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Faith organisations set out vision of AIDS free generation

19/06/2017 Africa, Congo, Nigeria, Zimbabwe by Caritas Communications

A partnership between Caritas Internationalis, the US the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and UNAIDS recently made it possible for key stakeholders to gather in Abuja, Nigeria and discuss the role of faith-based organisations in HIV prevention, care, treatment and support across Africa, with a focus on paediatric HIV. Faith-based organisations in ...

Fight climate change in Congo to prevent violence

30/06/2010 Advocacy, Africa, Climate Change, Congo, Food by Caritas Communications

Climate change may not appear as a priority concern in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a country devastated by years of war.

Expulsions from Congo and Angola cause humanitarian crisis

1/03/2010 Africa, Angola, Conflicts and Disasters, Congo, Emergencies, Emergencies in Congo by Caritas Communications

Some arrive barefoot, others in rags and all of them exhausted and without possessions. Tens of thousands of people are suffering hunger, disease and hardship as Congo and Angola take part in a tit-for-tat immigration quarrel involving mass expulsions.

Six million dead in Congo’s war

24/02/2010 Advocacy, Africa, Conflicts and Disasters, Congo, Emergencies, Emergencies in Congo, Peacebuilding by Caritas Communications

Over six million people have been killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo in the deadliest conflict since the Second World War.