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$240 billion amassed by 100 richest people enough to end extreme poverty four times over: Oxfam
The vast fortunes made by the world’s richest 100 billionaires is driving up inequality and hindering the world’s ability to tackle poverty, according to Oxfam. The charity said the accumulation of wealth and income on an unprecedented scale, often at the expense of secure jobs and decent wages for the…
Oxfam: Land snapped up by corporations could have fed nearly 1 billion
International land investors and biofuel producers have taken over land around the world that could feed nearly 1bn people. Analysis by Oxfam of several thousand land deals completed in the last decade shows that an area eight times the size of the UK has been left idle by speculators or…
Oxfam: Yemeni women worse off after uprising
Oxfam has warned that women in Yemen are worse off than before the uprising that ousted long-time dictator Ali Abdullah Saleh as a deepening humanitarian crisis in the country shows no signs of abating. In its latest report, entitled “Still waiting for change,” Oxfam said “four out of five” Yemeni…
Oxfam: Climate change’s impact on future food prices is underestimated
Climate change’s impact on future food prices is being underestimated, Oxfam warned in a report on Wednesday. The development charity predicts that massive price spikes will be a devastating blow to the world’s poorest people who today spend up to 75% of their income on food, and will also adversely…
Oxfam warns food prices to soar due to climate change
PARIS — Staple food prices may double within the next two decades due to climate change and an increase in extreme weather including droughts and hurricanes, the anti-poverty group Oxfam said Wednesday. Oxfam warned current climate change research isn’t taking into account extreme weather events, which it warned could also…
Austerity cuts in aid to developing countries puts lives at risk: Oxfam
Faced with austerity budgets rich nations cut aid to developing countries by 2.7 percent last year, the OECD says, with aid group Oxfam warning this is putting lives at risk. The cut in development aid, the first for 14 years, looks likely to continue at a time when poor countries…
13 million people threatened by food crisis: Oxfam
DAKAR — About 13 million people living in west and central Africa face a major food crisis unless immediate action is taken, humanitarian group Oxfam warned Thursday. A dangerous combination of drought, high food prices, reduced harvests, poverty and conflict are driving an emerging crisis across several nations including Chad,…
Afghan women’s rights ‘at risk’ after war decade: Oxfam
Women’s rights in Afghanistan risk being forgotten as international troops withdraw and the government struggles for a peace deal 10 years after the Taliban were ousted, Oxfam said Monday. In a new report the NGO said women’s rights had improved in Afghanistan since the October 2001 US-led invasion, particularly access…
‘Perfect storm’ looms for world’s food supplies: Oxfam
PARIS (AFP) – Oxfam called on Tuesday for an overhaul of the world’s food system, warning that in a couple of decades, millions more people would be gripped by hunger due to population growth and climate-hit harvests. A “broken food system” means that the price of some staples will more…
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