Press releases

Manila / Kuala Lumpur, 14 September 2018— Red Cross teams are at the highest level of alert as communities in Northern Luzon in the Philippines brace for Typhoon Mangkhut (known locally as Ompong), expected to make landfall Saturday morning. Typhoon Ma …

Harare/Nairobi/Geneva, 13 Sept 2018 – More than 1,000 Red Cross volunteers are fanning out through the suburbs of Zimbabwe’s capital in a bid to contain a deadly cholera outbreak. The outbreak, which started on 5 September, has killed 25 people in the …

Manila/Geneva, 12 September 2018 – Red Cross teams have been placed at the highest level of alert as communities in Northern Luzon in the Philippines brace for Typhoon Mangkhut (known locally as Ompong). Mangkhut is expected to make landfall on the mor …

Panama/Geneva, 10 September 2018 – The largest movement of people across the Americas in recent years is causing growing humanitarian needs across the region, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) said today. Accor …

Beijing/Kuala Lumpur / Geneva 06 September 2018 – Red Cross volunteers in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) are searching for survivors in the aftermath of severe flooding that has killed 76 people in North and South Hwanghae provinces. …

Panama/Geneva, 31 August 2018 – Help, respect and compassion are needed in response to the massive and continuous movement of people across Venezuela and several other countries in the Americas, the President of the International Federation of Red Cros …

Kinshasa/Nairobi/Geneva, 29 August 2018: The response to the current Ebola outbreak is being further complicated by the triple threat of conflict, community resistance and a rising number of infections and deaths, says the Red Cross. According to the l …

Geneva, 25  August 2018 – The following can be attributed to Francesco Rocca, the President of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies: “For the last ten days more than 150 vulnerable people have been stranded aboard the Di …

Beijing/Kuala Lumpur, 23 August 2018 – Flash floods and landslides pose risks to vulnerable communities in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) as typhoon Soulik brings torrential rain. Mohamed Babiker, Head of the International Federation …

Beijing / Kuala Lumpur / Geneva, 23 August 2018 – Vulnerable communities on the Korean peninsula are braced for the impact of Typhoon Soulik, expected to make landfall in South Korea at midnight on 23 August and move northeastwards to the Democratic Pe …