The Latest Breaking News from Jagan Chapagain

Newborn baby starves to death in Gaza as Israel kills 116 more Palestinians

Medical sources say the 116 people killed on Saturday include 38 desperate residents seeking food at a GHF site.

Al Jazeera · Jul 19, 2025

When is this Labour government going to break its silence on Gaza?

Letters: Readers respond to the killing of Palestinian paramedics and aid workers by Israeli forces

The Guardian - UK · Apr 7, 2025

Our aid workers were brutally killed and thrown into a mass grave in Gaza. This must never happen again

My staff’s red uniforms should have protected them. Instead they became their death shrouds, says IFRC secretary general Jagan Chapagain

The Guardian - UK · Apr 5, 2025

Kenya and Tanzania face 'humanitarian crisis' amid disastrous floods

The death toll from weeks of devastating rains and floods had risen to 228 in Kenya, as authorities in the country and in neighbouring Tanzania warned that there was no sign of a let-up in the crisis.

Radio France Internationale · May 6, 2024

Extreme heat summit to urge leaders to act on threat from rising temperatures

IFRC and USAid staging conference to draw attention to risks and share best practice in disaster alerts and response

The Guardian - UK · Mar 27, 2024

The Red Cross is already green

Letter: Nowadays most of the emergencies that volunteers respond are climate-change related, writes Jagan Chapagain of the Red Cross

The Guardian - UK · Jan 18, 2024

Global aid official appeals for funds to help Sudanese trapped in war between generals

A global aid official is urging the international community to provide more funds to help Sudanese people trapped in a monthslong fighting between rival generals in the African nation

The Independent UK · Aug 20, 2023

Red Cross chief warns of health crisis in quake-hit Syria

The Red Cross' global chief says Syria could face dangerous outbreaks of disease in the wake of last week’s devastating earthquake if hundreds of thousands of displaced people do not get permanent housing soon

The Independent UK · Feb 16, 2023

All countries 'dangerously unprepared' for future pandemics, says IFRC

The world is "dangerously unprepared" for future pandemics, the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) say in a report published on Monday, calling on countries to update their preparedness plans by year-end.

Reuters · Jan 30, 2023

All Countries ‘Dangerously Unprepared’ for Future Pandemics, Says IFRC

The world is "dangerously unprepared" for future pandemics, the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) say in a report published on Monday, calling on countries to update their preparedness plans by year-end. In its World Disasters Report 2022, the IFRC said "all countries remain dangerously…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 30, 2023