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“South Sudan is collapsing.” Urgent aid needed to fight mass starvation

21/03/2017 Africa, Conflicts and Disasters, Congo, Democratic Republic of, Emergencies, Emergencies in Darfur and South Sudan, South Africa, Togo by Caritas Communications

As the humanitarian crisis worsens in South Sudan, Bishop Erkolano Lodu Tombe, President of Caritas South Sudan and Bishop of Yei, has warned the country is in a state of collapse with millions of people facing mass starvation. Bishop Tombe and senior officials from Caritas South Sudan gathered in Rome on Tuesday to discuss the ...

Rights of the Child protected by Caritas in Swaziland

16/11/2015 Africa, Conflicts and Disasters, Congo, Democratic Republic of, Emergencies in Congo, Migration, Minor migrants, Mozambique, Swaziland by Caritas Communications

The right to “life, survival and development”, to “education and health care”, to “participation” are all protected under the Convention on the Rights of the Child which is commemorating its 26th anniversary.

Congo bishop urges peace: “In the name of God, let us live!”

28/08/2013 Advocacy, Africa, Conflicts and Disasters, Congo, Democratic Republic of, Emergencies, Emergencies in Congo by Caritas Communications

Bishop Theophile Kaboy of Goma has condemned the violence sweeping the troubled east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. In a pastoral letter, Bishop Kaboy says called for an end to “the vicious circle of violence” and pleaded “in the name of God , let us live!”

Goma sees yet more fighting in troubled Congo

23/08/2013 Africa, Conflicts and Disasters, Congo, Democratic Republic of, Emergencies, Emergencies in Congo by Caritas Communications

Goma in the troubled east of the Democratic Republic of Congo was shelled again this week despite the UN peacekeeping force (MONSUCO) putting a security perimeter around the city.

Caritas helping those forced to flee in Congo

23/05/2013 Africa, Conflicts and Disasters, Congo, Democratic Republic of, Emergencies, Emergencies in Congo by Caritas Communications

Fighting near Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's largest city, has killed at least 20 people since Monday and ended an uneasy six-month calm between the army and fighters from the M23 rebel group.

Fighting returns to Nord-Kivu in Congo

22/05/2013 Africa, Blog, Conflicts and Disasters, Congo, Democratic Republic of, Emergencies, Emergencies in Congo, Français, Peacebuilding by Caritas Communications

By Guy-Marin Kamandji After about six months of a truce, fighting has resumed around the eastern Congolese city of Goma, in North Kivu. An offensive by M23 rebels started on Monday 20 May at dawn in Mutaho. Eye-witnesses, speaking on Radio Okapi, said, “We heard heavy arms fire on the hills around our homes from ...

Congo’s women dream of water

14/05/2013 Africa, Blog, Conflicts and Disasters, Congo, Democratic Republic of, Emergencies, Emergencies in Congo, Français, Peacebuilding by Caritas Communications

By Guy-Marin Kamandji, Caritas Congo Musawu walks with a firm step, carrying 20 litres of water on her head with great agility. The water must be equivalent to about half the 10 year old girl’s weight. It’s Monday morning in Bukwa Mulumba, a town in Kasai Central in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Musawu still ...

Taking Congo’s message to the United Nations

30/04/2013 Advocacy, Africa, Conflicts and Disasters, Congo, Democratic Republic of, Development, Emergencies, Emergencies in Congo, High-Level Meetings and Events, Peacebuilding by Caritas Communications

Caritas has been a profound partner assisting us at every level with courage and compassion as well as their capacity to make differences in the lives of people and communities.

From child soldier to top student in Congo

12/04/2013 Africa, Blog, Conflicts and Disasters, Congo, Democratic Republic of, Emergencies, Emergencies in Congo, Peacebuilding by Caritas Communications

By Taylor Toeka, Caritas Goma Francais Germain Muhindo comes top of his class almost always, yet a few months ago the eight year old first grader had never even seen a chalkboard. But he had seen war. He was forced into being a child soldier for three months in September 2012 by fighters in the ...

Urgent need of assistance for displaced Congolese suffering from mental disorders

14/02/2013 Africa, Conflicts and Disasters, Congo, Democratic Republic of, Emergencies, Emergencies in Congo, Peacebuilding by Caritas Communications

Read in French The end of a Caritas Goma project last December has meant that many patients suffering from severe mental disorders are completely vulnerable and left without care and support. The Mapendo health centre, 4 km from Rutshuru, is filled with busy men and women. Some look healthy, others who are accompanied by their ...