African Union at 50 – how do we inspire a united future?
Tuesday, June 18th, 2013 Posted in Governance, Pan Africa | No Comments »[caption id="attachment_6393" align="alignleft" width="224" caption="The African Union HQ in Addis"][/caption] The recent jubilee celebrations marking 50 years of African unity set the stage for us to reflect on the successes and challenges the continent has faced, and present Africa with an ...
Trying to solve the poverty puzzle
Monday, June 17th, 2013 Posted in Pan Africa | No Comments »"The Power of People Against Poverty" is the name of Oxfam's new strategic plan for 2013 to 2019. The strategy has six main components for ending poverty. This "Rubik's Cube" video explains the different sides of the puzzle. Below, Oxfam ...
Scandal of land grabs and tax dodging continues at expense of the world’s poor – G8 leaders must act
Monday, June 17th, 2013 Posted in Aid, Kenya, Land, Pan Africa, Tanzania | No Comments »Money flowing illicitly into tax havens could pay entire education budget of Kenya and Tanzania [caption id="attachment_6372" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Pupils at school in northern Tanzania"][/caption] During the two days of the G8 Summit, which starts today, $2.2 billion in illicit flows will ...
“We don’t want food aid. We want reform” – Tanzanian farmer tells US Congress
Tuesday, June 11th, 2013 Posted in Agriculture, Aid, Food security, Pan Africa, Tanzania | No Comments »[caption id="attachment_6347" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Emiliana Aligaesha and Mwanahamisi Salimu from Oxfam in Tanzania visit the US"][/caption] “The great problem is that we have no sure markets where we can buy and sell,” Emiliana Aligaesha explained exasperatedly. “This makes the young people discouraged ...
Voices from Africa: the African Union at 50
Wednesday, June 5th, 2013 Posted in Conflict, DR Congo, Governance, Pan Africa, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan | No Comments »I recently spent three days in Africa’s capital, Addis Ababa, the seat of the African Union. During this time, there was a flurry of activity in the margins of the AU summit but I found my own space ...
Governments sign historic global treaty to regulate the $85bn arms trade
Monday, June 3rd, 2013 Posted in Arms Trade, DR Congo, Pan Africa, South Sudan | No Comments »[caption id="attachment_6329" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Armed teenage cattle herder in West Pokot, Kenya"][/caption] History will be made today at the United Nations as many governments sign an Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) designed to protect millions living in daily fear of armed ...
50 years, 50 voices
Monday, May 27th, 2013 Posted in Conflict, DR Congo, Governance, Pan Africa, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan | No Comments »This month we celebrate 50 years of African unity. We asked 50 people in five countries affected by conflict - DR Congo, Mali, Somalia, South Sudan and ...
Disasters are “no accident” – it’s about politics and power
Tuesday, May 21st, 2013 Posted in Aid, Food security, Pan Africa, Press release | No Comments »Governments and aid agencies have to tackle the politics and power at the heart of the increasing effects of climate change, rising inequality and people’s vulnerability to disasters according to a new report published today by international agency Oxfam. The report, ...
Africa in control of its fortune
Wednesday, May 8th, 2013 Posted in Governance, Pan Africa | No Comments »Several African countries are amongst today’s fastest growing economies in the world, boosted in many instances by new discoveries of oil, natural gas and strategic mineral reserves. Extreme poverty on the continent is in decline, and progress towards meeting the ...
Africa’s growth must benefit all its citizens
Tuesday, May 7th, 2013 Posted in Governance, Pan Africa, Press release | No Comments »Africa’s remarkable growth, driven in large part by a minerals and energy boom, is threatened by illicit capital outflows and widening income gaps, international agency Oxfam has warned ahead of a meeting of top business leaders at the World Economic ...