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Tensions rise in Sudan’s Abyei region

18/03/2011 Africa, Blog, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in Darfur and South Sudan, Migration, Refugees, South Sudan, Sudan by Caritas Communications

by Sara Fajardo, CRS communications officer The March 2 and 5 attacks in the contested oil rich region of Abyei, Sudan, have led to estimates of more than 100 dead and 20,000-25,000, nearly half the population, deserting Abyei town. Abyei is proving to be one of the most difficult areas to resolve between northern and ...

Update on HAART for Children Campaign

7/03/2011 Advocacy, Africa, Health, HIV & AIDS, South Africa by Caritas Communications

Caritas says mothers living with HIV in poor countries face anguish. Caritas says the risks to the health of their children are massive and their lives may be painfully short. And yet, the suffering and deaths of these children are preventable. “Children and women need access to timely diagnosis of HIV and TB and to ...

Helping ex-soldiers in Congo back into society

28/02/2011 Africa, Conflicts and Disasters, Congo, Democratic Republic of, Emergencies, Peacebuilding by Caritas Communications

“It will still take a lot of time and effort to build a stable peace in Congo,” said Guezing Kizinga, in charge of Caritas Congo’s disarmament, demobilization and socio-economic programmes for ex-combatants. “But slowly, the ideas and concepts of peaceful conflict resolution we promote through our peacebuilding workshops will become part of people’s ways of ...

Church warning on Zimbabwe elections

22/02/2011 Africa, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Humanitarian Crisis in Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe by Caritas Communications

We, the Catholic Bishops of IMBISA (Inter-Regional Meeting of the Bishops of Southern Africa - Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, Mozambique, Sao Tome e Principe, South Africa & Zimbabwe) gathered in Pretoria for our 9th Plenary Session, wish to address a very particular plea to the political leaders of the SADC region.

WSF: Exploring migration

11/02/2011 Advocacy, Africa, Development, Europe, France, High-Level Meetings and Events, Migration, Senegal, World Social Forum by Caritas Communications

On Tuesday 8 February, Secours Catholique (Caritas France), together with the Association des cités du Secours Catholique (ACSC), ran a workshop on the lack of free movement of persons. The participants recreated migrants' journeys via a board game, and were able to communicate with immigrants in Paris via videoconferencing.

WSF: “dignified welcome for child migrants in Mali”

11/02/2011 Advocacy, Africa, Development, High-Level Meetings and Events, Mali, Migration, Senegal, World Social Forum by Caritas Communications

On 9 February at the WSF in Dakar, Secours Catholique and its partners held a workshop called "Migrants: give them a dignified welcome!" Bagayoko Seckna, coordinator of the Malian branch of the international NGO Environment and Development Action in the Third World (ENDA-TM), raised the issue of child migrants and their difficult living conditions.

Migration as a consequence of climate change

10/02/2011 Advocacy, Africa, Climate Change, Development, Food, High-Level Meetings and Events, Migration, Senegal, World Social Forum by Caritas Communications

On Tuesday 8 February, during the World Social Forum, Caritas Internationalis held a workshop on migration as a consequence of climate change. Caritas members will return to this issue in their countries and contribute towards solutions.

Civil society uniting to build a different world

8/02/2011 Advocacy, Africa, Development, High-Level Meetings and Events, Senegal, World Social Forum by Caritas Communications

By Clémence Richard from Secours Catholique-Caritas France Dakar, 2 pm: Under the burning sun, Sfax Place in the city centre is filling with crowds of marchers. African women dressed in colourful outfits dance to the rhythm of a tune that goes: “Solidarity with the women from all over the world”. Further down, Amnesty International shows ...

“Democratization in Africa is irreversible”

8/02/2011 Advocacy, Africa, Development, High-Level Meetings and Events, Senegal, World Social Forum by Caritas Communications

Read in French By Clémence Richard from Secours Catholique-Caritas France The World Social Forum that currently takes place in Dakar, Senegal, started this Monday with a Pan-African day. Representatives of African civil society talked about the situation on their continent and pleaded for transparent election processes. “It is badly gained power that leads to badly ...

Worldwide solidarity at the World Social Forum

7/02/2011 Advocacy, Africa, Development, High-Level Meetings and Events, Poverty Elimination, SDG, Senegal, World Social Forum by Caritas Communications

An African proverb that would best sum up the global movement that is the World Social Forum would be: “Many small people in many small places will do many small things to change the world”. An estimated 70,000 participants from across the world attended the 11th WSF at the University Campus Cheikh Anta Diop in ...