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  • 11 Jan 2012
    Haiti earthquake two years on

    Two years ago on January 12, as the late afternoon heat ebbed away, a catastrophic magnitude 7 earthquake hit the island of Hispaniola, devastating Haiti.

  • 4 Nov 2011
    Rich nations leave big global issues undecided

    When it came to critical global issues, the richest nations on earth decided to decide later, says Catholic aid agency CAFOD, of the G20 communiqué.

  • 4 Nov 2011
    G20 leaked draft weak on development, says CAFOD

    The development ambitions of the G20 are not evident in the draft summit communique leaked to the media this morning (4 November), says CAFOD.

  • 3 Nov 2011
    More pressure on Cameron over Robin Hood Tax at G20

    David Cameron needs to stop hiding behind the US and support a financial transaction tax to combat poverty and climate change, says CAFOD.

  • 6 Oct 2011
    Government challenged on climate change and green action

    Aid agencies have taken a photo climate petition to No 10 Downing Street, in a campaign to get the UK government to act on its green pledges.

  • 25 Mar 2011
    The war in Cote d’Ivoire

    The news is full of Libya. And it’s a frightening situation for everyone on the ground. But meanwhile, in Cote d’Ivoire, civil war has broken out.

  • 4 Jun 2008
    CAFOD supporters pursue peddle power for global change

    Some 130 supporters of the Catholic Fund for Overseas Development (CAFOD)took to the saddle last weekend for a sponsored bike ride to raise money to support the aid agency's vital poverty-fighting work around the world.

  • 20 Feb 2008
    CAFOD says European nations must assist Chad peace effort

    With conflict rife and peace in peril, the Catholic Fund for Overseas Development (CAFOD) has called on member states of the European Union, especially France, to look re-examine their role in troubled Chad.

  • 15 Aug 2007
    Church agency calls for calm amid East Timor violence

    The Catholic Fund for Overseas Development (CAFOD) has called for calm in East Timor amidst the violence that has escalated since Xanana Gusmao was appointed to be Prime Minister by the country’s new President Jose Ramos-Horta.

  • 3 Jan 2007
    Congo takes first steps in quest for peace and unity

    The recent peaceful election in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is just the first step in uniting a country ravaged by decades of war and dictatorship - writes Alain Kabeya N'tumba, advocacy officer for the Kinshasa office of CAFOD, the Catholic Fund for Overseas Development.