Overcrowded, makeshift prisons and camps and fears of Covid-19 have led to two riots by hardened fighters.
Tag: International Committee of the Red Cross
Jacinda Ardern Questions Red Cross’s Decision to Name Nurse Held by ISIS
New Zealand’s view about releasing details of the captivity of Louisa Akavi is that it “increased the risks to her life.”
ISIS Kidnapped Her 5 Years Ago. The Red Cross Thinks She May Still Be Alive.
The abduction of Louisa Akavi, a nurse from New Zealand, was kept secret for years. Now the aid group is breaking its silence in hopes of saving her.
Global Health: Cholera Is Spreading in Mozambique, and It’s Far From the Only Health Threat
About two million people are displaced, cholera has broken out, and malaria is expected. But doses of cholera vaccine have arrived, and the humanitarian crisis may yet be contained, aid agencies say.
Humanitarian Aid Stalls, Testing Venezuela’s Opposition
It had hoped to force a confrontation by transporting food and medical donations to Venezuela. The government reacted not with force, but with a crude, yet effective blockade.
At War: The Relics of War Left Behind in an Afghan Clinic
In this week’s newsletter: A look at Ross McDonnell’s photographs of homemade prosthetics, on display in I.C.R.C.’s orthopedic clinic in eastern Afghanistan.
Quiet ‘Hero’ Marks 30 Years Restoring Limbs, and Dignity, in War
An Italian physiotherapist, Alberto Cairo, has spent three decades in Afghanistan leading centers that have treated tens of thousands of disabled people.