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…
Maintaining a healthy marketplace 16/01/2017, Articles This article was first published in the December, 2016, issue of the Red Cross Red Crescent magazine. Saadiya Ahmed* raises a small axe ...
Somaliland: A prison program gives Abdi a second chance 30/12/2016, Articles Abdi Hussein was once a prisoner in Somalia with no marketable skills. Today he is covered in sawdust at Mandheeq workshop. And he ...
Nowhere to run but home 22/12/2016, Articles What happens when a family flees one war zone only to end up in another war zone? By the time her family decided ...
Somalia: Raising awareness to save lives 03/12/2016, Articles In Somalia, hundreds of cholera deaths have been reported this year. These cases can be attributed at least in part to the lack ...
Somalia: Cash to rebuild lives for flood victims 25/11/2016, Articles Asha Ali* lives next to the Shabelle river in Beletweyne, a location that can be both a blessing and a curse. Easy access ...
Somalia: Bags of water feed a family after pump is restored 13/10/2016, Articles Bakdhaad Abdi, (not her real name) a Somali mother, fills her blue jerrycan with water at a water point recently rehabilitated by the ...