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The 22 richest men in the world have more wealth than all the women in Africa

The 22 richest men in the world have more wealth than all the women in Africa

Oxfam in West Africa, Jan. 20, 2020. The world’s 2,153 billionaires have more wealth than the 4.6 billion people who make up 60 percent of the planet’s population, reveals a new global report from Oxfam today ahead of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland.

Yagana, a woman displaced by fear of Boko Haram in Niger, received a cash for grant from Oxfam and with this cash she started a small business for herself. Credit : Tom Saater / Oxfam

Fight for equality

West Africa remains one of the poorest regions in the world where inequalities are growing and where governments are the least committed to reducing them on the African continent. The region has abundant but mismanaged resources. Corrupt state decision-makers and private actors voracious for raw...

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