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Press release: Bishops from across continents walk in solidarity against water poverty
In an image released to mark World Water Day (March 22) bishops from the UK and Zimbabwe walk in support of CAFOD’s Thirst for Change campaign to end water poverty.
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TAGS: 267.Campaigning news, 282.media, 328.Press release, 178.Water
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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: Barefoot Torchbearer hailed as ‘Olympic Hero’ in Kenya
An Olympic Torchbearer from Consett, County Durham, has been hailed as the first hero of London 2012 after handing over his torch to children in a slum 8,000 kilometres away in Kenya.
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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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Get clued up: Water and Sanitation
Right now, 783 million people are living without access to clean water. 2.5 billion lack something as basic as a toilet and sewage system to flush away their waste. We are in the midst of a global water and sanitation crisis.
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TAGS: 187.advocacy, 17.Campaigning, 130.Thirst for change, 178.Water
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On 17 October, the European Commission is expected to present stricter rules for biofuels to increase their sustainability.
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TAGS: 175.Climate change and environment, 176.Food, 328.Press release
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Donate to the Eastern Congo Crisis
A rebel group called M23 occupied the town of Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday 20 November 2012. Please help us support people fleeing for safety.
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TAGS: 305.Donate, 197.DR Congo, 168.Emergencies, 265.Emergency news, 323.Give
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For 10 years CAFOD partners and campaigners have been calling on the UK government for new laws to ensure people in developing countries can find out about and benefit from the activities of oil, gas and mining companies working in their communities. Tonight these transparency laws were finally agreed by EU member states in a provisional deal with the European Parliament.
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TAGS: 17.Campaigning, 287.Extractives, 285.Policy and research, 328.Press release, 322.Transparency
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