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Caritas aid for 100,000 people in South Sudan as new nation is born

10/06/2011 Africa, News, Press Release, South Sudan by Caritas Communications

Caritas members in South Sudan aim to provide 100,000 people with water, food, shelter, health and education. South Sudan becomes an independent state 9 July 2011 after decades of conflict, poor governance and natural disasters. People in the emerging nation face an acute shortage of basic needs as the country lacks infrastructure and faces high ...

Live chat with bishop from southern Sudan

10/06/2011 Africa, Blog, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in Darfur and South Sudan, Migration, North America, Peacebuilding, Refugees, South Sudan, Sudan, United States by Caritas Communications

The first miracle in Eduardo Hiiboro Kussala’s life happened when he was just a few months old. During a military raid on his village in southern Sudan, soldiers entered his family’s house and killed his mother and sister. They left baby Eduardo unharmed and didn’t burn down the house. Now, 47 years later, he is ...

The power of voting in Congo

10/06/2011 Africa, Conflicts and Disasters, Congo, Democratic Republic of, Emergencies, Emergencies in Central African Republic, Peacebuilding by Caritas Communications

The Congolese will go to the polls in November to elect a new president. The country held its first democratic election in 45 years in 2006 following a long conflict. The vote ran relatively smoothly despite fears of violence. Caritas Congo has met with other Catholic agencies from Switzerland, Belgium, Germany, the US, the UK ...

Pentecost celebrations in run up to South Sudan independence

7/06/2011 Africa, Blog, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in Darfur and South Sudan, Peacebuilding, South Sudan, Sudan by Caritas Communications

As part of programme of prayer and activities leading upto the independence for South Sudan on 9 July, the Sudanese Catholic Church will be blessing and planting trees of life to mark Pentecost this Sunday 12 June. Each diocese will plant a tree as a symbol of new birth. From Sunday until independence day, families, institutions, schools ...

Violence flares in Nigeria

29/04/2011 Africa, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Nigeria by Caritas Communications

A crisis has erupted in Sokoto after presidential elections ended in violence. The conflict has caused the destruction of lives and property worth millions of naira. Some of the people are displaced from their homes and their means of livelihood taken away owing to the destruction that has taken place.

Sudan: Be calm but vigilant…

7/04/2011 Advocacy, Africa, Conflicts and Disasters, Disaster Preparedness, Emergencies, Emergencies in Darfur and South Sudan, Migration, Peacebuilding, Refugees, South Sudan, Sudan by Caritas Communications

Statement from the Sudan Catholic Bishops’ Conference Be calm but vigilant… (1 Peter 5:8) 7th April 2011 We the Sudan Catholic Bishops’ Conference, gathered in Extraordinary Plenary assembly in Juba, South Sudan, from 1st – 7th April 2011, have prayed and reflected together on the situation in our beloved Sudan. Mindful of our responsibility as ...

Caritas launches a comic strip about violence and hope in Congo

6/04/2011 Africa, Conflicts and Disasters, Congo, Democratic Republic of, Emergencies, Emergencies in Congo, Peacebuilding by Caritas Communications

Available in French Click here to read the entire comic strip In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), violence against women is a frequent problem. Rape has become a weapon of war in the country. In many instances, armed men will overrun a village, attack the inhabitants, rape the women, destroy crops and leave in ...

Ivoirians fleeing to Liberia meet widow’s might

30/03/2011 Africa, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Peacebuilding by Caritas Communications

As the post-election clashes have again intensified in Côte d’Ivoire over the last weeks, hundreds of thousands of people have left their homes to flee a situation that could quickly turn into a civil war and a lasting humanitarian crisis.

Humanitarian crisis in Côte d’Ivoire and Liberia

30/03/2011 Africa, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Peacebuilding by Caritas Communications

Hundreds of thousands of Ivoirians have already fled their homes to escape the violent post-election clashes in Côte d’Ivoire. Many experts believe Côte d’Ivoire is on the brink of civil war. “There is a generalized fear within the population here that makes us think the situation could escalate”, said Jean Djoman, Director of Human Development ...

Q&A on the humanitarian crisis in Côte d’Ivoire and Liberia

30/03/2011 Africa, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Peacebuilding by Caritas Communications

Around 500,000 Ivorians have already fled their homes to shelter elsewhere in the country or abroad, and at least 90,000 of them have taken refuge across the border in Liberia. Smaller numbers of Ivorians have travelled to Ghana and Guinea.