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Why the Red Cross’ crisis is causing aid groups to rethink their financing

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) last month announced it would lay off nearly 10 percent of its global staff and roll back dozens of its operations across the world. Although the ICRC’s crisis can partly be blamed on the war in Ukraine and resulting inflation, it also…

France 24

Zelenskiy steps up criticism of International Red Cross over inaction at Kakhovka dam

Ukrainian president’s remarks echo previous comments about international bodies’ failure to intervene more decisively

The Guardian - UK

Sudanese orphans caught in the conflict’s crosshairs evacuated

Al-Mayqoma orphanage’s evacuation in Khartoum took time because it required security guarantees from warring parties.

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War-torn MENA nations missing out on much-needed climate funds

Iraq, Syria and Yemen in need of greater help to deal with intensifying climate change effects, aid groups warn.

Al Jazeera

Aid agencies in Sudan plead with factions to allow supplies to reach needy

Six trucks of humanitarian supplies looted while airstrikes in Khartoum undermine ceasefire

The Guardian - UK

Int’l condolences after Palestinian prisoner Khader Adnan’s death

The ICRC called on Israel to release Palestinian hunger striker Adnan’s body to allow his family to mourn.

Al Jazeera

Medics in Sudan warn of crisis as health system near collapse

Critical shortages of basic goods including water, and bodies piling in streets creating ‘environmental catastrophe’

The Guardian - UK

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Sudan sides trade blame as ceasefire extended

A ceasefire has been extended in Sudan, though both sides of the growing hostilities are accusing the other of breaking the agreement already.

The New Daily

Fighting escalates in Sudan despite extended ceasefire as thousands more flee

Sudanese army and RSF continue fighting into third week

The Independent UK

UN aid agencies begin helping Sudanese arrivals in Egypt

UNHCR says it is working closely with the government days after reports surfaced there was a complete lack of response.

Al Jazeera

Thousands flee fighting in Sudan as humanitarian aid arrives

A plane laden with humanitarian aid on Sunday landed in Sudan, where deadly clashes between the forces of rival generals have raged for just over two weeks.

Radio France Internationale

Emergency aid supplies reach Sudan, as fighting sputters on

An aircraft carrying eight tons of emergency medical supplies has landed in Sudan to help hospitals devastated by more than two weeks of fighting between forces loyal to rival generals

The Independent UK

Sudan rival forces extend truce while armed clashes continue

Sudan's army and its rival paramilitary said Sunday they will extend a humanitarian cease-fire a further 72 hours. The decision follows international pressure to allow the safe passage of civilians and aid but the shaky truce has not so far stopped the clashes.

France 24

ICRC: Guantanamo Inmates Showing Signs of 'Accelerated Aging'

Inmates who have been held for years in the Guantanamo Bay US detention facility in Cuba are showing signs of "accelerated aging", a senior official of the International Committee of the Red Cross said on Friday. "We're calling on the US administration and Congress to work together to find adequate…

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Al Jazeera

Guantanamo Bay prisoners show signs of ‘accelerated ageing’: ICRC

The Guantanamo prison camp has come to symbolise the brutality of the US’s so-called ‘war on terror’.

The Independent UK

Trapped Britons say Foreign Office won’t help them escape Sudan warzone

Foreign nationals, including Brits, have been left to fend for themselves in Khartoum as governments, aid agencies say it is too dangerous to run evacuations

Al Jazeera

The soft-power campaign of Sudan’s RSF leader ‘Hemedti’

Leader of the Rapid Support Forces has used global public relations firms to convince observers he is a force for good.

Al Jazeera

Will Sudan’s violence cause a wave of refugees?

Humanitarian organisations say they’re ready to respond to looming refugee crisis – but conflict has halted operations.

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Saudi unilaterally releases detainees to Yemen amid peace push

Saudi Arabia on Monday released 104 detainees to Yemen, the International Committee of the Red Cross and a Saudi-led coalition said, in a unilateral move that follows simultaneous detainee exchanges between Yemen's warring parties.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Yemen Completes Prisoner Exchange

The Yemeni government and Iran-backed Houthi militias freed scores of prisoners Sunday on the last of a three day exchange of nearly 900 detainees. Planes carrying detainees took off at the same time from the government-controlled northern city of Marib and the Houthi-held capital of Sanaa, the International Committee of…

Al Jazeera

Hundreds of Houthi prisoners, 16 Saudis freed on day two of swap

Houthi rebels free 16 Saudis as Riyadh also releases hundreds of Yemeni prisoners on second day of detainee exchange.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Yemen-bound Plane Carrying Houthi Prisoners Leaves Saudi Arabia

A flight carrying Houthi prisoners left Saudi Arabia on Saturday bound for Yemen's capital Sanaa, after which another flight will arrive to the Kingdom carrying Saudi prisoners, on the second day of the prisoner exchange operation. The flight from the southern Saudi city of Abha took off before 9 am…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Four Flights Carried 318 Yemenis on First Day of Prisoner Swap Deal

The Yemeni government and Houthi group completed the first phase of a prisoner swap deal on Friday. The deal was agreed upon last month in Switzerland and resulted in the release of 318 prisoners from both sides. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) facilitated the exchange, which took…

The Guardian - UK

Red Cross announces exchange of nearly 900 prisoners in Yemen war

International Committee of the Red Cross organises swap between Saudi-led coalition and Houthi rebels as ceasefire talks continue

Al Jazeera

Hundreds released in Yemen prisoner swap after Houthi-Saudi talks

More than 800 detainees to be released according to an agreement reached between warring parties in Yemen.

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