http://www.icrc.org/eng/home/rss-feed/icrc-rss-africa.xml /eng/home/rss-feed/th_rss_feed.gif http://www.icrc.org/eng/home/rss-feed/icrc-rss-africa.xml In Niger, the ICRC works mainly to relieve the effects of chronic food crises in areas previously affected by armed violence and inter-communal tensions. http://www.icrc.org/eng/where-we-work/africa/niger/overview-niger.htm Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT 2012-01-17T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.icrc.org/eng/where-we-work/africa/niger/facts-and-figures-niger-short.htm Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT 2012-01-17T00:00:00+01:00 The ICRC operated against the background of a mass influx of Malian refugees in the Tahoua area and the return to the Agadez area of migrants from sub-Saharan Africa who have been deported from Libya. http://www.icrc.org/eng/resources/documents/fact-figures/06-17-niger-facts-figures.htm Wed, 22 May 2013 12:08:25 GMT 2013-05-22T12:08:25+01:00 In Mali, the ICRC brings aid to people suffering the combined effects of the armed conflict and the food crisis. http://www.icrc.org/eng/where-we-work/africa/mali/overview-mali.htm Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:25:46 GMT 2013-06-17T11:25:46+01:00 http://www.icrc.org/eng/where-we-work/africa/mali/facts-figures-mali-short.htm Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:28:14 GMT 2013-06-17T11:28:14+01:00 The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) welcomes the recent signing of a memorandum of understanding between the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare in Tanzania and the ICRC Special Fund for the Disabled. http://www.icrc.org/eng/resources/documents/news-release/2013/06-14-tanzania-disabled-people.htm Fri, 14 Jun 2013 09:24:57 GMT 2013-06-14T09:24:57+01:00 Beginning 13 June, farmers and herders in Oudalan province, in the north of Burkina Faso, will be receiving food aid provided by the Burkinabé Red Cross Society with support from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). http://www.icrc.org/eng/resources/documents/news-release/2013/06-13-burkina-faso-food-distribution.htm Thu, 13 Jun 2013 15:23:32 GMT 2013-06-13T15:23:32+01:00 The situation of thousands of people displaced in Tissi, eastern Chad, remains worrying. The ICRC has just transferred 19 seriously injured people by air to Abéché Regional Hospital, where its surgical team is attending to them. http://www.icrc.org/eng/resources/documents/update/2013/06-12-chad-displaced-health-non-food-aid.htm Wed, 12 Jun 2013 15:39:23 GMT 2013-06-12T15:39:23+01:00 A woman has been reunited with her family in South Africa after an absence of half a century, thanks to joint action by the American Red Cross and the ICRC, whose regional delegation in Pretoria sent this report. http://www.icrc.org/eng/resources/documents/feature/2013/06-06-south-africa-usa-reuniting-families.htm Wed, 5 Jun 2013 18:05:09 GMT 2013-06-05T18:05:09+01:00 People in south-western Senegal are suffering the combined effects of a long dry season and an armed conflict. Obtaining water is a daily challenge for these communities, which rely on agriculture to survive. http://www.icrc.org/eng/resources/documents/interview/2013/06-05-senegal-casamance-water-habitat.htm Mon, 3 Jun 2013 15:29:36 GMT 2013-06-03T15:29:36+01:00