schools in northern Syria indicates that Syrian children’s maths and literacy skills are falling far behind pre-war levels.

Ethiopia features on the International Rescue Committee's annual Emergency Watchlist for the third year in a row but rises into the top five for the first time due to escalating conflict. Here's what you need to know about the humanitarian emergency in Ethiopia.

Here are five reasons the International Rescue Committee’s Emergency Watchlist ranks Yemen as the third country most at risk of humanitarian catastrophe in 2021.

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) works in more than 40 countries to help people affected by humanitarian crises to survive, recover and rebuild their lives. In doing this work, the IRC endeavours to ensure that everyone coming into contact with our organisation is safe.

Syria has all but collapsed as the country’s civil war enters its seventh year.  On March 13, the International Rescue Committee released a new survey—the first of its kind—on Syrian children and learning.