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Over 20 million more people hungry in Africa’s “year of nutrition”

Despite promises, nearly three-quarters of African governments reduced their agricultural budgets while paying almost double that on arms In the 12 months that African leaders vowed to improve food security in the continent, over 20 million more people have been pushed into severe hunger -...

Vincent, a public servant in Ghana, started a stationery shop to supplement his income. Photo credit : Ernest Ankomah/ Oxfam

Richest 1% bag nearly twice as much wealth as the rest of the world put together over the past two years

Super-rich outstrip their extraordinary grab of half of all new wealth in past decade. Billionaire fortunes are increasing by $2.7 billion a day even as at least 1.7 billion workers now live in countries where inflation is outpacing wages. A tax of up to 5 percent on the world’s multi-millionaires...

André, head of the family in a village in Ziniaré (Burkina Faso). Photo credit: Gery Barbot/ Oxfam

Urgent action needed to save 7.6 million people in need of food and nutrition assistance

The lean seasons come one after the other and systematically catch millions of vulnerable people in the spiral of a hunger crisis to which agricultural policies and emergency assistance provide only approximate and very specific responses. While the trends of the first analyses on the results of...

Survival of the Richest

We are living through an unprecedented moment of multiple crises. Tens of millions more people are facing hunger. Hundreds of millions more face impossible rises in the cost of basic goods or heating their homes. Climate breakdown is crippling economies and seeing droughts, cyclones and floods...

Celebration of March 8 by the Association of Evangelical Women of Bossangoa. Photo credit: Association of Evangelical Women of Bossangoa

Central African Republic

Our Partners’ Corner: Women's rights organizations in the digital age

Every year, the month of March is another opportunity to celebrate the progress made towards achieving women's rights, but it is also an opportunity to highlight the multiple challenges that stand in the way of gender justice and to advocate for change. This year's theme is an inclusive digital...

Ghana

Can Ghana Streamline Regulations for Accountability from Government and Businesses in its Proposed Human Rights Policy?

Except a handful of countries such as Kenya, Uganda and Nigeria, there is hardly any functioning plan grounded in the United Nation’s Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) on the continent. Ghana is currently in the early phases of setting up its framework which is even more why...

Ghana

Earning Wages Into a Bag of Holes: The Cost of Living Crisis in Ghana

While the wealthiest people and companies continue to thrive, recent crises have caused huge setbacks in the fight against poverty and hunger, cuts to jobs and wages, and a fiscal squeeze that threatens the lives and livelihoods of the world’s poorest people. For the first time in 25 years, extreme...

Burkina Faso

The Water Pact

In Burkina Faso, acquiring a reliable supply of drinking water is something that is becoming a challenge. Fleeing the North – currently suffering from a conflict which began 4 years ago – one million of Burkina Faso's inhabitants are now living as displaced people. The movement of people is...

Sienou Seydou, farmer in the North of Burkina Faso. Because of climate change, he is now struggling to grow enough crops to feed his family. Credit: Gery Barbot/ Oxfam

« Achieving food security by preserving the West African market against low priced importations »

The war in Ukraine has caused the price of many agricultural inputs, energy and fertilizers to skyrocket on the global market. Prices had already risen sharply over the past two years due to the increase in energy prices, poor harvests, increased demand from China, etc. The global wheat price...

Burkina Faso

Surviving Hunger : The Story of Alizeta Sawadogo in Burkina Faso

Alizeta Sawadogo is a farmer and mother of 8 children. She has been farming all her life, growing cereals. But yields have become increasingly low due to the effects of climate change.

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Over 20 million more people hungry in Africa’s “year of nutrition”

Richest 1% bag nearly twice as much wealth as the rest of the world put together over the past two years

Urgent action needed to save 7.6 million people in need of food and nutrition assistance

Survival of the Richest

Central African Republic

Our Partners’ Corner: Women's rights organizations in the digital age

Ghana

Can Ghana Streamline Regulations for Accountability from Government and Businesses in its Proposed Human Rights Policy?

Ghana

Earning Wages Into a Bag of Holes: The Cost of Living Crisis in Ghana

Burkina Faso

The Water Pact

« Achieving food security by preserving the West African market against low priced importations »

Burkina Faso

Surviving Hunger : The Story of Alizeta Sawadogo in Burkina Faso