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Calls for greater action from the South African government following rise in violence against women and xenophobic attacks

ActionAid country directors from across Africa have issued a joint statement in solidarity with those protesting against xenophobic attacks in South Africa

A photo of people demonstrating at the Sandton Shutdown

The Rainbow Activists

The Rainbow Activist Alliance is challenging the South African authorities stop the culture of impunity and violence.

Zandile, an LGBTI activist from South Africa

Celebrating the power of human rights defenders

Human rights are hard won and easily lost. This is a collection of stories of those who defend human rights around the world.

The photo shows members of the Apaa community on an open-top bus

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

ActionAid USA's response to Trump's statement on cutting WHO funding

Brandon Wu, Director of Policy & Campaigns at ActionAid USA responds to Donald Trump, president United States, stating he would halt funding to the World Health Organization (WHO).

President of the United States Donald Trump speaking at a conference

Conservation or land grabbing? The case of Mbulia Group Ranch

Sometimes, conservation can be used as a cover for landgrabbing. This story, of the Mbulia Group Ranch in Kenya, is an example of how this can happen.

James Mzungu shows a copy of the Title Deed acquired by Mbulia Group Ranch in 2006, more than 20 year after he had been living there.

Never Give Up: the struggle for a birthright

This is the story of the Acholi people of Apaa, Uganda. They have routinely been displaced from their land and this is the story of their struggle for a land to call home.

The Apaa community triumphantly ends the month-long occupation