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Burkina Faso
Violence is spreading across Burkina Faso as the influence of nonstate armed groups grows.
- Country
What is happening in Ethiopia’s Tigray region?
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is extremely concerned about escalating tensions and hostilities in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, where many refugees, displaced families, and local communities are reeling from a year of multiple humanitarian disasters.
- Article
- September 21, 2022
Refugee children's artwork reveals their first day at school in the UK
A series of drawings created by children who have been displaced tell a powerful story of starting again in a new school in the UK.
- Article
- September 27, 2024
How to help refugees
The IRC provides relief to millions of refugees and displaced people who have had to leave their homes due to conflict and crisis. We also support refugees seeking safety and starting new lives in the UK, Europe and other countries.
- Article
- August 7, 2024
How the IRC is using social media to fight the coronavirus
Signpost, an information and engagement project by the International Rescue Committee, is being used during the coronavirus pandemic to share critical information with displaced populations.
- Article
- September 15, 2022
IRC Nigeria at work
Many children suffer severe acute malnutrition in Nigeria as a result of the over a decade-long armed conflict which has displaced many families from their homelands and their source of livelihoods. IRC continues to provide health care services to malnourished children and their mothers in Nigeria.
- Slideshow
- June 10, 2021
Better aid
The world’s 82 million displaced people, the highest number ever recorded, require more than “aid as usual.” Their growing and increasingly complex needs mandate a transformation—a creative rethinking—in the global humanitarian response. The International Rescue Committee has taken on this challenge.
- Topic
How teachers are making school a safe place for refugee children to heal
The IRC’s Healing Classrooms programme trains teachers and support staff across England on how to offer refugee and asylum-seeking children a safe place to learn and thrive after experiencing conflict and displacement.
- Article
- May 15, 2024
What is drought? Causes, impact & countries most affected
East Africa is facing its worst drought in 40 years and there are now over 1.4 million people displaced by drought in Somalia alone. Learn more about drought, what causes it, and how we can support those most impacted.
- Article
- November 17, 2023
Myanmar Earthquake: IRC Teams Report Unprecedented Destruction
- Press Release
- March 31, 2025