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Earlier this year, CAFOD supporters lobbied their MPs on the UK Bribery Act, which faced long delays and fears of dilution as a result of intense corporate lobbying of government.
Now, after months of delay, the government has revealed the Act will finally come into force in July this year – a major triumph in the fight against bribery and corruption and their devastating effects on the world’s poorest people.
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Tell the UK government: "Don't water down the Bribery Act"
On Monday, Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke signalled that the implementation of the Bribery Act would be put on hold due to lobbying by the business community.
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In La Palma, El Salvador, 20 artisan painters and carpenters are supporting their families by selling crosses in memory of Archbishop Oscar Romero, and keeping his memory alive.
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“I tie rope around my stomach,” says 70-year-old Ayapan, “and then I drink hot water. That is how I cope with hunger.”
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TAGS: 311.East Africa, 265.Emergency news, 207.Kenya, 263.News
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When Ilaria Garcia and her family lost all their crops during Hurricane Mitch in 1999, COMUCAP was on hand to help. Now Ilaria Garcia is member of a shampoo and soap making cooperative.
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Côte d'Ivoire & Liberia refugee crisis
More than 130,000 refugees have fled across the border into Liberia to escape violence in Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast). They desperately need our help.
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Two years after Taliban rule ended in Afghanistan, thousands of refugees - most of them women and children - returned to the war-ravaged country
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Cote d'Ivoire and Liberia: refugee crisis
With intense fighting in Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast), at least 100,000 refugees have poured into neighbouring Liberia. Hundreds more are crossing every day - and food and water supplies are running dangerously low.
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Your questions answered about the refugee crisis in Côte d'Ivoire and Liberia.
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Côte d’Ivoire and Liberia refugee crisis
Hundreds of thousands of people are fleeing from violence in the West African state of Côte d’Ivoire. They urgently need our help.
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