Grave lessons for war and peace

22 August 2016 - 09:52
By KATHARINE CHILD

Even without a body, loved ones never forget their dead. Now the International Committee of the Red Cross is trying to ensure that families across Africa always have a body to claim.Through Pretoria University's health sciences faculty and the NGO the Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team, the Red Cross is running a two-and-a-half week course to help those working in the justice departments of African countries to identify bodies found in mass graves or left behind after natural disasters.

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