Caribbean leaders urged to reject unfair EU trade deal

The UK-based international development agency Christian Aid is among those urging Caribbean heads of government to refuse to sign a new trade deal that the European Union (EU) is attempting to force onto the region. Caribbean leaders meeting in Barbados on Wednesday...

Agencies respond to Haiti tropical storm devastation

The United Nations is warning that more than half a million people are in need of emergency assistance after storms Fay, Gustav and Hanna battered the island of Haiti. Over 500 people are now known to have been killed in floods and landslides in Haiti caused by...

Christian Aid launches UK appeal for Bihar floods

The UK-based churches’ development agency Christian Aid has launched an emergency appeal in response to the devastating floods in Bihar, India. More than 2.5 million people have been affected and it’s feared that thousands have died. Churches across...

Poll puts Mandela and Martin Luther King above celebrities

People in Britain rate committed campaigners such as Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King far more highly than celebrities such as Sir Bob Geldof and Angelina Jolie, a recent YouGov poll commissioned by the international development agency Christian Aid shows. More...