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Red Cross staff seized, Danish soldiers killed in Afghanistan
- 2007-09-27
KABUL AFP — Four Red Cross staff, two of them foreigners, were held by unknown kidnappers Thursday as military officials announced two Danish soldiers were killed in a new attack by extremist Taliban fighters. An overnight operation near the border with Pakistan, meanwhile, killed 18 Taliban, a provincial official...
Italian aid workers freed in Gaza
- 2006-11-21
GAZA CITY AFP — Two Italian Red Cross workers kidnapped in the southern Gaza Strip were freed, the Red Cross and Palestinian security sources said. Claudio Moroni, 36, and Gianmarco Onorato, 63, were free and on their way back to Gaza City from the south Gaza town of Khan Yunis...
Red Cross unveils mass southern Africa AIDS project
- 2006-11-01
JOHANNESBURG AFP — The Red Cross has unveiled ambitious plans to help 50 million people in southern Africa combat the scourge of AIDS, as it appealed for hundreds of millions of dollars to fund the programme. The Geneva-based organisation said it needed 300 million dollars to pay for its campaign...
Red Cross meets with top Al-Qaeda prisoners at Guantanamo
- 2006-10-12
WASHINGTON AFP — Representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross have interviewed 14 top al-Qaeda prisoners at the US prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, including the alleged mastermind of the September 11 attacks, a Pentagon spokesman said. "I can confirm that they did meet with the detainees," said...
Red Cross resumes Gaza operations after security alert
- 2005-08-16
GENEVA AFP — The International Committee of the Red Cross ICRC said it had resumed operations in the Gaza Strip, after a weeklong freeze following a shooting incident. The aid organisation said it restarted aid work Monday, after receiving guarantees from the Palestinian Authority and "other parties" in Gaza....
Rights group lists Al-Qaeda suspects in secret CIA custody
- 2004-10-11
NEW YORK AFP — Human Rights Watch listed the names of 11 senior Al-Qaeda suspects it said were held by the CIA in secret locations overseas, where some had reportedly been tortured. The suspects were detained with no notification to their families, no Red Cross access and, in some...
US allows Red Cross to visit second prison in Afghanistan
- 2004-06-09
KABUL AFP ? The US military will allow members of the International Committee of the Red Cross to visit its detention centre in southern Kandahar following allegations of prisoner abuse, a US official said. The decision was based on the fact that prisoners were spending longer than intended at...
US overseer in Iraq first knew of prisoner abuse in January: coalition
- 2004-05-07
BAGHDAD AFP ? The US overseer for Iraq Paul Bremer was first told that Iraqi prisoners were being abused at the notorious US-run jail at Abu Ghraib in January, the coalition said. "Ambassador Bremer was made aware of the charges relating to the humiliation in January 2004, right when...
At least 630 killed in Nigerian ethnic clash: Red Cross
- 2004-05-06
YELWA, Nigeria AFP ? At least 630 people were killed in an attack on a Nigerian Muslim community by a Christian ethnic militia, local people and a senior Red Cross official told AFP near the site of a mass grave. "The figure is correct. All the bodies were gathered...
Tensions rise in Nigeria as death toll from ethnic clash hits 630
- 2004-05-06
YELWA, Nigeria AFP ? Sectarian tensions were on the rise in central Nigeria as a Nigerian Red Cross team confirmed that 630 people had been killed when Christian ethnic militiamen attacked a mainly-Muslim town. Reporters and rescuers found a fresh 50 by 10 metre burial plot behind a traditional...
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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 |
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| Agence France-Presse | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| 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 |
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| Dan Jung | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| International Center for Journalists | Master | Current |
| Agence France-Presse | Editor | Current |
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