South Sudan – background to the crisis
The humanitarian crisis in South Sudan has rapidly deteriorated since the conflict erupted in December. The UN has classified South Sudan as a level three emergency – the highest level possible. But...
View ArticleSouth Sudan Crisis Appeal: “Everyone was killed…now I have nothing”
Hundreds of thousands of people are living in the open air on arid land scattered across South Sudan as a result of the ongoing conflict. Donate to our South Sudan Crisis Appeal In Minkamen, an area...
View ArticleSouth Sudan Crisis Appeal: life as an aid worker
The hope and joy that greeted South Sudan’s independence in 2011 seems like a long time ago. The world’s newest nation is in the midst of a conflict and a vast humanitarian crisis. Millions of people...
View ArticleWorking amid conflict in Central African Republic – the life of a Red Cross...
“Every field trip we go on at the moment is incredibly tough. We’re seeing a lot of suffering and quite significant humanitarian needs.” British Red Cross delegate Nick Hamilton has just returned to...
View ArticleVideo: Red Cross uses airdrops to get aid to people in South Sudan
For the first time in nearly 20 years, the Red Cross has resorted to large scale airdrops to distribute vital aid to the people of South Sudan. The drastic step is an indication of the magnitude of the...
View ArticleTreating the sick and wounded in South Sudan
Dr Frank Ryding never complains anymore. In a career that has spanned the best part of 35 years, he has travelled the world following conflicts and natural disasters with the Red Cross. He is...
View ArticleSouth Sudan food airdrops – in pictures
The humanitarian situation in South Sudan is catastrophic – and it’s getting worse. Conflict has forced hundreds of thousands of people from their homes. The rainy season has just started, transforming...
View ArticleThe Red Cross in Iraq: Decades of help for people caught up in conflict
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is bringing vital help to people affected by the growing violence in Iraq. You can support this work by giving to our Iraq Crisis Appeal. But why is...
View ArticleThree years after independence, crisis casts a shadow over South Sudan...
South Sudan is three years old tomorrow. Click on this interactive image to find out more about the crisis and read a piece from British Red Cross press officer Henry Makiwa, who has spent the last...
View ArticleThe search to reunite families separated by conflict in South Sudan
You’re at home when you hear the cackle of gunfire followed by shouts and screams. You run out of your house, grabbing what few possessions you can. Along with your siblings and your father, you flee...
View ArticleVideo: South Sudan stands on the brink of catastrophe
Ordinarily, Achoul Biramwould has her hair plaited or covered in a colourful head scarf befitting ‘a woman of standing’. Not today and not for the foreseeable future. For three months now, Achoul has...
View ArticleSouth Sudan crisis: what childhood is this?
South Sudan is mired in conflict. The daily realities of life in the world’s newest nation are hard to comprehend. In this blog, Seema Biswas, a field surgeon with the International Committee of the...
View ArticleArt from the past: a Christmas picture made with toothpaste
Every month, we dust off a piece of art from the British Red Cross collection to give it the attention it deserves. This snowy picture is like many others you see around Christmas. Except it was made...
View ArticleSouth Sudan crisis – staring into the abyss
South Sudan continues to slip under the radar. The crisis in the world’s newest nation doesn’t generate the headlines that emanate from Syria, Iraq or the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, yet there are...
View ArticleVideo: feeding the hungry from the sky in South Sudan
Mary Nyakola Thoat looks to the sky for food. She is among hundreds of thousands South Sudanese forced from their home by conflict. While Mary is now in a safer location, the mother-of-six faces...
View ArticleWar surgery in South Sudan: “Everything here is a big challenge”
It’s 40 degrees Celsius inside the makeshift operating theatre. In the middle of the room lies a dying patient. Around him stand surgeon Nikolai Dmitriev, an anaesthetist and two nurses. Their job is...
View Article13 things you didn’t know about the world’s newest nation
In South Sudan, where conflict is having a devastating effect, you can still find natural wonders, wrestling fanatics and a rich culture. Take a journey round this vast new country… 1. South Sudan is...
View ArticleLife on the run in South Sudan
Fleeing violence isn’t new for the South Sudanese. It’s the sad reality of life in a country that has been plagued by decades of conflict. The Red Cross’ Daniel Littlejohn-Carrillo shares his...
View ArticleVideo: “What I saw was heartbreaking”
After three months of fighting, people in Yemen face catastrophic shortages of food, electricity and fuel. Millions are at risk. Senior aid worker Antoine Grand describes the shocking destruction he...
View ArticleIn pictures: “catastrophic” Yemen crisis
People are facing immense hardship in Yemen as conflict takes its toll. On World Humanitarian Day – a day to remember people affected by humanitarian crises, as well as those who have lost their lives...
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