What's New June 1998 Sudan Emergency - Information Update For thirty out of the last forty years, Sudan, the largest country in Africa, has suffered a civil war and resulting man-made humanitarian tragedy of catastrophic proportions. Sudan's war, the longest this century, is a conflict where civilians have been the main targets and victims of both sides. You can help ! Jubilee 2000 Petition Poor countries are diverting money which could be invested in eradicating poverty to pay interests on debts that are unpayable. To make a fresh start, we believe it right to put behind us the mistakes made by both lenders and borrowers, and to cancel the backlog of unpayable debts of the most impovershed nations. We call upon the leaders of the lending nations to write off these debts by the year 2000. Sign now CAFOD Review of the Year 1997 * 3 billion people (half the world's population) subsist on less than �1.25 per day; * 150 million children receive no schooling of any kind; * 1.3 billion people have no access to clean water; * Year by year the number of individual billionaires grows whilst the share of the world's income to which the poorest can claim continually shrinks. CAFOD's work around the Third World has been made possible by a wonderful response from the parishes, schools, religious communities and thousands of individuals who offer their financial support so generously and loyally. recent press releases Webmaster's Column with updates and information and about the site