The Srebrenica Genocide
By 1995, the small mining town of Srebrenica, in eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina, had already endured a terrible 3 years of siege amid the Bosnian War. Before the war began, 73% of the town’s population were Bosniaks and 25% were Bosnian Serbs. But, as the war progressed - and in the wake of Republika Srpska [...]
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How one Afghan clinic is keeping families healthy and looking forward to bright futures
What would you do if your child needed urgent medical care, but the nearest clinic was an exhausting hour-and-a-half’s walk away? Would you risk the journey in the rain, through snow, harsh mountain winds or scorching sun? Would you carry a sick child in your arms in the hopes of getting there safely? In Lailour [...]
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No home nor peace: Barely surviving the endless attacks on Gaza
On World Refugee Day, a mother and her children reveal the crushing reality of displacement: where every day is a battle for water, food, and hope. The night the bombs came, Neda’a did not have time to gather shoes. She woke her 7 children in the dark, shouting over the explosions, and they ran barefoot, [...]
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World Refugee Day: A mother’s fight for survival in Sudan’s unfolding tragedy
Gadarif state was once a quiet agricultural region. Now, it is a reluctant refuge for thousands of families fleeing Sudan’s spiralling conflict. Among them is mother-of-5 Rayan, whose life has been reduced to a daily struggle for the most basic necessities: food, shelter and safety. Her story is a snapshot of the global refugee crisis, [...]
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Severe malnutrition cases treble in Islamic Relief clinics in Darfur, as hundreds of thousands of people flee attacks
Islamic Relief health workers in Sudan’s Darfur region are treating a massive increase in malnourished children as families flee horrific attacks on civilians. Survivors have told Islamic Relief shocking accounts of extreme violence and starvation.  At our clinic in Nertiti, in Central Darfur state, severe malnutrition cases among young children have almost trebled in recent [...]
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End Israel’s siege, let aid into Gaza
Massacres of people trying to get food aid must not go without consequence. Three months since Israel tightened its total siege of Gaza, dozens of Palestinian children, babies and elderly people have starved to death and desperate parents are being shot and killed as they try to get food aid at new militarised distribution sites.  [...]
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