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…
Bisha Cas free ambulance service now available in Galkacyo 31/03/2022, Articles For residents in Galkacyo and its surroundings , access to healthcare services just got a lot easier. Call 383 and the Somali Red ...
Alarming situation as hundreds of thousands of Somalis suffer from the most severe drought in the last decade 16/03/2022, Articles Somalia is the most severely affected of the countries facing the ongoing drought in the Horn of Africa. The situation is alarming, and ...
Facts and Figures 2021 15/02/2022, Facts and Figures Over the year 2021, the ICRC in Somalia carried out the following programs:
After 20 years of visits, ICRC calls for transfers of eligible Guantanamo detainees 20/01/2022, Articles Washington, DC (ICRC) – The ICRC is gravely concerned that the remaining people held at Guantanamo Bay have been behind bars for so many years ...
Somalia: As fighting in Bossaso escalates, ICRC calls for restraint 23/12/2021, Articles Bossaso (ICRC/SRCS) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Somali Red Crescent Society are calling on all sides taking ...
Somalia: Guriel clashes leave scores dead and wounded and severely hampers access to healthcare 26/10/2021, Articles Dozens of people have been killed and wounded over recent clashes in Guriel town in Somalia’s Galgaduug region, a hospital was severely affected ...
Somalia: IHL Essay Competition Award in Mogadishu 14/10/2021, Articles The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) invited universities in Somalia to take part in a Regional International Humanitarian Law (IHL) essay ...