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Women and girls “expendable” in misguided slash-and-burn policies of economic recovery

Oxfam: Austerity measures and their gendered harms are a form of gender-based violenceGovernments around the world are putting women and girls in danger of unprecedented new levels of poverty, peril…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

Nigeria, Debt Burden, & Commitment to Reducing Inequality Index

Nigeria’s debt servicing is sucking away precious revenues from low levels of public spending – this means the fiscal system is working even less hard to fight inequality. Over the past five years,…

IMF must abandon demands for austerity as cost-of-living crisis drives up hunger and poverty in Nigeria

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 world’s worst…

West Africa faces its worst food crisis in ten years, with over 27 million people already suffering from hunger

An additional 11 million people could be pushed to hunger just over the next three monthsWest Africa is hit by its worst food crisis in a decade, with 27 million people going hungry. This number…

Ukraine crisis: How and why it could worsen hunger in Nigeria

The crisis in Ukraine has caused food prices to skyrocket globally in the last few weeks with some forecasts estimating up to a 20 percent increase. This is adding pressure to the already devastating…