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.
Latest news from Africa
The search and rescue operations may soon come to an end following the collapse of an eight storey residential building in Kware, Embakasi estate in Nairobi on Monday night killing two people. Before the collapse, residents noted cracks on some floors, leading to the quick evacuation of majority of the residents.
165 migrants have returned home from Libya in an operation coordinated by the International Organization for Migration and supported by the IFRC.
The Red Cross of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues to support enhanced community surveillance and engagement as the country enters its 42 day period of intensive surveillance for additional Ebola cases.
More needs to be done to engage communities facing infectious disease outbreaks in famine threatened countries in Africa as well as the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) where Ebola has recently resurfaced.
Rural communities across Kenya are facing growing levels of food insecurity. The current crisis has already affected more than 3 million people in Kenya.
Kenya Red Cross Society was commended for its public relations and communications work in Kenya at the annual SABRE Awards, held in Morocco from 10 to 12 May 2017.
Africa videos
- Director
- Dr Fatoumata Nafo-Traoré
Country cluster support teams
- Central Africa – Cameroon Andrei Engstrand-Neacsu
- Eastern Africa – Kenya Getachew Ta’a
- Southern Africa Lorraine Mangwiro
- The Sahel – Senegal Anne LeClerc
- West Africa – Nigeria Momodou Lamin Fye
Country representatives
- Central African Republic – Richard Hunlede
- Guinea – Daniel Sayi
- Liberia – Younos Abdul Karim
- Sierra Leone – Paul Jenkins
- Somalia – William Babumba
- South Sudan – Dr Michael Charles
- Sudan – Stefano Cordella
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 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