Press release

Rich countries' aid to West Africa to cope with climate change is insufficient and dangerously worsening debt levels

Rich countries and multilateral donors have so far mobilized only 7% of the estimated $198.88 billion that West African countries need by 2030 to cope with the climate crisis and pursue their own green development. According to a new Oxfam study today, Climate Finance in West Africa, 62% of $11.7...

The race to achieve a minimum of 10% annual national budget allocation for Agriculture

The World Food Programme (WFP) acknowledges that "As many as 828 million people go to bed hungry every night; the number of those facing acute food insecurity has soared - from 135 million to 345 million - since 2019; and a total of 50 million people in 45 countries are teetering on the edge of...

Oxfam Condemns the Dehumanization & Brutalization of Mrs. Amarachi Okechi and Demands Justice

Oxfam condemns the dehumanization and brutalization of a widow identified as Mrs. Amarachi Okechi of Umueghu in Amaegbuato autonomous community, in Nkpa Bende Local Government Area of Abia State, Nigeria Mrs. Okechi had her hands tied behind her back, her feet tied together seating on the bare...

FAO SOFI REPORT MEDIA REACTION –A BROKEN FOOD SYSTEM PERPETUATING HUNGER

The Food and Agriculture Organisation of United Nation’s just launched “State of Food Insecurity and Nutrition in the World 2022” report, stating that as many as 828 million people were hungry in 2021, an increase of 150 million since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. “It is deeply concerning...

Pandemic creates new billionaire every 30 hours — now a million people could fall into extreme poverty at same rate in 2022

As the cost of essential goods rises faster than it has in decades, billionaires in the food and energy sectors are increasing their fortunes by $1 billion dollars every two days. For every new billionaire created during the pandemic — one every 30 hours — nearly a million people could be pushed...