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Devastated by years of conflict, young Liberians are now starting to learn what life is like in peacetime.
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Over two thirds of Mozambique's people live below the poverty line, with more than half the population living on less than $1 a day.
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Niger is the largest country in Western Africa. Around 80 percent of it is covered by the Sahara desert and the non-desert parts frequently suffer droughts and food shortages.
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Despite natural resources such as oil, tin, iron and coal, more than 70% of Nigeria’s population lives on less than $1 per day. Many still don’t have access to basic needs such as health, water and sanitation, and education.
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This archipelago of 7,000 islands covers 300,000 km, and is populated by 88.5 million people - but 43 per cent survive on less than $2 per day.
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Twenty years of conflict between the Ugandan government and the armed militia group the Lord’s Resistance Army caused extreme suffering in the north as people fled their homes for crowded camps and were torn apart by the abduction of their children.
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TAGS: 167.Peace and conflict, 226.Uganda, 189.Where we work
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Since the occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip by Israel following the 1967 Six-day War, Palestinians have seen their standard of living fall; today, almost three-quarters of the population lives below the UN poverty line.
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TAGS: 167.Peace and conflict, 227.West Bank and Gaza, 189.Where we work
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Press release: Xstrata mine protests: CAFOD demands release of Peruvian partners held by police
Two CAFOD partners have been detained by police whilst investigating human rights abuses near Anglo-Swiss mining company Xstrata’s new Tintaya site in Peru. Their arrest on unsubstantiated charges comes following complaints of intimidation by local security forces.
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TAGS: 287.Extractives, 188.Partners, 218.Peru, 328.Press release
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Press release: Xstrata mine protests: Aid agency CAFOD welcomes release of Peruvian partners
Two CAFOD partners who had been detained by police whilst investigating human rights abuses near Anglo-Swiss mining company Xstrata‟s new Tintaya site in Peru have been released along with six others. Their arrest on unsubstantiated charges came following complaints of intimidation by local security forces.
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TAGS: 287.Extractives, 218.Peru, 328.Press release
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Despite being a middle-income country, more than 100 million Indonesians (over half the population) live on less than $2 a day.
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TAGS: 206.Indonesia, 189.Where we work
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