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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

IMF meetings are a chance to address harmful austerity and debt policies says ActionAid 

The International Monetary Fund and World Bank Annual meetings in Morocco are a chance to address harmful austerity and debt policies that have left millions in poverty on the African continent, says

44-year-old Mariatu Turay who though receives monthly salary, face similar struggles as Martha. The health unit she works in serves 15 catchments of 5351 people with five nurses who work on shifts of 2 or 3 at a time. They run the expanded immunization program, Antenatal care, Outpatient, General, and Under 5 cares.
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Over 18 million girls missing school in Africa as continent loses USD29 billion in education funding through flawed taxation

A staggering 18,8m girls are out of primary school in Africa according to a new report by the Tax and Education (TaxEd) Alliance and its allies.

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Kenya's ill-advised tax increases illustrate IMF's failed policies, ActionAid says

The recent protests in Kenya against the Finance Bill (2024) show the shortcomings of the International Monetary Fund’s policy advice in Africa, ActionAid says.

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Who Owes Who?

As we enter 2025, 54 countries are in debt crisis, forced to cut their spending on basic public services and climate action in order to pay external debts. Last year, lower income countries between

Young Urban Women (YUW) Teleza Banda Primary School Teacher, in Mchinji, Impacted by the cholera outbreak