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 African Victims in Hurricane Katrina
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Many of those stranded did not have the
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is still no indication of the number of Africans killed or trapped
in the hurricane-hit city of New Orleans.
But five South Africans are reported to be unaccounted for. There
is also speculation that some Nigerians may be among the victims of
Katrina.
A South African couple are looking for their son who went to New
Orleans in February to work for a carnival.
A Nigerian computer salesman in Washington DC for a seminar has
been unable to reach his wife and daughter.
"To make matters worse, the authorities will not allow me to go
back to the city to look for them," he told a Nigerian newspaper.
The fate of Africans in the city is complicated by the fact that
it is unknown how many Africans lived there without official papers.
The Independent in Nigeria reported that Nigerian embassy
officials in Washington had not received any distress calls from
Nigerian victims of the hurricane.
Kenya's Ambassador to the US, Leonard Ngaithe, told a Kenyan
newspaper that their embassy had not received any reports of Kenyan
casualties.
But he said they have received thousands of phone calls from
Kenyan parents who wanted to know the fate of their children.
He said the embassy had also received calls from other Kenyans
and groups in the US that were willing to help.
Source: BBC News
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