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Red Cross Says Hospitals in Ethiopia’s Tigray Region Lack Medical Supplies for Wounded

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Health facilities in the northern Ethiopian region of Tigray are running out of medical supplies necessary to treat patients wounded as a result of the recent armed clashes in the region’s capital of Mek’ele, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Sunday. … Read More >Red Cross Says Hospitals in Ethiopia’s Tigray Region Lack Medical Supplies for Wounded

Categories Middle East

Largest prisoner swap in Yemen war: Over 1,000 people exchanged between Saudi-backed Yemen government and Houthi rebels

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The Saudi-led military coalition in Yemen and the Iran-backed Houthi movement have kicked-off an operation that will see over 1,000 prisoners returning home, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has confirmed. … Read More >Largest prisoner swap in Yemen war: Over 1,000 people exchanged between Saudi-backed Yemen government and Houthi rebels

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Starvation & desire for vaccine could trigger new migration wave in post-Covid world, Red Cross chief warns

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Once borders are unsealed, a massive amount of people will set out for the wealthiest nations, fleeing Covid-related poverty, the Red Cross chief said. Migrants will also be driven by the search for a working vaccine … Read More >Starvation & desire for vaccine could trigger new migration wave in post-Covid world, Red Cross chief warns

Categories Asia & Pacific

China Sanctions 3 Red Cross Officials Over Mishandling Medical Donations in Hubei

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The government of the central Chinese province of Hubei, the epicentre of deadly 2019-nCoV coronavirus, said on Tuesday that it had fired one and reprimanded two other officials of the Red Cross for failing to adequately distribute publicly donated medical supplies among hospitals in infection-affected areas. … Read More >China Sanctions 3 Red Cross Officials Over Mishandling Medical Donations in Hubei