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ActionAid's solidarity statement with the people of Cuba

ActionAid International stands in solidarity with the people of Cuba as they confront a severe fuel crisis triggered by threats from the United States Government to impose sanctions on any country ...
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“My niece gave birth in the water on top of desks.” Women forced to give birth in shelters after Mozambique flooding

In the aftermath of deadly flooding that left over 100 people dead and hundreds of thousands displaced in Mozambique, ...
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Silencing the Guns and Reasserting African Agency for Peace in Sudan

Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), East Africa Community (EAC), Southern Africa Development Community (SADC), African Commission on Human and People’s Rights and African governments to ...
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Crippling budget cuts leave Africa’s public sector workers underpaid, overworked and struggling to make ends meet

A new study by ActionAid reveals that deep cuts to public spending in education and health across six African countries have seen workers struggling to afford essentials like food and resulted in ...
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Costs of climate inaction: displacement and distress migration

Political failure to limit global warming to below 2°C, as per the Paris agreement goal, is already driving 18 million climate migrants from their homes in 2020. New analysis, released today, ...
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Over 18 million girls missing school in Africa as continent loses USD29 billion in education funding through flawed taxation

A staggering 18.8m girls are out of primary school in Africa according to a new report by the Tax and Education (TaxEd) Alliance and its allies. Each year, Africa loses US$29 billion in education ...
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Fifty Years of Failure: The IMF, Debt and Austerity in Africa

ActionAid’s report ‘Fifty Years of Failure: the IMF, Debt and Austerity in Africa’ is based on new research and powerful personal testimonies from across 10 African countries. It is timed to coincide ...
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Climate Finance for Just Transition: How the Finance Flows

Barely any climate finance is going to support workers and communities to undertake just transitions. It is time for climate policy makers to make sure that people’s priorities are front and centre of ...
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How Barclays' continuous destructive funding is pushing our climate to the brink

Barclays is Europe’s leading financier of fossil fuels globally and the largest fossil fuel financier in Africa. Between 2016 and 2022, it provided US$29.6 billion in financing for fossil fuel ...
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A third of people affected by Rana Plaza collapse in Bangladesh still ‘traumatised’ and struggling with physical and mental health a decade on, new research by ActionAid shows

Dhaka, Bangladesh: New research by humanitarian organisation ActionAid has revealed the continuing challenges being endured by survivors of the collapsed Rana Plaza building in Dhaka on the 24 April ...
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'The political situation is concerning, but we're hopeful the transition will lead to positive change,’ says ActionAid Bangladesh

Reacting to the recent protests and developing political transition in Bangladesh, ActionAid said: ‘ActionAid stands in solidarity with the young people in Bangladesh who have courageously raised ...