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ActionAid International responds to news that a number of migrants are feared dead off Cape Verde

In response to the news that more than 60 migrants are feared dead at sea off Cape Verde coast, Peter Kamalingin, Regional Director for Africa at ActionAid International, said: “We are devastated to

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ActionAid says Russia pulling out of Black Sea grain deal will further ‘exacerbate’ harsh situations in vulnerable countries

“It’s really alarming to see Russia pull out of the Black Sea grain deal. Global food prices have been declining in the last months and with it the cost of cereal, thanks very much to this initiative

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ActionAid joins other NGOs to express concern at block to aid route to Syria 

In response to the failure of the UN Security Council to extend the authorisation of the humanitarian cross-border aid route to Syria, ActionAid has joined hundreds of other organisations to express

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Big business’ windfall profits rocket to “obscene” $1 trillion a year amid cost-of-living crisis; Oxfam and ActionAid renew call for windfall taxes    

722 of the world’s biggest corporations together raked in over $1 trillion in windfall profits each year for the past two years amid soaring prices and interest rates, while billions of people are

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ActionAid condemns Israeli Raids on Palestine’s Jenin Refugee Camp

ActionAid shares its grave concern and strong condemnation towards the Israeli military raids on Jenin refugee camp in the northern occupied West Bank. Razmi Farook comments 'This violence must stop

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ActionAid report: Food and fuel prices skyrocket up to tenfold in the world’s most marginalized communities since the war in Ukraine

The cost of food, fuel, and fertilizer in some of the world’s most vulnerable communities is continuing to escalate to crisis levels since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, with families spending up to

ActionAid statement on New Global Financial Pact Summit

Climate finance is not only about making climate action fair, it’s about making climate action possible. The financial system needs to be totally transformed to help countries drowning in climate

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Statement on the armed attack on Kasese School 

On the night of Friday 16th June 2023, Lhubiriha Secondary School, in Southwestern border town of Mpondwe, Kasese district was attacked

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Ministerial-level Pledging Event to Support the Humanitarian Response in Sudan and the Region

“We are deeply disappointed by today’s results at the pledging event. These results have failed to meet the urgent humanitarian needs of the people of Sudan at the intersect of growing hostilities

Branding loans as climate finance risks making vulnerable countries’ problems even worse, warns ActionAid on the eve of the Summit for a New Global Financing Pact in Paris 

On the eve of the Summit for a New Global Financing Pact in Paris, Teresa Anderson, Global Lead on Climate Justice at ActionAid International, said: