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Marie Noudjougoto speaks at a community awareness event in Paoua. Photo credit: Evy Biramocko/ Oxfam

Our Partner’s Corner : Insecurity and hunger, a double threat looming over Paoua

Let's take a trip to Paoua, located in the north-western part of the Central African Republic (CAR), which is known as the grain and vegetable region of the country. For several years, the people have been affected by the ongoing insecurity. For this vulnerable population, each day is a struggle to...
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Marina Moulou-Gnatho is a peace activist in CAR

Central African Republic: to win against coronavirus, we need peace.

Marina Moulou-Gnatho, a peace activist in CAR, speaks about the importance of laying down arms and including women in the peace process in CAR.
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Syntyche talks with displaced women in Burkina Faso. Credit : Sylvain Cherkaoui / Oxfam

"My heartfelt appeal: to be able to act to help my Burkinabè sisters in distress"

Syntyche Ouedraogo, is a member of Oxfam’s humanitarian communications team in Burkina Faso. She gives us her look as a humanitarian worker, in a country affected by a succession of crises. Today, the coronavirus pandemic is a new threat to face. And yet, no one is resigned.
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30,000 people who fled the Boko Haram violence in the Lake Chad basin area have found refuge at the Muna Garage site for displaced people in Nigeria. Credit: Pablo Tosco / Oxfam

When will the Sahel change its approach to end the conflict?

Oxfam in West Africa, September 20, 2019 - Faced with the insufficiency and in some cases the nuisance of purely security responses, it is time for ECOWAS heads of state to change their approach to promote political solutions to the crisis in the Sahel States
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