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Red Cross slams 'critical' situation in post-invasion Iraq
- 2008-03-16
GENEVA AFP — The humanitarian situation in post-war Iraq five years after the US-led invasion is one of the most critical in the world, the International Committee of the Red Cross said in a report late Sunday. Millions in the country had no access to drinking water, sanitation or...
Risk of meningitis epidemic in Burkina Faso increases
- 2008-01-31
OUAGADOUGOU AFP — A strain of meningitis in January claimed 124 lives in Burkina Faso, one of the world's poorest countries, according to a report issued Thursday by the Burkinabe health ministry. The International Committee of the Red Cross warned at the end of December that 14 African countries,...
Colombian rebels won't accept Red Cross visit
- 2008-01-20
BOGOTA AFP — The largest Colombian guerrilla group said Sunday it will not accept a visit by the Red Cross to examine the state of health of hostages the organization is holding. "For us the security of hostages that could be subject to an exchange comes first," Raul Reyes,...
Fire victims face depression, loneliness: experts
- 2007-10-27
SAN DIEGO, United States AFP — Mental health experts have fanned out across southern California to help people struggling with depression and loss caused by the region's devastating wildfires. The fires have ravaged 1,800 homes, killed seven people and sent hundreds of thousands into temporary shelters and although firefighters...
Watery diarrhoea outbreak sweeps across Ethiopia
- 2007-08-30
ADDIS ABABA AFP — An outbreak of Acute Watery Diarrhoea is sweeping across Ethiopia, where up to 1,000 cases are reported weekly, the Red Cross said Thursday. Between 800 to 1,000 cases of the highly contagious disease are reported in the Horn of Africa nation weekly, the International Federation...
Red Cross urges aid to help 3.7 million in North Korea floods
- 2007-08-20
GENEVA AFP — The Red Cross Monday launched a global appeal for 5.5 million dollars four million euros to aid 3.7 million people hit by massive floods in North Korea. The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent societies said in a statement that medical supplies and infrastructure...
Nigerian health workers disinfect pipeline blaze site, search for victims
- 2006-12-27
LAGOS AFP — Nigerian health officials have sprayed chemicals to disinfect the site of an oil pipeline explosion that killed more than 260 people and injured dozens, according to the Nigerian Red Cross, while volunteers searched for more victims. The state-run Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation NNPC, the owner of the...
Aid groups push Kenya to declare flood disaster
- 2006-11-27
NAIROBI AFP — Aid groups urged the Kenyan government to declare devastating and deadly floods across the country a "national disaster" as the number affected climbed to more than 700,000. Amid fears of an explosion in waterborne diseases in the flood-hit north where a child died of diarrhoea which has...
Pakistani illegal immigrants disembark in Canary Islands
- 2006-09-14
PUERTO DE LOS CRISTIANOS, Spain AFP — The first illegal Asian immigrants to arrive off the Canary Islands awaited their fate after 18 Pakistanis were removed from a boat carrying more than 200 people and taken ashore at this port south of Tenerife. The 18, including children, suffering poor health...
Nigerian rescuers bury dozens of victims of pipeline blast
- 2006-05-14
LAGOS AFP — Nigerian rescuers have hurriedly buried dozens of decomposing corpses, victims of a pipeline blast near Lagos that claimed up to 200 lives Friday, as Red Cross officials gave up the search for survivors. An AFP photo journalist at Ilado beach village, the scene of the explosion,...
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Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| David Guiraud | Vice President |
| Claude Perret | Director, HR |
| Denis Hiault | Director, Info |
| Jean-Pierre Vignolle | Director General |
| Jocelyne Bulke | Assistant Director |
| Michel Tourmen | Director, Finance |
| Yves de Saint Jacob | Director, Multimedia Business Development & Communications |
| Luke Hunt | |
| Michael Mainville | Correspondent |
| Dan Jung | Multimedia Editor |
| Peter Wutherich | Editor |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Pierre Louette | Chairman & CEO |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Chairman & CEO | Current |
| Agence France-Presse | Executive Vice President | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Vice President | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director, HR | Current |
| Agence France-Presse | Director, HR | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director, Info | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director General | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Assistant Director | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director, Finance | Current |
| Agence France-Presse | Director, Finance | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director, Multimedia Business Development & Communications | Current |
Luke Hunt has worked as a journalist for 20 years, primarily with Agence France-Presse, and is a routine contributor to World Politics Review. In addition to covering the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, he has extensive experience in Asia and the Middle East. He served as AFP bureau chief in Phnom Penh and Kabul. Currently based in Hong Kong, Hunt's work has appeared in many international newspapers and on international networks including CNN, the BBC and ABC in his native Australia. He has an academic background in military studies and economics.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Correspondent | Current |
| Global Radio News Ltd. | Current | |
| San Francisco Chronicle | Moscow-Based Freelance Correspondent | Former |
| The Gazette | Reporter | Former |
| The Prague Post | Reporter | Former |
Array
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Dan Jung | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| International Center for Journalists | Master | Current |
| Agence France-Presse | Editor | Current |
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