Press release

Inoussa Sawadogo is a farmer in the district of Kaya in Burkina Faso. Photo credit: Samuel Turpin/ Oxfam
Oxfam is urging West African states to double their investment in the agricultural sector to meet their 2014 target and to better support family farms and rural communities in order to break the cycle of hunger. The call comes amid the worst food and nutrition crisis in West Africa in a decade and...
New analysis by Oxfam finds that 13 out of the 15 IMF loan programs negotiated during the second year of the pandemic require new austerity measures such as taxes on food and fuel or spending cuts that could put vital public services at risk. The IMF is also encouraging six additional countries to...
Une nouvelle analyse d'Oxfam révèle que 13 des 15 programmes de prêts du FMI négociés au cours de la deuxième année de la pandémie imposent de nouvelles mesures d'austérité telles que des taxes sur les denrées alimentaires et le carburant ou des réductions de dépenses qui pourraient mettre en péril...
Ramata est éleveuse au Burkina Faso. A cause du manque de pluies, elle n'a plus de quoi nourrir son bétail.Credit photo: Gery Barbot/ Oxfam
11 millions de personnes supplémentaires pourraient basculer dans la faim au cours des trois prochains mois. L'Afrique de l'Ouest connaît sa pire crise alimentaire depuis une décennie, avec 27 millions de personnes qui souffrent de la faim. Ce nombre pourrait grimper à 38 millions de personnes d’...
Ramata is a herder in Burkina Faso. Because of the lack of rainfall, she has no food for her livestock.Credit photo: Gery Barbot/ Oxfam
An additional 11 million people could be pushed to hunger just over the next three months. West Africa is hit by its worst food crisis in a decade, with 27 million people going hungry. This number could rise to 38 million this June - a new historic level and already an increase by more than a third...