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Principled humanitarian action is key to ensure that aid is delivered where it matters the most. Patrick Youssef will discuss the ICRC experience in #DRCongo at #EHF2025. Stay tuned 👇

One of the most dramatic situations I have seen. Women and children spent many days on the road trying to get to safety, now staying in the open under the scorching sun in above 40C temperatures on the border between #Chad & #Sudan. icrcnewsroom.org/story/en/1033/…

Sollicité comme intermédiaire neutre, le CICR clôture ce jeudi le transport de 1'359 personnes désarmées des FARDC, PNC et leurs familles. Accompagnées de la base de la MONUSCO à #Goma jusqu’à Kinshasa, elles sont arrivées saines et sauves. A lire👉 urlz.fr/uwZ4

📍 DR Congo | With our support, 1,359 disarmed members of government forces and their families have arrived safe and well in Kinshasa. Read more in our news release: ms.spr.ly/6014Sweig

RD Congo : 1,359 unarmed individuals from government forces and their families arrived safely in #Kinshasa with the support of the ICRC acting as a neutral intermediary icrcnewsroom.org/story/en/1034/…

المدير الإقليمي لأفريقيا Patrick Youssef لـ التلفزيون العربي: نجاح نقل 1359 من عناصر القوات الحكومية منزوعي السلاح مع عائلاتهم من غوما إلى كينشاسا يكرّس دور اللجنة الدولية كوسيط إنساني محايد. 🔗m.youtube.com/watch?v=zXUZq0…

New Practice Alert! Honour in conflict matters. Among the Pulaar, deceit in battle was condemned as dishonourable. IHL echoes this: perfidy—betraying trust under the guise of protection—is strictly prohibited. Learn more: bit.ly/4jZ4qUE #AfricanValuesInWar

“As a neutral actor, we speak to all sides to ensure respect for #IHL, protect vital services, and safely deliver aid - like in DRC, where we also supported the transport of 1,395 disarmed members of the armed forces and their families.” Patrick Youssef at #EHF2025

Visite fructueuse à #Alger pour approfondir la coopération sur nos priorités humanitaires avec le Ministère des Affaires Étrangères, le ministère de la justice et le croissant rouge algérien.

The situation in a number of States in #SouthSudan is extremely worrying. High levels of violence are displacing tens of thousands of civilians. South Sudan Red Cross & ICRC South Sudan are helping in any way possible, here with essential household items in Central Equatoria.

Just signed: Operational Framework Agreement with the Islamic Development Bank to scale up impact for conflict-affected communities. At the annual meeting of the IsDB Group in Algiers, we also launched the 2025 Resilience Report addressing conflict and climate risks.

Before/after images of rainwater catchments built by ICRC last November in Waamo & Maandeeq in Afmadow. Now full of water. Built using lining to reduce infiltration and improve quality of water. Benefitting 4'000 families and their animals. Sustainable humanitarian action!

En cette journée mondiale de l'#Afrique, avec Patrick Youssef, nous sommes fiers d'annoncer que nous venons de lancer la version 2.0 de l'outil sur les traditions africaines, sur la préservation de l'humanité en temps de guerre. 👇🏿

On Africa Day, Deputy Minister of DIRCO South Africa Alvin Botes commemorates the day by endorsing the Tool on African Traditions & Preservation of Humanity in Warfare. Launched on Tuesday, 2.0 version contains additional practices emphasizing African values to mitigate war effects.

On #AfricaDay2025, we celebrate the launch of the updated Tool on African Traditions & the Preservation of Humanity in Warfare. ICRC regional director for Africa, Patrick Youssef, shares on the significance of this tool. Learn more ➡️ ms.spr.ly/6019SgDcP

In less than three months, ICRC medical teams have performed over 1,000 surgeries on weapon-wounded patients in Akobo County and Juba Military Hospital. More in our latest update ➡️ bit.ly/3Z2xK4l

Fleeing conflict in #Sudan, refugees arriving in eastern Chad are deeply traumatized, many with nothing more than the clothes on their backs. We are on the ground with the Red Cross Society of Chad, responding with essential aid and helping families find each other again. 👇🏾

Between March and 20 May 2025, ICRC medical teams in #SouthSudan performed 1,141 surgeries on weapon-wounded patients, one patient as young as 5 years old. Fredy Aruni, an ICRC operating theatre nurse, shares more. 👇🏾 Latest update ➡️ bit.ly/3Z2xK4l

Productive exchange today in Nairobi with UNON DG Zainab on the evolving conflict and humanitarian landscape in Africa. Strengthening our connections and cooperation is key to meeting the needs of communities caught in crises.

Very pleased to have visited again, this week, Madina Hospital of #Mogadishu, the main trauma centre of the capital, supported by ICRC for the past 25 years. Saw the newly ICRC-built pharmacy, laboratory and solar panels, which should reduce the costly electricity bill by 70%!