Kenya confirmed its first Ebola case on October 6. Seven more cases have been found since. With more than 9,000 cases in DRC, Kenya faces a steady risk of new cases arriving across borders. Kenya ...
Ukraine is heading into winter following the deadliest months since the full-scale war began, as attacks on civilian infrastructure and populated areas widen and humanitarian assistance shrinks ...
New York, NY, June 29, 2026 — The International Rescue Committee (IRC), together with consortium partners Plan International and War Child Alliance, and with support from the LEGO Foundation, is ...
June 2, 2026 — IRC CEO and President, David Miliband, speaks at the launch of John Hopkins Center for Humanitarian Health—Lancet Commission on Health, Conflict and Forced Displacement: This report ...
In Niger, over 841,000 people have been impacted by the floods, with more than 400,000 displaced and hundreds tragically losing their lives. Mali is facing its worst floods since the 1960s, with ...
Quito, Ecuador, January 13, 2025 — In November 2024, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and Ecuador's Ministry of Education (MINEDUC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at ...
Haiti lands on the IRC’s 2023 Emergency Watchlist top 10 as political instability, gang violence, rising food insecurity and disease outbreaks escalate a humanitarian crisis. Since the assassination ...
El Niño-induced drought is compounding conflict and driving a growing risk of famine as conditions rapidly deteriorate in parts of Greater Darfur and Greater Kordofan, Sudan, warns the latest IPC ...
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, June 1, 2026 — The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is likely significantly larger and more advanced than official figures suggest, as ...
The Rohingya are a stateless minority facing ongoing persecution and violence in Myanmar. Violence against the Rohingya erupted in 2017, forcing over 700,000 to flee to Bangladesh. Now, more than 1.1 ...
New York, NY, December 5, 2025 — The International Rescue Committee (IRC) today announced the public launch of SCALE – Scenario Costing and Analysis for Large-scale Efficiency in Nutrition, an ...
Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, July 14, 2025 — The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is alarmed by the abrupt closure of learning centers in the Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar, which will leave ...