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Record 45mn need urgent food aid in Southern Africa — UN

Article Agency - 18 Jan 2020

Roughly 45-million people in southern Africa are in urgent need of food aid as a result of drought, flooding and economic hardship, the UN...

New limbs, new life for South Sudan amputees

Africa Fran Blandy - 16 Apr 2019

South Sudan's five-year-long civil war has left possibly tens of thousands of people without limbs — a toll that may never be accurately established

Economic crisis cuts swathe through Venezuela society

Article Staff Reporter - 17 May 2018

Venezuela is locked in a deep economic and political crisis despite sitting on the world's largest oil reserves

Militants claim kidnap of missing Red Cross team in Mali

Africa Reuters & Staff Reporter - 11 Feb 2014

The Red Cross says one of its teams in Mali is missing, which al-Qaeda-aligned group Mujao has reportedly confirmed was kidnapped by them.

CAR’s new leader orders security crackdown

Africa bogdan TagDiv - 13 Jan 2014

The CAR's new interim leader has ordered troops in Bangui to shoot troublemakers "at point blank range" in a bid to end months of violence.

Philippines: Typhoon Haiyan leaves hundreds dead

Article Reuters - 9 Nov 2013

One of the strongest typhoons ever to make landfall in the Philippines has left more than 1 000 people dead in the country, says the Red Cross.

Red Cross suspends Gerry Elsdon as secretary general

Article bogdan TagDiv - 12 Apr 2013

The South African Red Cross's governing board has suspended former beauty queen and TV personality Gerry Elsdon with immediate effect.

Red Cross finds scores of bodies in CAR capital

Africa Staff Reporter - 29 Mar 2013

The Red Cross in the Central African Republic said it has found some 78 bodies in the streets of the capital Bangui since it fell to the rebels.

Hopes to end Syrian violence

Article Staff Reporter - 4 Sep 2011

Visiting Red Cross chief is seeking access to those detained in more than five months of anti-regime protests in Syria.

Cyclone kills nearly 4 000 in Burma

Article Staff Reporter - 5 May 2008

Burma said on Monday that nearly 4Â 000 people had been killed in the cyclone that tore into the impoverished and secretive Asian nation at the weekend, and that tens of thousands more could also be dead. The announcement on state television increased the death toll from Tropical Cyclone Nargis more than ten-fold.

More than 130 feared dead in Indonesia

Article Staff Reporter - 27 Dec 2007

Indonesian rescuers on Thursday hunted for victims of landslides and floods on Java Island that have left more than 130 people feared dead and tens of thousands displaced, officials said. Landslides hit two districts in Central Java in the early hours of Wednesday morning, engulfing entire homes and blocking roads.

Fears mount over more floods in Africa

Article Staff Reporter - 17 Sep 2007

Fears mounted on Monday that downpours that have killed dozens in Africa, uprooted hundreds of thousands and devastated crops could continue past the end of the rainy season and hit areas that have so far escaped floods. Experts say the rising waters may hit as yet unaffected areas in the coming days.

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