As world leaders gather for UNGA, the IRC warned that the institution’s goals to end poverty, hunger and disease are failing.

As El Niño, projected to be one of the strongest in recent history, nears its peak and conflict-disrupted shipping continues to push up the cost of food, fuel and fertilizer, tens of millions more ...

Beatrice has worked as a nurse for almost half a century, resolutely serving her community in the face of war, widowhood, and a system that told her she was too old.

Heavy rainfall linked to the El Niño weather pattern has resulted in flooding in parts of Mogadishu, Somalia, and the International Rescue Committee (IRC)-supported Ariif Health Centre has already ...

In Pakistan’s Balochistan province, Afghan refugee children live with constant uncertainty, facing limited access to education, unstable legal status, and the threat of deportation. With support from ...

Aden, Yemen, May 8, 2025 — After battling Yemen's worst cholera outbreak since 2017, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) has concluded its eight-month emergency response, but warns that without ...

The International Rescue Committee provides opportunities for refugees, asylees, victims of human trafficking, survivors of torture, and other immigrants to thrive in America. Each year, thousands of ...

For more than a decade, the International Rescue Committee’s (IRC) annual Emergency Watchlist has accurately predicted 85-95 percent of the countries most likely to face a worsening humanitarian ...

New York, NY, April 1, 2026 — The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is warning today that the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz could pose an exponentially greater threat to global food ...

Brussels, Belgium, July 19, 2023 — This week, the European Union finalised an agreement with Tunisia to cooperate on curbing migration from the country. In recent months, Tunisia has overtaken Libya ...

In just a few years on either side of 1960, a wave of struggles for independence was sweeping across Africa. Between March 1957, when Ghana declared independence from Great Britain, and July 1962, ...