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Sudan votes

20/12/2010 Advocacy, Africa, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Peacebuilding, South Sudan, Sudan by Caritas Communications

Southern Sudan went to the polls 9 January 2011 to decide on self-determination. Caritas prays the outcome will be peace and development for all Sudanese.Follow the elections with our staff in Juba on the Caritas blog.A resolution could be as good for Sudan as the election of Nelson Mandela was for South Africa, or it ...

Fighting increases in Darfur as Caritas aid reaches half a million people

15/12/2010 Africa, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in Darfur and South Sudan, Peacebuilding, Sudan by Caritas Communications

Sudan’s Darfur region is witnessing an upsurge in violence. A quarter of a million people were forced from their homes in 2010. Millions more already live in camps in a crisis with no obvious resolution. [View our photo gallery from Caritas projects in Darfur] Caritas provided food, clean water, healthcare, peacebuilding and skills training to ...

Caritas Rwanda marks half a century of overcoming conflict and poverty

22/11/2010 Africa, Aid Success Story, Conflicts and Disasters, Development, Peacebuilding, Rwanda by Caritas Communications

Caritas Rwanda has been celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2010. At the end of 12 months of special events, an important celebration will be held in a stadium in the capital Kigali with thousands of local Caritas staff, representatives from Caritas members from Africa and other parts of the world as well as Lesley-Anne Knight, Secretary General of Caritas Internationalis.

Sudanese bishops: war is not inevitable

15/11/2010 Africa, News, Press Release, Sudan by Caritas Communications

Leaders of Sudan’s Catholic Church believe peace is still possible in Sudan as the country faces a vote on independence in the south many fear will lead to renewed conflict. Southern Sudanese started registering Monday for the poll on 9 January 2011. The disputed oil-producing Abyei region is due to hold a simultaneous plebiscite on ...

Caritas Rwanda celebrates 50 years of hope

27/10/2010 Africa, News, Press Release, Rwanda by Caritas Communications

Caritas Internationalis warmly congratulates its national member in Rwanda for half a century of outstanding work and dedication to the poor.

Take action now to prevent new food crises in Niger

14/10/2010 Advocacy, Africa, Conflicts and Disasters, Disaster Preparedness, Emergencies, Niger by Caritas Communications

The food situation has been stabilised in the Sahel region, especially in Niger where the number of people at risk of malnutrition fell from more than 60% to around 6% over the last months. Now, it is crucial to take further action at this point, says Raymond Younoussi Yoro, Secretary General of Caritas Niger. How ...

“We haven’t really seen anything like this before”: Benin hit by floods

12/10/2010 Africa, Benin, News, Press Release by Caritas Communications

Caritas is appealing for US1.8 million (1.3 million euro) following heavy flooding in the West African country of Benin. Over 350,000 people have been affected by the floods and dozens have died.

Sudanese church leaders raise fears of war

12/10/2010 Africa, News, Press Release, Sudan by Caritas Communications

Sudanese church leaders fear war if people in the south are unable to vote on their independence early next year. An ecumenical delegation raised the alarm during a meeting with the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on 11 October at the United Nations in New York as part of a week-long advocacy trip. Southern Sudan ...

101 days of prayer for Sudan

4/10/2010 Advocacy, Africa, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Peacebuilding, Prayers and Reflections, South Sudan, Sudan by Caritas Communications

Africa could get a new country in 2011; or an old country could be torn apart by strife. On January 9th, up to eight million Sudanese in the south could vote to decide whether to stay united with the north or to secede and become independent. View photo gallery of Sudan in the run up ...

Female face of migration conference in Senegal

26/08/2010 Africa, Female face of migration, Meetings & Events, Migration, Senegal by Caritas Communications

Caritas Internationalis is organising a conference on “The Female Face of Migration” in Saly, Senegal 30 November to 2 December 2010 in cooperation with Caritas Senegal. The aim of the conference is to better understand the phenomenon of the ‘feminization of migration’, which describes the increasing percentage of women migrating. Caritas Internationalis Director of Policy ...