Tag: Oxfam
Charities say South Sudan deal is first step, needs enforcement
Four global charities have welcomed the signing of a peace deal by the president of South Sudan but said it needs to...
Armed violence costs Africa $18 billion a year – Oxfam
Between 1990 and 2007 the cost of armed violence and conflict to Africa was $300 billion – approximately the same as the...
Inequality rises across the G20 as economic growth fails to trickle...
Inequality, a major cause of instability and conflict, has increased in 14 of 18 G20 countries since 1990 as economic growth has...
Global aid agreement on a knife-edge – Oxfam
Donor government negotiators meeting in Paris today are considering scrapping the global aid monitoring system that keeps donors honest and improves the...
Oxfam removes staff from South Sudan border after violence
Aid group Oxfam said it was pulling out 22 staff from South Sudan's border region to the north after fighting was reported...
Oxfam slams slow European response to Africa drought
Oxfam accused several European governments of "willful neglect" as an US$800 million aid shortfall slowed the international response to the deteriorating drought...
Don’t drop the ball on aid: Oxfam calls
With all eyes on South Africa for the world's biggest football tournament next month, Oxfam is launching Don't Drop the Ball on...
Rich country donors still well off-track on their aid commitments: Oxfam
Aid figures show that rich countries are failing to deliver on their promises to poorer countries says aid agency Oxfam. The figures,...
About 10 million at risk of food crisis across West Africa
Almost 10 million people across the Sahel region of West Africa are threatened with a severe food shortage, international aid agency Oxfam...
Aid agencies anxious over peacekeepers’ possible exit
Aid workers in volatile eastern Chad are anxiously watching discussions over the possible exit of UN peacekeepers, after the government has said...
Sudanese agencies should plug Darfur aid gap
Sudanese aid agencies must be helped to fill in the huge gaps left in Darfur's aid operation by the expulsion of 13...
Congo civilians disapprove of military ops
Most civilians in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo disapprove of the current military strategy being used to try and pacify their region,...
