Food prices squeezing poor people and driving social change by stealth
Thursday, May 23rd, 2013 Posted in Ethiopia, Food security, Kenya, Photos, Press release | No Comments »[caption id="attachment_6271" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Domianah Mwikali struggles with high food prices in Mukuru, Nairobi"][/caption] A new era of high and volatile food prices goes beyond affecting what people can afford to eat and is causing life-changing shifts in society, experts warn ...
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’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 ...
Ten biggest food and beverage companies failing millions of people who grow their ingredients
Tuesday, February 26th, 2013 Posted in Governance, Pan Africa, Press release, Women's rights | No Comments »New Oxfam campaign ranks social policies of food and beverage companies The social and environmental policies of the world's ten biggest food and beverage giants are not fit for modern purpose and need a major shake-up, says international agency Oxfam The “Big ...
“Make or break time” for eastern DRC after new peace plan
Sunday, February 24th, 2013 Posted in Conflict, DR Congo, Press release | 1 Comment »A framework for peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo, due to be signed today, will fail to end the suffering of millions of people in the east of the country unless concrete actions are now taken to ensure leaders ...
Playing the resilience game in Uganda
Thursday, February 21st, 2013 Posted in Climate change, Governance, Uganda, Video | No Comments »Staff and trainers from ACCRA - the Africa Climate Change Resilience Alliance - recently visited Kotido district in north eastern Uganda to run a game on climate change adaptation with district officials. The aim is for the ...
Safe water, direct from the lake to the taps
Tuesday, February 12th, 2013 Posted in DR Congo, Photos, Refugees/IDPs, Water/sanitation | Comments OffAbout 40,000 people are now sheltering in Bulengo camp, on the edge of Goma in eastern DR Congo. Most have fled the surge in fighting in the region over the past few months. A lack of clean and safe water ...
SOLD! – activists sell off Tanzania’s famous landmarks
Friday, February 8th, 2013 Posted in Food security, Land, Photos, Tanzania | No Comments »[caption id="attachment_5739" align="alignleft" width="174" caption="Sold: Tanzania Independence Monument"][/caption] In a protest against land grabs, Tanzanian activists today "sold off" two of the most famous landmarks in the capital Dar es Salaam - the national independence monument and Coco beach. The protests were ...
African and US singers join together to #Act4Congo
Friday, January 25th, 2013 Posted in Conflict, DR Congo, Kenya, Pan Africa, Video | No Comments »The Africans Act 4 Africa campaign - a network of African citizens, activists and musicians - recently brought singers together from the US, DR Congo and Kenya to raise attention to the ongoing crisis in eastern DRC. US gospel singer ...
Oxfam responds in Mugunga camp, eastern DRC
Thursday, January 24th, 2013 Posted in DR Congo, Refugees/IDPs, Video | No Comments »Since April last year about 50,000 people have fled to the Mugunga camp, close to Goma, to try and escape the fighting in eastern DR Congo. Oxfam teams there are trucking in 100,000 litres of clean water every day, and ...