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ActionAid warns 'net zero' targets create a false sense of climate progress

As energy ministers and business leaders meet at the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) Net Zero Summit, ActionAid calls for real zero climate goals that radically reduce emissions and rapidly phase

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Cox’s Bazar fire: ActionAid supports missing children to reunite with their families

ActionAid is working with partner agencies to coordinate the reunion of lost children in Cox’s Bazar with their parents, following the devastating fire that tore through the refugee camp. 

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Cox’s Bazar: ActionAid supports families fleeing devastating blaze

A large and devastating fire has broken out in the Cox’s Bazar Rohingya refugee camp, which is home to more than a million Rohingya refugees. 

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Concerns over clampdown on civil society in Zambia as ActionAid chair detained without charge

ActionAid International is watching the situation closely after Partner Siabutuba, chair of ActionAid Zambia, was released from police custody after nearly a week of being held without charge.

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Joint CSO statement on the arrest and detention of ActionAid Zambia's chair

We, the undersigned civil society organisations strongly condemn the arrest and detention of ActionAid Zambia and Zitukule Consortium chairperson Mr Partner Siabutuba in Choma on 10 March. 

Africa needs a People’s Vaccine – a Covid-19 vaccine accessible to everybody free of charge

Covid-19 has killed over a hundred thousand people across Africa, decimated African economies, and pushed millions of people into poverty and hunger with no end in sight unless there is a shift to

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Women protest rising violence and political corruption in Haiti

Women are taking to the streets in Haiti to protest against soaring levels of violence, kidnapping, rape and torture since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic and escalating political crisis.

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ActionAid responds to violence against peaceful protesters in Myanmar

As the political crisis in Myanmar continues to escalate with deadly crackdowns on peaceful protests, ActionAid stands in solidarity with the civil society organisations, movements and people

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Major step towards tax transparency as EU Council backs public country-by-country reporting directive

A majority of European Council members have today supported the EU country-by-country reporting directive in an important step towards tax transparency.

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Women’s groups lead the fight against misinformation as Ebola returns to DRC

A network of local women’s groups, trained by ActionAid as emergency responders during the last Ebola outbreak, are working to prevent the spread of the deadly disease as it returns to the Democratic