Emergency

A woman with long hair and glasses wears blue scrubs holding three infants in her arms while talking on a phone in a damaged hospital

In Beirut, hospital staff witness ‘total chaos’ after blast

Health & Medicine

“It was like the doors of hell had opened.” That’s how one doctor described the scene at his hospital in Beirut after a massive blast last Tuesday killed more than 150 people and injured thousands of others.

Reconstruction in Gaza is only just beginning

How radio became a ‘lifeline’ in Gaza

Conflict
Philip Ogola runs Kenya Red Cross's social media command center from his desk in Nairobi.

When there’s no 911, Kenya tweets for help

Conflict & Justice