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Illicit financial flows hinder development in Africa – the UN must rise to the challenge of ending this
Article / 29th January 2021Every year, US$88.6 billion leaves Africa in the form of illicit capital flight according to the 2020 report of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
In 2021, let’s ring a global alarm on inequality that everyone can hear
Blog / 29th January 2021As billionaire wealth soars during the pandemic, we may have seen the greatest ever single-year redistribution of wealth to the already wealthy. Influencers worldwide need to be sounding the alarm, writes Sam Pizzigati.
‘Footprint Justice’ and ‘Fair Earth Shares’ is getting more attention
Article / 26th January 2021The campaign for 'Footprint Justice' is gathering momentum with a call for UN member states to investigate the legal implications of enshrining a 'Fair Earth Share' as a human right.
Mega-rich recoup COVID-losses in record-time yet billions will live in poverty for at least a decade
Report / 25th January 2021The 1,000 richest people on the planet recouped their COVID-19 losses within just nine months, but it could take more than a decade for the world’s poorest to recover from the economic impacts of the pandemic, reveals Oxfam.
Millions on the brink of starvation as the pandemic exacerbates world hunger
Article / 22nd January 2021David Beasley of the World Food Program and Henrietta Fore of UNICEF discuss the enormous challenge of feeding the world's hungry in light of the coronavirus pandemic.
Covid vaccine: WHO warns of 'catastrophic moral failure'
News / 21st January 2021The world faces a "catastrophic moral failure" because of unequal Covid vaccine policies, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned.
‘Ecological Ponzi scheme’ threatens to bring down humanity, scientists warn
Report / 18th January 2021Accelerating biodiversity loss, climate change and over-consumption are swiftly pushing human societies toward a “ghastly future” of growing hunger, political division and societal breakdown, say leading scientists.
Global wealth inequality
Article / 18th January 2021The past year has seen one of the greatest transfers of wealth in history. Around the world, as more and more working-class people slip into debt, or are facing eviction, or have burned through their savings to stay afloat during the pandemic, the world’s ~3,000 billionaires are billions richer.
Covid billionaires should help starving people, says charity boss
News / 13th January 2021Billionaires whose wealth has soared during the coronavirus pandemic should stump up to provide emergency aid to the record numbers of people facing starvation, accordinng to the head of a US charity supporting the World Food Programme.
India just had the biggest protest in world history – will it make a difference?
Blog / 27th December 2020In late November, what may have been the single largest protest in human history took place in India, as upward of 250 million people around the subcontinent participated in a 24-hour general strike in solidarity with farmers.