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Nana Kojo Kondua IV, Job Creator
Feature Story | Jan 14, 2013
Village Chief Kojo Kondua IV is leveraging a tiny investment of US foreign aid to train fishermen and to protect jobs and the environment in Abuesi, Ghana. More »
Knowledge is power
Feature Story | Sep 28, 2011
Across Ghana, new leaders are emerging to voice concerns about the environment and basic justice. More »
ECOWAS sets up committee on mining reforms
News Update | Oct 27, 2010
Latest step in effort to improve, standardize requirements for oil, gas, and mining in West Africa. More »
Oxfam Applauds Adaptation Funding in US Legislation, Urges Concrete Action in Bali
Press Release | Feb 08, 2009
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Oxfam: Presidents Bush and Kabila Must Commit to Peace in the Congo
Press Release | Feb 08, 2009
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Balancing culture, new law in Mozambique
Feature Story | Feb 24, 2006
Educating traditional leaders builds respect for women and their rights in the new Family Law. More »
Oxfam and partners hail Ghana for enacting law on petroleum revenue
News Update | Mar 24, 2011
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 ... More »
Big challenges in Haiti
Feature Story | Feb 19, 2010
Raymond C. Offenheiser, Oxfam America’s president, just returned from a visit to Haiti, and offers his analysis of the challenges facing the country and ... More »
Ghana adopts West African mining principles
News Update | Mar 17, 2011
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. More »
Leadership from the bottom up
Feature Story | Sep 28, 2011
Oxfam’s partner in Ghana, Wacam, is building a network of activists – many of them women – and helping them learn technical as well as leadership skills. More »
Nana Kojo Kondua IV, Job Creator
Slide Show | Dec 31, 2012
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Martha Kwataine, Beltway Outsider
Slide Show | Dec 31, 2012
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Don't cut aid. It's working.
Slide Show | Dec 31, 2012
By leveraging a tiny U.S. investment, people like Emiliana Aligaesha, Nana Kojo Kondua IV, Manuel Dominguez, and Martha Kwataine are creating a sound future ... More »
Don't cut aid. It's working.
Page | Dec 31, 2012
Cutting aid won't solve our budget problems--but it will close the door on a safer world and a better future. More »
When enough is enough
Feature Story | Jan 27, 2007
How one organization brought opponents together to stop political violence in Zimbabwe. More »
Looking them in the eye
Feature Story | Sep 28, 2011
In Ghana, a young woman learns to lead in a village flooded by water draining from an underground mine shaft. More »
Beyond Sudan's big day
Briefing Paper | Jan 07, 2011
What next for one of the least developed places on earth? More »
New tool helps communities focus on human rights
Feature Story | Mar 25, 2010
A new system will help community members do their own analysis of the effects of foreign investment on human rights. More »
International Conference on Extractive Industries Contracts
News Update | Oct 13, 2009
September 23, 2009, Washington, DC. House of Sweden, Alfred Nobel Hall, 2900 K Street NW 20007 (30th and K St. NW). More »
International Conference on Extractive Industries Contracts
Research Report | Dec 17, 2009
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