IFRC Weekly News

In this episode, we turn our focus to Mozambique, where weeks of heavy rainfall have triggered widespread flooding, displacing families, destroying homes and livelihoods, and cutting off entire communities as rivers and dams reach critical levels. The IFRC and the Mozambique Red Cross are working alongside authorities and partners to support early warnings, evacuations, emergency relief, and prepa...

In this episode, we focus on Ukraine, as the armed conflict continues and winter deepens the humanitarian crisis. Amid ongoing strikes on cities including Kyiv, attacks on energy infrastructure have disrupted heating and electricity supplies, leaving families struggling to stay warm in sub-zero temperatures.

In this episode, we focus on Sri Lanka, one month after Cyclone Ditwa struck the island nation, triggering the worst flooding the country has seen in a decade. Torrential rains, landslides, and widespread flooding affected all 25 districts, leaving tens of thousands of people displaced and many families struggling to rebuild their lives.

In this episode, we’re taking a step back to look at a year of enormous change and challenge for the humanitarian sector. Needs continued to rise in almost every region, while funding became more stretched, making it harder than ever to reach communities in crisis. Throughout all of this, IFRC teams and Red Cross and Red Crescent staff and volunteers have been responding to conflicts, disasters an...

In this episode, we’re turning the spotlight onto some of the humanitarian crises that rarely make the news - emergencies where needs are rising, funding is shrinking, and attention is scarce. These are the crises that are not on the global radar, even as millions of people continue to face catastrophic consequences.

In this episode, we turn our attention to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (or DRC), where earlier this month the Ministry of Health officially declared the country’s 16th Ebola outbreak over. The IFRC and the DRC Red Cross played a critical role in the response — deploying volunteers to help contain the epidemic. But while this outbreak has ended, the risk of resurgence remains. The IFRC is n...

In this episode, we look at the humanitarian situation in the central Mediterranean following the IFRC’s decision to close its service point on board the Ocean Viking and end its partnership with SOS Méditerranée. After four years at sea, the mission has helped save more than 8,600 lives, providing critical medical care, first aid, and psychosocial support to people fleeing danger. We speak with A...

In this episode, we look at the severe floods and landslides that have swept across Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Vietnam, affecting millions of people and destroying homes, livelihoods, and critical infrastructure. Rising health risks, damaged roads, and ongoing rains are making the response increasingly challenging. We speak with John Entwistle, IFRC’s Head of Country Cluster Delegation fo...

In this episode, we look at a major vaccination drive now underway across Gaza and Lebanon, where IFRC and Red Cross and Red Crescent teams are working to reach children who have missed routine immunizations due to conflict, displacement, and economic collapse. Health systems across the region are under immense strain, leaving many children unprotected from diseases like measles and polio. Backed...

In this episode, we turn our attention to COP 30 - the United Nations climate conference taking place this year in Belem, Brazil. As world leaders, scientists, humanitarians and activists gather to negotiate critical climate commitments, the stakes are higher than ever for communities at the front lines of the climate crisis. The IFRC is working to ensure that communities on the front lines of the...

In this episode, we focus on the humanitarian situation in Ukraine and what may be the hardest winter for millions of Ukrainians since the beginning of the conflict. The combination of relentless attacks, rolling blackouts, colder forecasts, and deepening economic hardships is leaving entire communities in the dark and cold. With prices rising and incomes shrinking, many people will face an i...

First, a powerful earthquake struck Cebu at the end of September. Then Typhoon Kalmaegi battered the same region - and just days later, Super Typhoon Fungwong swept across the country, leaving a trail of destruction. Millions of people have been affected, with hundreds of thousands still in evacuation centres. The country has faced disaster after disast...

In this episode, we turn our attention to Sudan, where after more than 2.5 years of conflict, the country faces one of the world's worst humanitarian crises and the largest displacement crisis globally. Joining us is IFRC spokesperson Tommaso Della Longa, who helps us understand the latest developments and the extent of the urgent humanitarian response.

In this first episode of IRCS News, we look at the Red Cross response to disaster at a huge scale. Hurricane Melissa, one of the most powerful storms ever recorded in the Atlantic, is a stark reminder of how the climate crisis is driving humanitarian emergencies.  IFRC and Red Cross teams in the region have been providing emergency shelter, clean water, and health assistance, while also helpi...