The International Rescue Committee express its deep sorrow at the tragic loss that the International Assistance Mission has suffered as a result of the cowardly murder of its Nuristan Eye Camp team.
The attack on the team was an attack on the entire humanitarian community and indeed on the men,... More >
Saturday 25 April is World Health Day. In the story below Julia Peppiatt discusses the challenges facing IRC staff fighting HIV/AIDS in northern Uganda.
The good news is that the number of people in low and middle-income countries receiving anti-retroviral therapy (ART) for... More >
Twenty-four humanitarian aid organisations, including the International Rescue Committee, have expressed concern about the upsurge in fighting in South/Central Somalia. Today they issued the following statement:
As humanitarian agencies working in Somalia for many years, we are deeply concerned... More >
The UK Government must do more to meet the ongoing acute needs of the most vulnerable people, uphold human rights and support recovery in Iraq, say a group of eight humanitarian and development organisations ahead of the appearance by International Development Secretary Douglas Alexander before the... More >
The IRC's Peter Biro tells CNN about the people and conditions he encountered on his most recent trip to the Democratic Republic of Congo on Inside Africa. Biro takes viewers beyond the camera lens, sharing the personal stories of the men, women and children he has captured on film whose lives have... More >
