The IFRC’s Africa regional office works in support of 49 National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies in sub-Saharan Africa. Through its country cluster support teams and country offices, it provides coordination, financial, and technical support for disaster operations and longer term development programmes throughout the region.
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Wednesday, April 24, 2019 A two-day high-level gathering on localisation of effective disaster management was recently organised by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, The Gambia Red Cross Society, National Disaster Ma …
By Mirabelle Enaka Kima, IFRC The long-awaited day has finally arrived: The lives of internally displaced persons in communities settled at the Zamai camp, in the Far North region of Cameroon are changing for the better. It was a sunny morning. The smi …
By Mirabelle Kima, IFRC It is in the neighbourhood of Sararé Lougueo—in the Far North capital city of Maroua in Cameroon—that Hadja Bintou, together with her husband and their seven children found refuge. For the 35-year-old woman, what she thought wou …
Stranded on rooftops for three days as floodwaters rose around their hometown of Buzi, Ismail and Manuel watched the worst disaster in their community’s recent history unfold before them. “Most of our home is now destroyed, but my family is safe. We ar …
By Mirabelle Enaka Kima, IFRC Guided by his passion for football, Martin Domwa joined Cameroon Red Cross in 2004 to serve as a first aid volunteer, during football tournaments in his hometown Garoua, in the northern region of Cameroon. Within a short p …
Radio is a powerful tool that helps inform, transform and unite us. In a health emergency, it can also become a lifeline. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo)’s worst Ebola outbreak in history, radio is being used to engage communities ab …
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Director
Country cluster support teams
- Central Africa – Cameroon Papemoussa Tall (Acting)
- Eastern Africa – Kenya Andreas Sandin (Acting)
- Southern Africa – South Africa Lorraine Mangwiro
- The Sahel – Senegal Anne LeClerc
- West Africa – Nigeria Elise Baudot (Acting)
- Indian Ocean – Madagascar Youcef Ait Chellouche
Country representatives
- African Union Office – Richard Hunlede
- Central African Republic – Adinoyi Adeiza (Acting)
- Sierra Leone – Younos Abdul Karim
- Niger – Alberto BOCANEGRA
- Somalia – William BABUMBA
- South Sudan– Dr Michael Charles
- Sudan –Andreas Sandin (Acting)
- Democratic Republic of the Congo– MomodouLamin Fye
Recent press releases
Recent documents
Hunger in East and Central Africa
Millions of people in East and Central Africa are facing a severe food crisis. The Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is responding to bring life-saving support to the most vulnerable and hard-to-reach communities.
Africa’s National Societies
- Angola Red Cross
- Red Cross of Benin
- Botswana Red Cross Society
- Burkinabe Red Cross Society
- Burundi Red Cross
- Cameroon Red Cross Society
- Red Cross of Cape Verde
- Central African Red Cross Society
- Red Cross of Chad
- The Comoros Red Crescent
- Red Cross of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Congolese Red Cross
- Red Cross Society of Côte d'Ivoire
- Red Crescent Society of Djibouti
- Red Cross of Equatorial Guinea
- Red Cross Society of Eritrea
- Ethiopian Red Cross Society
- Gabonese Red Cross Society
- Gambia Red Cross Society
- Ghana Red Cross Society
- Red Cross Society of Guinea
- Red Cross Society of Guinea-Bissau
- Kenya Red Cross Society
- Lesotho Red Cross Society
- Liberian Red Cross Society
- Malagasy Red Cross Society
- Malawi Red Cross Society
- Mali Red Cross
- Mauritanian Red Crescent
- Mauritius Red Cross Society
- Mozambique Red Cross Society
- Namibia Red Cross
- Red Cross Society of Niger
- Nigerian Red Cross Society
- Rwandan Red Cross
- Sao Tome and Principe Red Cross
- Senegalese Red Cross Society
- Seychelles Red Cross Society
- Sierra Leone Red Cross Society
- Somali Red Crescent Society
- South African Red Cross Society
- South Sudan Red Cross
- The Sudanese Red Crescent
- Baphalali Swaziland Red Cross Society
- Tanzania Red Cross National Society
- Togolese Red Cross
- Uganda Red Cross Society
- Zambia Red Cross Society
- Zimbabwe Red Cross Society