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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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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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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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On 15 March 2011, a small group of demonstrators in Damascus, Syria staged a protest against the rule of President Bashar al-Assad. Within days, the protests had spread, and some demonstrators had been shot by government forces.
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TAGS: 305.Donate, 168.Emergencies, 356.Syria, 246.What is CAFOD, 189.Where we work
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Unresolved ethnic tensions threaten Mali peace, say Christian charities
Unresolved ethnic tensions threaten Mali peace, say Christian charities
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TAGS: 282.media, 215.Niger, 328.Press release
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“Conditions are very, very bad. This is the worst situation I’ve seen in Niger," says CAFOD's Michel Monginda Mondengele.
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TAGS: 265.Emergency news, 263.News, 215.Niger
RELATED TAGS: 264.International news, 263.News
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