World Red Cross Red Crescent Day: Keeping Humanity Alive Today marks World Red Cross Red Crescent Day, an occasion to honor the efforts of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement in alleviating human suffering and promoting humanitarian values…
Ramadan food deliveries for detainees “… part of our efforts to ensure detainees receive humane and dignified treatment,” Pascal Cuttat, the head of the ICRC in Somalia.
Facts and Figures 2023 1,102 Red Cross Messages were exchanged, 161,537 free phone calls were offered to separated families
Dozens rescued from flood waters “The impact of such extreme weather events on communities … is heartbreaking.” Pascal Cuttat, head of the ICRC delegation in Somalia.
Empowering Youth Through Trainings “The carpentry course has given me the creativity and knowledge to design tables, chairs, and cabinets”…
Fighting in Las Anod continues to drive displacement Three months into the conflict in Las Anod, more families continue to flee the fighting in the territory of Sool…
Goat meat and dates! Detainees in Somalia receive food for Ramadan Close to 4,000 detainees in Somalia will be enjoying goat meat and dates for iftar as they observe the fast this Ramadan…
Las Anod violence sends families fleeing for safety in the scorching heat Since violence erupted in Las Anod, Sool region, at the beginning of February, at least 150 people have been killed and hundreds more wounded…
Somalia: A camp full of business ideas 08/03/2018, Articles For more than 4,000 people in the Somali capital Mogadishu, 2018 brought another challenge to an environment already marred by conflict and drought: ...
Facts and Figures 2017 27/02/2018, Facts and Figures The ICRC has a longstanding history in Somalia spanning over 35 years of conflict response and humanitarian relief. This has included visits to ...
ICRC Holds First-Ever Training in Somalia on Management of Human Remains 24/02/2018, Articles This week, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) held the first-ever training in Somalia on the management of human remains in ...
False allegations: ICRC condemns 2011 video showing cash in trunks 20/01/2018, Articles A video recorded in 2011 showing the illegitimate use of the ICRC emblem on storage trunks holding cash has popped up on social ...
Somalia: Fight against acute watery diarrhea takes to the airwaves 18/01/2018, Articles Voice actors gather in a radio studio in Mogadishu to create a public service announcement to help fight outbreaks of diarrhea and cholera. ...
Somalia: Livestock treatment sets herders on recovery path 21/11/2017, Articles The effects of a prolonged drought has robbed pastoralists in Somalia of their most prized possession – livestock. The dry conditions have caused ...
Somalia: Urgent medical supplies reach hospitals for blast victims 16/10/2017, Articles Mogadishu/Nairobi (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Somali Red Crescent Society (SRCS) have been responding to urgent ...