April 13, 2023
Africa: For Every $1 the IMF Encouraged a Set of Poor Countries to Spend On Public Goods, It Has Told Them to Cut Four Times More Through Austerity Measures
Multilateral lender's role in helping to insulate people in low- and middle-income countries from economic crisis is incoherent and inadequate, says Oxfam Read more »
March 30, 2023
Africa: The EU Chooses Fuel Over Food to the Loss of Millions Going Hungry #AfricaClimateCrisis
Today, the EU chose fuel over food in the provisional agreement reached on the Renewable Energy Directive (RED), the EU law that incentivises the burning of crops to fuel cars and… Read more »
November 22, 2022
Africa: G20 Verdict - Oxfam Criticizes G20 for Lack of Action to Tackle Extreme Inequality
G20 world leaders have failed to take definitive action to tackle poverty, hunger, climate, debt and deprivation that is crippling millions of people around the world, says Oxfam. Read more »
November 07, 2022
Africa: A Billionaire Emits a Million Times More Greenhouse Gases Than the Average Person
Billionaire investments in polluting industries such as fossil fuels and cement double the average for the Standard and Poor group of 500 companies - Oxfam Read more »
September 20, 2022
Africa: Response to Lancet Commission On Lessons From Covid-19 for Future Pandemics
Responding to The Lancet COVID-19 Commission's report on lessons for future pandemics, Anna Marriott, Health Policy Manager at Oxfam and Policy Co-Lead for the People's Vaccine… Read more »
July 23, 2022
Africa: Oxfam Reaction to Ukraine and Russia's Historic Grain Deal
In reaction to Ukraine and Russia's recently signed grain deal, Max Lawson, Oxfam International's Inequality Policy & Advocacy Lead said: Read more »
April 19, 2022
Africa: IMF Must Abandon Demands for Austerity As Cost-of-Living Crisis Drives Up Hunger and Poverty Worldwide
87 percent of the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) COVID-19 loans are requiring developing countries that have been denied equal access to vaccines and are facing some of the… Read more »