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First International Conference of Geneva: today we celebrate a very important date for the world of the Red Cross and humanitarianism in general: 26 October 1863 marks the start of the First International Conference in Geneva

Greta Thunberg, the young activist, and Francesco Rocca, President of the International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC) and the Italian Red Cross, together in a video and appeal

Water and medical care for the population of Haiti: more than a month after the devastating earthquake (7.2 magnitude) struck Haiti on 14 August, the country's emergency is far from over

The Italian Red Cross project for free swabs closes today, Thursday 30 September, as scheduled

Afghanistan, the president of the Red Cross explained that in the coming days a representative of the organisation will go to Kabul to meet the new government authorities

Civil Defence of the Red Cross: about 2,000 people fleeing Afghanistan will be transferred in these days to the COE - Centro Operativo Emergenze (Emergency Operations Centre) of the Italian Red Cross in Avezzano. The operation is under the…

Afghanistan crisis: the ICRC is relieved to see Kabul avoid what could have been devastating urban warfare, but we remain mindful of the thousands of civilians wounded and displaced in recent fighting in other urban centres

Tragedy on Capri, Emanuele Melillo was a Red Cross volunteer, the driver who died in the accident on Capri

9 July marks a decade of existence for South Sudan, the world’s youngest country – and it is a decade that has battered communities and families across the country with conflict and armed violence

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is increasingly worried by the rapidly deteriorating humanitarian situation in Cabo Delgado province of Mozambique