Tag: ICRC

First humanitarian aid plane lands in Sudan

May 1, 2023

A first plane loaded with "eight tons" of aid including "surgical equipment" landed on Sunday in Sudan where it should allow "to treat 1,500 patients" ... Read More

Red Cross announces release of employees kidnapped in Mali

March 21, 2023

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said Monday two of its staff kidnapped in Mali, early March, have been freed, without providing more ... Read More

First aid finally reaches Ethiopia’s Tigray region since cease-fire

November 16, 2022

A convoy carrying medical supplies arrived Tuesday (15 November) in the capital of Ethiopia's Tigray region, the first shipment of international aid to reach the ... Read More

Sahel Security Summit in Niger

February 21, 2014

Niamey, the capital and largest city of the West African country Niger, hosted the Sahel Security Summit which was attended by foreign ministers from the ... Read More

Red Cross Workers in Mali Abducted by Al Qaeda-Linked Islamists

February 14, 2014

A Red Cross team working in northern Mali has been kidnapped by an al Qaeda-linked Islamist group known as the Movement for Oneness and Jihad ... Read More