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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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Plans for a massive expansion of Colombia’s mining industry could cost the country dear.
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TAGS: 196.Colombia, 328.Press release
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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 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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Press release: A Year On - Fabrice Muamba “still completely overwhelmed by the support”
Fabrice Muamba returned to Bolton Wanderers’ Reebok Stadium today to present hundreds of football shirts, tributes laid at the ground by supporters during his stay in hospital a year ago, to the aid and development charity CAFOD.
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TAGS: 197.DR Congo, 328.Press release
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UK Government called on to help address sexual violence in Colombia
UK agencies warn that despite some advances made by the current Colombian government, significant human rights concerns persist. They are calling on the UK government to raise the issues of conflict-related sexual violence at a United Nations review in Geneva today of human rights in Colombia.
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TAGS: 196.Colombia, 319.Gender, 328.Press release
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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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Climate change: Brown says we face "momentous choice"
Gordon Brown's tough words on climate change to the MEF are a timely warning to rich nations ahead of the crucial Copenhagen summit in December
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