"A timely resource for practitioners and advocates working to end poverty and hunger across the continent."

— @fatihassane.bsky.social, Africa Director, @oxfaminternational.bsky.social

How Africa Eats: Trade, Food Security and Climate Risks ed. David Luke is out 22nd May. doi.org/10.31389/lse...

🚨BREAKING: Escalating violence in #DRCongo has displaced hundreds of thousands, deepening the humanitarian crisis. Oxfam has temporarily suspended its operations in #Goma for safety. We urgently call for civilian protection and an end to all hostilities.

"Inequality is also deeply entrenched within sub-Saharan African countries themselves. To reduce inequality meaningfully, governments must prioritize public spendings on education, health, and social protection. They also need to adopt more progressive tax systems." - @fatihassane.bsky.social

"The rich grow richer and the gap with ordinary people keeps widening. Wealth and power are becoming concentrated in the hands of a few people, a small elite that prioritizes their wealth over the well being of ordinary citizens." - @fatihassane.bsky.social

"Inequality is worsening worldwide, and Sub-Saharan Africa is facing the greatest impact. In 2024, billionaire wealth increased three times faster than the year before, while poverty levels have barely shifted since 1990." - @fatihassane.bsky.social, Oxfam in Africa Director

Joining an insightful webinar marking the release of a new report co-published by the @afd-france.bsky.social and The World Bank, @fatihassane.bsky.social dived into the deep and complex inequalities affecting sub-Saharan Africa. ⬇

Ancestral knowledge isn't just history. When colonial systems remove Indigenous people from their land, we lose more than territory. We lose entire ecosystems, cultural practices, and ways of understanding the world.

#TakersNotMakers #MakeRichPollutersPay

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We are in a billionaire economy, influenced by billionaires and designed to serve the interest of billionaires, at our expense.

Workers from the Global South provide 90% of the world's work and receive only 21% of the revenue.

We need to dismantle the billionaire economy.

More in our report.

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Pour #NousToutes.
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Tax incentives are often used to attract foreign investment & boost growth by creating jobs, increasing exports & technology transfer. Instead, in some african countries, harmful tax incentives have led to revenue losses, economic inequality & fiscal inefficiency ➡ africa.oxfam.org/latest/publi...

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If we agree that the climate crisis is caused by human activity,

Then we agree rich countries' industrial activity caused it,

Then we agree they must take responsibility for its catastrophic effect,

Then we agree they must pay for mitigation as well as loss and damage.

#COP29
#TaxTheRich

#TaxTheRich : this is how it's done!
Look at African countries holding the line, once again showing up as one and paving the way for the #UNTaxConvention.
Negotiations on the text and two early protocols to start in 2025.