Nearly 16,000 children a day plunged into hunger in top 10 worsening food crises
Report / 18th January 2024About six million children were pushed into hunger in the top 10 countries that faced worsening food crises last year, which was a 32% increase compared to 2022, according to a new analysis by Save the Children.
Wealth of five richest men doubles since 2020 as five billion people made poorer in ‘decade of division’
Report / 15th January 2024The world’s five richest men have more than doubled their fortunes from $405 billion to $869 billion since 2020 —at a rate of $14 million per hour— while nearly five billion people have been made poorer.
Developed countries not doing their fair share in tackling climate crisis, new report shows
Report / 11th December 2023In a collective effort to address the pressing challenges of climate change, a global coalition of civil society organizations have published a new review of whether countries are doing their fair share to tackle the climate crisis.
Richest 1% emit as much planet-heating pollution as two-thirds of humanity
Report / 1st December 2023The richest 1 percent of the world’s population produced as much carbon pollution in 2019 than the five billion people who made up the poorest two-thirds of humanity, reveals a new Oxfam report.
African countries grapple with 50 years of IMF austerity
Report / 12th October 2023ActionAid’s latest report, ‘Fifty Years of Failure: the IMF, Debt, and Austerity in Africa,’ sheds light on the ongoing challenges African countries face due to the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) austerity policies, writes Winston Mwale.