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Djimon Hounsou learns how US subsidies affect Africa
In June 2005, Academy Award-nominated actor Djimon Hounsou took a fact-finding mission to Mali on behalf of Oxfam's Make Trade Fair campaign. Oxfam's Lyndsay ...
In Prestea, Ghana, gold mine expansion threatens water sources
Communities are requesting a comprehensive evaluation of the impact of a new mining project and for their right to free, prior, and informed consent regarding ...
More than one billion people now face chronic hunger—and more could join their ranks if we don't act now. With increasing food prices, droughts and floods, and ...
Members of Ghana’s Parliament concerned about use of new oil money
Communiqué calling for urgent steps to ensure new wealth is managed transparently and responsibly.
Caught on the wrong side of a gold boom
Farmers in Ghana talk candidly about the impact of gold mining on their communities and how to hold mining companies and government accountable.
Oxfam Impact July 2009
A quarter million now Saving for Change
Women in Mali lead Saving for Change
An innovative savings and loan program is helping people work their own way out of extreme poverty. Women in Mali are leading the way as the program expands to ...
Obama's visit to Africa: Time for a new partnership founded on transparency and shared responsibility
Tarnished Legacy
A Social and Environmental Analysis of Mali's Syama Goldmine
Hidden Treasure?
In search of Mali's gold-mining revenues
Cocoa farmers threatened by gold mine
Farmers in a small town seem more interested in keeping their farms than selling out—but the struggle to protect their land will be a hard one.
Oxfam in West Africa
Across the vast Sahel and down through the lush rainforests of Ghana, there is a growing sense of possibility.
CHANGE Leader gains global perspective in Senegal
For Martin Williams, Oxfam America's student leadership program—and his subsequent travels in West Africa—sparked an ongoing passion for social justice.
Oxfam urges miner to address community engagement practices
OXFAMExchange Fall 2007
Moving Toward Lasting Solutions in Gambia
OXFAMExchange Spring 2007
A Fragile Balance
Cultivating Poverty
The impact of US cotton subsidies on Africa
West Africa asks, "Where is my gold?"
Oxfam America and leading civil society organizations in West Africa are launching a week of action aimed at raising public awareness about the mining industry ...
Mission incomplete
Why civilians remain at risk in eastern Chad
Small investments, big changes
Oxfam America's Saving for Change program in Mali is helping more than 24,000 women save money, invest in small businesses, and become more active in their ...
Fighting malaria is fighting poverty
Organizing women in Saving for Change groups helps them to reduce the threat of malaria.
Gradual change in the status of women
Saving for Change doesn't just help women earn money—it is a means to change their role in the family and the village.
Numbers don't lie
Early success of innovative finance program impresses experts in Mali.
Joanna Manu: community activist in Ghana
Joanna Manu learns how to defend her rights and stands firm in protecting the environment in her community.
Land and heritage at risk in Ghana
A proposal to mine in a forest reserve raises concerns about the environment and the future of a nearby farming community.
Pollution risk at new gold mine in Ghana exposed
Journalist in Ghana writes about environmental risks, wins award.
Oxfam America and ECOWAS to create new mining code
Oxfam America and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) agreed on April 4, 2008 to collaborate on creating a common mining code for all of ...
OXFAMExchange Winter 2007
Creating Peace
OXFAMExchange Winter 2008
Hard Questions about Ghana's Gold Boom
OXFAMExchange Winter 2003
Mary Robinson on human rights, functional literacy in West Africa, and saving the family farm
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