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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 ...

Caritas and Church groups aid Ebola orphans in West Africa

10/12/2014 Africa, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in West Africa - Ebola, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Togo by Caritas Communications

Children whose parents have died; children who have recovered from the virus themselves; children whose families and sense of security have been shattered by the emotional and economic toll of the disease—huge numbers of children in West Africa have been affected by Ebola over the past terrifying months.