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Responding to the reported agreement by the Government of South Sudan to immediately cease hostilities, John Watt Oxfam’s East and Central Africa Deputy Regional Director said from Juba:
Commenting on the decision for the UN to send more troops to South Sudan, John Watt, Oxfam’s Deputy Regional Director for East Africa, currently in South Sudan said:
Today EU leaders recognised the need to ramp up efforts to combat tax dodging, but failed to agree on a
Oxfam reaction to EU Court of Auditors report on EU climate finance
Emma Jane Drew, Country Director (Acting) for Oxfam in South Sudan, said from Juba:
Commenting on the failure of EU Energy Ministers to reach agreement on EU biofuel policy today, Marc Olivier Herman, Oxfam’s biofuels expert said:
In reaction to the new trade facilitation agreement approved in Bali on Saturday, Romain Benicchio, Senior Policy Advisor with Oxfam, said:
"My direct contact with President Nelson Mandela was in the context of helping Burundian women to participate in the Arusha peac
A leaked European Commission document dispels earlier warnings that the fin
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