Media hub

The IFRC media team is available 24/7 for the latest updates on disasters and emergencies. We can also provide experts and comment on the world’s biggest humanitarian issues. For media enquiries, please contact us at [email protected] 

Media contacts

Weekly humanitarian updates

Syrian Arab Red Crescent volunteers rush to rescue people trapped under collapsed buildings in Lattakia following devastating earthquakes on 6 February 2023.

Syrian Arab Red Crescent volunteers rush to rescue people trapped under collapsed buildings in Lattakia following devastating earthquakes on 6 February 2023.

Photo: Syrian Arab Red Crescent

The IFRC hosts a weekly X Space on our global @IFRC X account, offering listeners the latest updates on humanitarian emergencies around the world.

Tune in every Wednesday at 09:30 CEST to hear from IFRC teams in the field as we discuss the world's most pressing disasters and humanitarian issues of the day.

Make sure to follow @IFRC so you never miss a Space!

News, press releases and speeches

What we can offer media

The head of an IFRC Field Assessment Coordination Team in Tunisia is interviewed by a journalist

Firsthand reports from the field

The IFRC and our National Societies are often first on the scene when disasters strike and the last to leave. Our volunteers and staff have deep knowledge of humanitarian crises and local contexts. And they can reach places others cannot.

A doctor with the Hungarian Red Cross is deployed to support migrants in Idomeni, Greece as part of a Mobile Health Unit

Expert comment and opinion

The IFRC is home to experts from around the world on the most pressing global humanitarian issues such as health, climate change, migration, disaster law and much more.

IFRC Secretary General Jagan Chapagain is interviewed by journalists during a visit to Sudan in October 2020

Access to IFRC leaders

We can facilitate interviews with senior leaders for comment on IFRC activities and priorities, as well as developments in the humanitarian sector.