Category Archives: Press Release

Appointment ensures operational continuity as Board finalises new CEO selection. BIRMINGHAM, UK – Islamic Relief Worldwide today announced that Nadeem Malik, currently Managing Director of the Humanitarian Academy for Development (HAD), has been appointed as Interim Chief Executive Officer effective October 2025. The current CEO, Waseem Ahmad, will complete his term at the end of [...]

Islamic Relief has deployed an emergency health team to provide critical services to survivors of an earthquake in eastern Afghanistan, which has killed more than 600 people and wiped out entire villages. The death toll continues to rise as rescue teams reach more areas. The 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck Kunar province around midnight local time, [...]

Today’s official confirmation of famine in Gaza brings shame on the entire world. Every day, our team there sees more people starving to death and children turning into living skeletons before our eyes. Many more will die unless the world acts now.   The famine is no accident – Israel is intentionally starving Palestinians to death. It [...]

A new assessment by Islamic Relief aid workers in drought-hit Somaliland has found alarming levels of hunger and water shortages, with rising malnutrition and up to 70% of livestock dying in some villages.  Islamic Relief is scaling up its emergency response in the region to provide food, water and cash.   Some of the villages covered [...]