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Algeria

20 November 2015

Red Crescent volunteers work towards recovery following Algeria floods

Heavy rain in October brought heavy flooding to Algeria's Tindouf region, severely affecting up to 35,000 refugees in the region. Red Crescent teams have been providing much needed relief

17 October 2008

Algeria floods and mudslides

Torrential rains ravaged central Algeria in early October, causing devastating mudslides which left dozens of people dead and injured and many thousands homeless.

Mobilizing communities to reduce vulnerability

21 September 2004

Mobilising communities to reduce vulnerability

There are many buzzwords in the Red Cross Red Crescent.

14 September 2004

Algiers conference endorses plan of action

The 6th Pan African Conference of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies has ended in Algiers with a resounding endorsement of the strategy developed four years earlier in Ouagadougou, which saw African National Societies pledge their commitment to scaling

13 September 2004

Corporate sector seeks Federation gateway to reduce vulnerability

“We have learned that we cannot act alone.

13 September 2004

Pan African conference highlights Algerian Red Crescent

Disasters can be an important guiding light in planning long term programmes and activities when you are in the business of saving lives.

10 September 2004

Profound changes urged within African National Societies

The 6th Pan-African conference got underway in Algiers with call from Federation President Juan Manuel Suárez del Toro for profound reforms to allow national Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies to address Africa’s most challenging problems.

7 September 2004

6th Pan African Conference: from strategy to implementation

Representatives of Africa’s 53 Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies meet in Algiers over the coming six days to assess how to better utilise their network of 2 million volunteers to address the continent’s many challenges.