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The $8.42 trillion promised by rich country governments to bailout banks would be enough to end global extreme poverty for 50 years and a massive step towards ending it forever.

The scale of the losses could outweigh the $103bn developing countries receive annually in overseas aid.

Oxfam has today announced the ‘Recentering the Civic Internet through Partner Engagement (ReCIPE) project’, a digital rights initiative co-funded by the European Union and valued at €3.5 million across 10 countries.

Climate change alert: Oxfam report reveals spiralling costs of 3 degree compared to 2 degrees warming.

Leaders must heed climate strikes and give vulnerable people the tools to survive.

The chocolate industry is one of the most profitable sectors amongst global food value chains. So much of this wealth and profits are concentrated for the big chocolate companies, their shareholders and their CEOs. While the people who are at the forefront of chocolate productions continue to lose out. 

Oxfam and over 20 other organizations call on all States to immediately halt the transfer of weapons, parts, and ammunition to Israel and Palestinian armed groups while there is risk they are used to commit or facilitate serious violations of international humanitarian or human rights law.

Thirty-two of the world’s largest companies stand to see their profits jump by $109 billion more in 2020 as the Covid-19 pandemic lays bare an economic model that delivers profits for the wealthiest on the back of the poorest, according to a new Oxfam report today.

Under the new provisions, INGOs already registered in Israel may face de-registration, while new applicants risk rejection.

The arms trade is out of control. The irresponsible trade in arms devastates lives and livelihoods and the world can no longer continue turning a blind eye.