Topic: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
Red Cross is latest victim of Mexican drug war
AP News
Some Red Cross clinics caught in Mexican drug-war violence refuse to treat gunshot victimsRed Cross clinics in some parts of Mexico are refusing to treat people wounded by gunshots after finding themselves caught in the drug war, with cartel hit men intercepting ambulances to seize patients and even killing a ...
Kenya floods kill six, leave dozens missing
AFP Global Edition
Floods in Kenya have killed at least six people and left dozens missing, also washing away entire herds of cattle, police and the Red Cross said Friday. The torrential rains across several parts of Kenya, including in some of its most visited natural parks, left hundreds of people homeless and ...
Thousands moved away from Uganda mudslide villages
AFP Global Edition
Ugandan authorities on Friday moved thousands of villagers away from hillsides where a mudslide this week left more than 300 people feared dead, officials said. Authorities said they feared more heavy rain could trigger a new disaster and launched an urgent relocation of some 4,000 villagers around Mount Elgon ...
4,000 to be relocated after Uganda landslide
AFP Global Edition
Thousands of Ugandans were to be moved Friday from hilly regions in the east of the country where a landslide is feared to have killed about 300 people, officials said. "We are looking at 4,000 as the urgent number we need to relocate," said Wilson Watira, district chairman of ...
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