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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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Press release: One year on from the Horn and East Africa food crisis
One year on from the Horn and East Africa food crisis Last year more than 13 million people in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, and the newly-formed Republic of South Sudan were left in need of food, water and emergency healthcare because of one of the worst droughts in 60 years.
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TAGS: 311.East Africa, 207.Kenya, 263.News, 328.Press release
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Press release: South Sudan - one year on
South Sudan, the world’s youngest country, marks its first anniversary on 9th July. There has been relative progress in improving South Sudan's crumbling infrastructure, with roads and telecommunications networks expanding; however the challenges facing the country still remain immense.
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TAGS: 263.News, 328.Press release, 223.South Sudan
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Press release: Faith leaders need to show the way in fighting HIV and AIDS stigma
This week CAFOD and three of its partners from Ethiopia, Uganda and Mexico will join hundreds of global faith leaders at the Washington DC Global HIV and AIDS conference.
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TAGS: 170.HIV and AIDS, 263.News, 328.Press release
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Your questions answered about CAFOD's Step into the Gap programme
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TAGS: 31.Great Generation, 42.Step into the gap, 33.Young People, 77.Youth leaders
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Rebel group the M23 entered the town of Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo yesterday morning taking control of the airport. Reports from CAFOD partners on the ground indicate that tens of thousands of people are fleeing, and hundreds are taking refuge in Church buildings.
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TAGS: 197.DR Congo, 168.Emergencies, 265.Emergency news, 328.Press release
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CAFOD’s 50th Anniversary: Special Edition of The Tablet
ITV News at Ten anchorwoman and journalist Julie Etchingham is editing the 1st December issue of influential Catholic news and current affairs publication The Tablet, making her the first guest editor since its inception in 1840. Julie, a lifelong supporter of the aid agency CAFOD, took the helm of the weekly Catholic publication this week to mark the culmination of a yearlong celebration of the charity's anniversary year.
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CAFOD is continuing to monitor the humanitarian situation in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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TAGS: 197.DR Congo, 168.Emergencies, 328.Press release
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CAFOD response to Pope Benedict's statement
The staff and supporters of CAFOD, the official development agency of the Catholic Church in England and Wales, will keep the Holy Father and the whole Church in our prayers at this time and in the weeks to come.
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CAFOD calls for peace ahead of Kenya’s elections on March 4th
As Kenya gears up for its general elections on March 4th, CAFOD calls for a peaceful and fair outcome, and for all those involved to demonstrate strong leadership and to do everything in their power to make these elections credible and successful.
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TAGS: 207.Kenya, 167.Peace and conflict, 328.Press release
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