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Nyama Filly Fofana leads the way.
ECOWAS sets up committee on mining reforms
Latest step in effort to improve, standardize requirements for oil, gas, and mining in West Africa.
Some justice for a palm tree
Inadvertent destruction of an oil palm tree leads to highest compensation ever.
You know about global warming. You may already be doing your part to protect the environment. But, climate change is a human issue too—it's hitting the ...
Food crisis grips Sahel region of West Africa, 10 million affected
Poor rains last year reduced the size of harvests and dried out pastureland across the region.
100 people pushed into poverty every minute by economic crisis
G20 must put fight against poverty at the center of global economic reforms
Global leaders must not squander historic opportunity for reform.
Gulf Coast government guide
A Directory of the National, State, and Local Officials Representing Coastal Mississippi
Take Action: Global Food Crisis
Already 854 million people on our planet suffer from hunger. Now, as food prices climb high and fast, conditions are becoming worse and threatening the ...
Fishermen prepare for the worst with BP oil spill
Gulf Coast communities deal with the spill's impact on livelihoods and worry about the recovery process.
Oil spill presents array of threats to Gulf Coast
Oxfam supports community efforts to respond to the spill.
Resilience and determination
Gulf Coast organizations defending worker and immigrant rights in the aftermath of Katrina
Rallying for rights
Farmworkers in North Carolina take their case to RJ Reynolds.
A house built on pilings – a lift house – can withstand hurricane-force winds and rains.
Business poised to push governments on climate deal
Photos, panel discussion demonstrate impact of oil extraction on Nigeria and other African nations
Oxfam expert explains that oil revenues do not always translate into money to fight poverty.
New tool helps communities focus on human rights
A new system will help community members do their own analysis of the effects of foreign investment on human rights.
"Africa's future is up to Africans"
President Obama's first speech in sub-Saharan Africa hits important points on good governance, responsible use of natural resources, trade, and defeating ...
Biloxi braces for an uncertain future
In a city already battling poverty and a legacy of severe hurricanes, the BP oil spill could bring a different kind of disaster.
OXFAMExchange Fall 2009
Facing Down Hunger: The global food crisis one year later
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 ...
Ten Point Plan to Change Course in Afghanistan
Oxfam America's memo to President Obama
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.
Changing the way Americans prepare for the worst
What if we could pinpoint who’d be hardest hit by disasters? Thanks to social vulnerability mapping, we can.
Sharon Hanshaw helps women speak out and prepare for future storms in post-Hurricane Katrina Biloxi, MS
Volunteers act up while time ticks down
With climate legislation in Congress, and the Copenhagen UN talks fast approaching, the Oxfam Action Corps fight for the people most affected by climate change.
Exposed: Groundbreaking report details climate change hotspots in US Southeast
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