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Mega-rich recoup COVID-losses in record-time yet billions will live in poverty for at least a decade

The 1,000 richest people on the planet recouped their COVID-19 losses within just nine months, but it could take more than a decade for the world’s poorest to recover from the economic impacts of the…

Oxfam calls for wealthy countries to step up climate adaptation finance commitments at virtual meeting ahead of January’s Climate Adaptation Summit

Oxfam calls for wealthy countries to step up climate adaptation finance commitments at virtual meeting ahead of January’s Climate Adaptation Summit

Leaking money: the tax agreement between Uganda and the Netherlands

Ahead of the next meeting of European Finance Ministers (ECOFIN) on the 6th of October, Oxfam is publishing a report which reveals how the Double Tax Agreement between Uganda and the Netherland is…

Companies must take action to respect the rights of communities at risk in East Africa’s oil frontier

In research released today alongside FIDH and partner organizations, Oxfam highlighted the major risks of oil projects led by French energy giant Total in Uganda and Tanzania, which would require…

Hunger linked to COVID-19 could kill more people than the virus itself: Oxfam

Horn, East and Central Africa’s debt payments compound the hunger crisis for millionsIn a new briefing published today, Oxfam warns that hunger linked to COVID-19 could kill as many as 12,000 people…

Thirty-nine organisations call on governments to ensure access to asylum seekers during COVID-19 pandemic

People seeking safety are trapped at borders across Eastern Africa due to COVID-19 measuresA coalition of international, national, and refugee-led organizations in the Horn, East and Central Africa (…

Vaccinating poorest half of humanity against coronavirus could cost less than four month’s big pharma profits

Vaccinating the poorest half of humanity – 3.7 billion people - against coronavirus could cost less than the ten biggest pharmaceutical companies make in four months, Oxfam said today.

CSOs CALL FOR TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE USE OF IMF’s COVID-19 EMERGENCY LOAN TO ENSURE IT BENEFITS ALL UGANDANS

Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in Uganda welcome the swift response by The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to, approve the Government of Uganda request for disbursement…

RETHINKING THE DOMESTIC REVENUE MOBILISATION STRATEGIES AMIDST THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN UGANDA

In lieu with the outbreak of the Corona Virus pandemic, we CSOs under the Tax Justice Alliance Uganda (TJAU) would like to convey our appreciation to the government for the measures put in place…

Unjust Land systems and weak dispute resolution mechanism are driving inequality.

Unjust Land systems and weak dispute resolution mechanisms are driving inequality in the country according to a new land report launched today by Oxfam. Titled Locked out, the land and inequality…