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Oxfam International Pledge - African Union Humanitarian Summit and Pledging Conference, May 2022

Introduction: Oxfam knows the power of people. In 26 African countries and through our continental Pan-Africa Program, we are working with African people, communities, indigenous African organisations and governments, before, during, and after crises to build their resilience, save lives, and...

Open Letter from 198 African civil society organizations ahead of the 2022 African Union Humanitarian Summit and Pledging Conference

English Version 18 May 2022 H. E. Moussa Faki Mahamat Chairperson, African Union Commission Re: Open Letter from 198 African civil society organizations Your Excellency, We the under-signed civil society organizations engaged in humanitarian responses across the African continent alongside AU...

Demands for austerity and spiralling debt are ‘sabotaging’ Africa’s COVID-19 recovery

43 African governments are facing expenditure cuts totalling $183 billion (equivalent to 5.4 percent of GDP) over the next five years, reveals new analysis from Oxfam and Development Finance International (DFI) today. If these cuts are implemented, their chances of achieving the UN’s Sustainable...

Africa's Extreme Inequality Crisis: Building Back Fairer after COVID-19

Africa is facing a crisis of extreme inequality which is undermining growth, preventing poverty eradication and contributing to insecurity. The six richest African billionaires are now wealthier than the poorest 50% of Africans combined. This briefing paper shows that COVID-19 has deepened this...

No decision about us without us!

Joint African-European Civil Society Statement to All Heads of State and Government and Dignitaries attending the 6th EU-AU Summit, February 2022 Today’s efforts by the AU and EU to create an equal and fair partnership are entrenched in past colonial and postcolonial cooperation. They are...

Les organisations de la société civile réclament l'accès aux vaccins et l'équité pour tous

En tant qu'organisations de la société civile à travers l'Afrique, nous joignons nos voix pour demander un vaccin populaire, qui assure une protection en tant que bien public mondial, disponible gratuitement et équitablement pour tous, en donnant la priorité à ceux qui en ont le plus besoin.

Civil Society Organisations Calling for Vaccine Access and Equity For All

Over 60 Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have come together to demand for COVID-19 vaccine access and equity for all. The CSOs have made specific demands such as that governments make publicly available COVID-19 vaccines procurement and distribution plans, including number of doses procured,...

Oxfam félicite les nouveaux commissaires de l'UA et son Excellence Félix Tshisekedi, président de la République démocratique du Congo, en sa qualité de président de l'Union africaine

Le programme panafricain d'Oxfam International félicite et salue l'élection de Son Excellence Félix Tshisekedi, Président de la République démocratique du Congo, à la présidence de l'Union africaine et les nouveaux commissaires de l'Union présidés par Son Excellence Moussa Faki. Pour Mr Peter...

Oxfam congratulates the newly elected AU Commissioners and His Excellency Felix Tshisekedi, President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, as Chairperson of the Africa Union

Oxfam International Pan Africa Program congratulates and welcomes the election of His Excellency Felix Tshisekedi, President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, as the Chairperson of the African Union and the new Commissioners of the Union led by His Excellency Moussa Faki. '' The AU elections...

THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON SMALL-SCALE FARMING, FOOD SECURITY AND SOVEREIGNTY IN AFRICA

A number of actions have indeed been put in place by governments as an immediate response to COVID-19 and the effects it is having on the population, which is to be applauded. Across the continent, agricultural inputs and livestock feed are being distributed to support food and pastoral production...

The future is equal

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