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• Christian Aid issues plea for 'free, fair and peaceful' elections in Nigeria this weekend

  15 February 2019

  As the presidential polls approach, Christian Aid in  Nigeria has pushed for a credible, democratic election process.
  

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• Christian Aid: The voices of the schoolchildren striking for the climate must be heard

  Embargoed for 00:01 Friday, February 15th, 2019

  As school pupils across the UK go on strike on Friday at the lack of progress to tackle climate change, [...]
  

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• Time to translate rhetoric into action for forcibly displaced people across Africa

  12 February 2019

  Time to translate rhetoric into action for forcibly displaced people across Africa
  

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• "Britain’s aid budget is a badge of honour worthy of pride and fierce defence"

  30 January 2019

  Now is not the time to cause further uncertainty for the world’s poorest.
  

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• Christian and Muslim NGOs call for prayer for world’s ‘worst humanitarian crisis’ in Yemen

  Monday, 28 January 2019

  Leaders of faith-based international development agencies have united to call on churches and mosques to pray for the desperate humanitarian [...]
  

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• Christian Aid calls out 'dangerous' over-reliance on private sector finance for development

  25 January 2019

  As Davos draws to an end, Christian Aid cautions against the 'private first' approach to sustainable development.
  

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• New coal policy from Barclays further isolates climate change laggards says Christian Aid

  Monday, January 14th, 2019

  Christian Aid has welcomed the announcement from Barclays that it will stop all project finance to coal power and coal [...]
  

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• New report: World counts the cost of a year of climate breakdown

  Thursday, 27 December 2018

    - Extreme weather driven by climate change killed thousands around the world in 2018   - Christian Aid report identifies 10 [...]
  

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• Christian Aid partner sends emergency team in aftermath of Indonesia's Sunda Strait tsunami

  23 December 2018

  A medical team from Christian Aid's partner is helping surivors of the unexpected tsunami in Indonesia. 
  

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• UK aid funds Christian Aid consortium to help most marginalised 

  19 December 2018

  Christian Aid has received £1.2m from DFID to help the most marginalised people in Nigeria, Zimbabwe and Myanmar.
  

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