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The extraordinary resilience of Somalis in decades of conflict is honoured in a photo exhibition marking the 150th year of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. The film uses interviews, historical images and archive footage to show how the … read more »
NAIROBI — “There are 10 dead and two critically wounded, with gunshot wounds, machete cuts and burns,” local Red Cross official Caleb Kilunde told AFP. The attack came a day after nine were killed in a raid. Violence in the … read more »
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TWO youths have died and several people wounded during a grenade attack at a refugee camp in eastern Kenya, reports say. An Agence France-Presse journalist was able to view two bodies while the Red Cross said on its Twitter account … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Kenya
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Tagged Agence France-Presse, Dadaab, International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, Kenya, kenya news, kenyan news, Refugee, Refugee camp, Somalia, Twitter
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Two people were seriously injured when at least three grenades were lobbed towards a bar in the predominantly Somali neighbourhood of Eastleigh in the Kenyan capital Nairobi late Sunday, police said. “Two people were injured in the blasts. They have … read more »
At least three people have been killed and eight wounded after a large explosion in Nairobi. It’s the third deadly blast in two months popularly attributed to militant group al-Shabaab. Emergency teams have been sent after the explosion, near a … read more »
NAIROBI — Tribesmen launched new attacks early Tuesday in Kenya’s southeastern Tana River area, torching houses and killing at least three police officers, police sources said. “Three people have been killed and six others have been wounded seriously,” a senior … read more »
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NAIROBI — Kenyan gunmen shot dead 11 people in a revenge attack following a massacre last month in which 52 people were killed in the remote southeastern Tana region, Red Cross officials said Friday. “Fresh attacks in Tana River have … read more »
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Tagged Cattle, International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, Kenya, Nairobi, Orma, Orma people, Pokomo, Tana River
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The Kenyan Red Cross says more than 30,000 refugees have entered the country from Ethiopia in the past few days to escape fighting in their own country, though the ethnic battles now seem to have been contained and the exodus … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Ethiopia, News, Spotlight
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Dakar – Ethnic clashes in southern Ethiopia over land rights have left 18 people killed and caused thousands to flee across the nearby border to Kenya, the Kenyan Red Cross said on Saturday. Members of the Borana and Garri ethnic … read more »
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Scores of people are feared dead after a landslide struck villages in a mountainous region of eastern Uganda, officials say. The Ugandan Red Cross told the BBC that the landslide had buried at least 15 homes in Bududa district. Villages … read more »
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More than 60,000 refugees have fled Mali’s troubled north to Burkina Faso, where nearly three million people are already facing dangerous food shortages after poor rains and a failed harvest this year. The compound crises are straining relief efforts for … read more »
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The Kenya Red Cross says four people have died after rocks fell on their houses in a Nairobi slum. The Red Cross said that big rocks rolled and landed on houses in a slum in Nairobi early Wednesday morning after … read more »
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Nairobi – A bomb attack at a bus station in Nairobi on Saturday killed at least three people and wounded more than 20 others, Kenya police said. A senior police official who did not want to be named told AFP … read more »
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Nairobi – A Red Cross official says 25 people have died in western Kenya after a truck crashed into a minibus. Kenya Red Cross spokesperson Fredrick Gori said on Saturday that the Friday night accident in Kisumu city happened after … read more »
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The International Committee of the Red Cross is denying accusations by a Somali insurgent group that it distributed spoiled food to aid recipients in southern Somalia. Earlier this week, al-Shabab announced it was permanently shutting down Red Cross operations in … read more »
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Tagged Aid, Al-Shabaab, Ethiopia, Horn of Africa, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, International Committee of the Red Cross, International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, Red Cross, Somalia
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Lagos, Nigeria – The death toll in Friday evening’s coordinated bomb and gun attacks on many targets in Nigeria’s northern city of Kano has risen to 215, according to the private Leadership newspaper. The paper, which is one of the … read more »
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Tagged Boko Haram, Friday, International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, Kano, Kano State, Lagos, Nigeria, State Security Service
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Benin City – Clashes that broke out after Muslims were violently targeted in the southern Nigerian city of Benin have left five people dead and more than 10 000 displaced, a Red Cross official said on Tuesday. “We have recorded … read more »
Kano – Nigerian police clashed with protesters in Nigeria’s north on Monday as thousands converged on a governor’s office during nationwide fuel price strikes, leaving seven people with gunshot wounds. A union leader also said police shot dead a protester … read more »
Nairobi – At least seven people died and many more were feared missing after a boat carrying dozens of passengers hit another vessel and capsized off the Kenyan island of Lamu on Sunday evening, the Kenya Red Cross said. Nelly … read more »
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Geneva – More than a million people could face severe food shortages in Mauritania in the coming months, the Red Cross warned on Thursday as it launched an emergency appeal for almost €1.75m. Poor harvests caused by drought and rising … read more »
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Tagged Burkina Faso, Geneva, Horn of Africa, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Sahel
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September 15, 2011 by benim
Cairo/Beirut – At least 13 mass graves have been found in Libya over the past three weeks, the International Committee of the Red Cross said on Thursday. The Geneva-based Red Cross said its staff “assisted in the recovery of 125 … read more »
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September 14, 2011 by benim
Nairobi – The death toll from a gasoline pipeline explosion in the Kenyan capital has risen to 87, a Red Cross official said on Tuesday, as the Kenyan government declared two days of mourning for the victims of the disaster. … read more »
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September 7, 2011 by benim
Geneva – The Red Cross on Wednesday warned that without a response the number of people in Chad infected with cholera could double to 25 000 people from the 12 713 cases recorded so far this year. “The risk of … read more »
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Tagged American Red Cross, Cameroon, Chad, Cholera, Haiti, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, Niger, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pan African News, Southern Africa, West Africa
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September 3, 2011 by benim
Residents of Nigeria’s flood-stricken southwest say they are trying to recover after torrential rains washed away homes and killed more than 100 people. Ibadan resident Kafaya Adisa says she lost two children in last week’s flood. The Red Cross said … read more »
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Tagged Flood, Ibadan, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Oyo State, Pan African News, Rain, Red Cross, Southern Africa, West Africa
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Nathan Gimei stares in shock at what used to be his village, a small Ugandan settlement ripped apart by a mudslide that submerged homes and killed entire families. “There were fifteen houses here, two shops, banana trees and coffee plants; … read more »
Sudan’s U.N. envoy dismissed fresh allegations by a U.S. group that says it has identified a total of eight mass graves in the African country’s conflict-ridden Southern Kordofan region. The Washington-based Satellite Sentinel Project said in a new report released … read more »
Kano – The discovery of a bomb led to a stampede in an area of the northern Nigerian city of Bauchi, but authorities were able to defuse it before it exploded, police said Wednesday. Residents discovered the bomb planted on … read more »
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Botswana plans to ship relief items to Somali refugee camps in Kenya this week. Government spokesman Jeff Ramsay said “[The administration] announced it will fly food aid to Kenya refugee camps to help in assisting the people of both Kenya … read more »
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Sudan activists on Thursday called for the United States and the international community to intervene in a region of Sudan inaccessible to outsiders after a U.S. group released satellite photos of what they said appear to be mass graves. Details … read more »
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Misrata – Libyan regime forces laying siege to Misrata are intensifying their assault on the lifeline port, as rebels warned they were running low on critical food and fuel supplies. Two loud explosions were also heard on Sunday in Tripoli, … read more »
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