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- Sabodala: Poverty in a land of gold
- In Senegal, a gold mine has displaced farmers from their fields, leaving hundreds without jobs or a decent way to make a living. Oxfam America's partner is ...
- Hardest hit: Survival strategies from the frontlines of climate change
- Learn how four communities around the world are fighting back against climate change, and how you can help.
- Oxfam and partners hail Ghana for enacting law on petroleum revenue
- As Ghana joins the league of oil producing nations, Oxfam America and its local partners congratulate the country for putting in place the legal framework for ...
- Oxfam's oil, gas, and mining program
- Oxfam advocates just government policies and corporate practices in the oil, gas, and mining industries, and supports the right of communities to participate ...
- Ghana adopts West African mining principles
- After almost two years of its enactment by West Africa’s regional body, Ghana joins Senegal in adopting the principles on mining in the region.
- Community-based human rights impact assessments: Practical lessons
- Report from an international meeting, Canada 2010
- Relief agency hails Obama's historic endorsement of indigenous people's rights
- Big challenges remain for managing Ghana's oil future
- Drought early warning in Ethiopia
- Women's local knowledge is the key to an early warning system designed to lessen the impact of drought in Ethiopia.
- Hard earth, hard choices
- When drought hits, herders in southern Ethiopia sometimes have no choice but to sell the animals on which they depend.
- More water, more food
- An improved irrigation channel in Ethiopia now delivers a steady supply of water to a small village called Shasha Korke.
- 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.
- Climate change wake-up call
- 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 ...
- Oxfam calls for community rights improvements as IFC reviews standards
- Ethiopian coffee farmers show commitment to trademark initiative
- Hundreds turn out and ask Starbucks to respect their rights.
- Cambodia sees Oxfam as a partner in petroleum lawmaking process
- Public forum on extractive industries attracts attention of national government.
- Ethiopian farmers meet with importers and roasters
- In Addis Ababa, both sides discuss how Ethiopian farmers can gain more control over their coffee names, and get a bigger share of the profits.
- Pacific Rim case against the Salvadoran government begins
- Civil society group criticizes handling of dispute between mining company Pacific Rim and the Salvadoran government, says environmental issues and the rights ...
- Chevron shareholders cast their votes for transparency
- Shareholders call for transparency and accountability at Chevron annual meeting
- Thank you from Oxfam and Ethiopian coffee farmers
- Starbucks and Ethiopia finalized a trademark agreement, ending their dispute and bringing both sides together in partnership to help Ethiopian farmers.
- Oxfam Optimistic on Progress Between Starbucks and Ethiopia on Trademarking Initiative
- Starbucks campaign: Anatomy of a win
- How Oxfam and Ethiopian farmers coaxed a groundbreaking agreement out of Starbucks.
- Oxfam Urges Starbucks to Honor its Claims of Support for Ethiopian Coffee Farmers
- Coffee giant faces daunting task of living up to its socially responsible image
- Starbucks takes step towards recognizing Ethiopian rights to coffee names. Campaigners urge company to follow through.
- International agency Oxfam responded to a joint statement from coffee company Starbucks and the Government of Ethiopia in which Starbucks pledged not to oppose ...
- Oxfam America to promote the rights of communities impacted by oil, gas, and mining development
- Aid group calls for mandatory disclosure legislation
- 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.
- Poverty Reduction or Poverty Exacerbation?
- World Bank Group Support for Extractive Industries in Africa
- "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 ...
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