Cyclone Freddy: record-breaking destruction
What’s being investigated by some as a record breaking weather event, has to others caused horror and devastation. #Cyclone Freddy has affected over 1.5 million people in Mozambique, Malawi, and
ActionAid’s Five Climate Justice Benchmarks for COP28
ActionAid’s expert spokespeople and youth activists from the Global South are available for interviews,
briefings, and commentary throughout COP28.
ActionAid concerned about mass displacement of Palestinians in Masafer Yatta
Palestine - On the 74th anniversary of Nakba (Catastrophe), which marks the mass dispossession and displacement of 750,000 Palestinians from their lands in 1948, ActionAid warns that displacement of
Typhoon Molave hits Vietnam after a month of flooding and landslides
ActionAid prepares emergency response as one of the most powerful storms to hit Vietnam in two decades, Typhoon Molave, has battered the coastline and caused heavy rains, serious flooding, and
ActionAid responds after Biden backs a waiver on IP for Covid-19 vaccines
ActionAid International responds to the announcement from the US President Joe Biden backing a waiver on Intellectual Property for US manufacturers of Covid-19 vaccines ahead of the G7 leaders’ summit
On Palestine Day, Israeli occupation continues to violate the rights and freedoms of people in the oPt
The United Nation’s International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People is marked this year as Israeli occupation continues violating the human rights of Palestinian people as they battle the
ActionAid responds to ban on women working with aid agencies in Afghanistan
In response to a directive issued on Saturday that women in Afghanistan are now prohibited from working with aid agencies, ActionAid has published the following statement.
“We have not found anything to feed our children”: Hunger crisis in Gaza reaches unprecedented levels, as people run out of even animal feed to eat
Gaza is in the midst of an unprecedented and totally avoidable hunger crisis, with every single person in the territory now experiencing extreme levels of hunger.
Refugees in Europe: Not a single human life should be at risk
ActionAid Greece has called for an immediate halt to violence related to the refugee crisis at the Greece-Turkey border. You can read their statement here.
IMF’s persistent push for austerity reckless in face of Ukraine conflict and looming food crisis
ActionAid urges governments to resist advice to tighten public spending as Spring meetings expose huge gulf between IMF’s progressive rhetoric globally and actions on the ground in the countries