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The Guardian - UK · Mar 31, 2022

Global action needed on East Africa hunger crisis, Oxfam says

In tonight's edition: Widespread hunger across East Africa could become "a catastrophe" without funds to the region's most vulnerable communities, aid agency Oxfam warns. Droughts in the region are also affecting Africa's water security. As the World Water Forum continues in Dakar, researchers say a holistic approach is needed for…

France 24 · Mar 22, 2022

East Africa's hunger crisis needs global action, says Oxfam

The aid agency Oxfam International warns that widespread hunger across East Africa could become “a catastrophe” without an injection of funds to the region’s most vulnerable communities

The Independent UK · Mar 22, 2022

We trawled Liverpool and Wirral charity shops and found designer bargains

Merseyside charity shops are a treasure trove of bargain clothing, homeware and trinkets

Liverpool Echo · Feb 13, 2022

World's biggest billionaire climate scroungers speeding up global heating

Some of the world's richest people are emitting many thousands of times more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere than the average person, meaning their contribution to global heating is as outsized as their wallets

Daily Mirror · Jan 29, 2022

Sansad Watch Ep 25: How India's rich are getting richer at the cost of the poor

There was drama at the World Economic Forum in Davos after a bunch of "patriotic millionaires" released a letter asking their governments to tax them more. They took this step after Oxfam released a report titled Inequality Kills. As its title suggests, the report pointed out that inequality – where…

Newslaundry · Jan 25, 2022

Rare antique music instrument donated to Glasgow Oxfam Music could raise 'thousands'

The Hungarian Cimbalom was made in 1904 by master craftsman Mogyoróssy Gyula. It was donated to the shop by a member of the public and is expected to raise lots of dosh.

Glasgow Live · Jan 21, 2022

Billionaires "had a terrific pandemic"

Oxfam reports the wealthiest collectively got $1.2 billion richer every day in the pandemic

Salon · Jan 18, 2022

Inequality kills: A study of the new OxFam report

How has the pandemic aggravated global inequality? What measures does the study propose to tackle this?

The Hindu · Jan 18, 2022

Oxfam says world's ten richest men doubled fortunes during Covid crisis

The world's ten wealthiest men doubled their fortunes during the first two years of the coronavirus pandemic, as poverty and inequality soared, according to a report from the global food charity Oxfam.

Radio France Internationale · Jan 17, 2022