Algeria

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.
Algiers conference endorses plan of action
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 ...
13 September 2004

Corporate sector seeks Federation gateway to reduce vulnerability

“We have learned that we cannot act alone.
Pan African conference highlights Algerian Red Crescent
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.
Profound changes urged within African National Societies
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 ...
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 ...
25 November 2003

Ramadan meals comfort Algeria’s quake victims

At first sight, the town of Reghaia, some 24 km east of Algiers, seems contradictory.
10 October 2003

Disaster reduction in Algeria - learning the hard way

Algeria knows only too well the importance of disaster reduction, and it has learned the lesson the hard way.
11 June 2003

Algerian quake brings out spirit of solidarity

Everybody in the Algerian towns affected by the earthquake three weeks ago knows the name of Hamida Ammari.
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