G7 must include developing countries in international tax reform This G7 finance meeting has again been a debate among exclusive club members without the equal participation of developing countries.
7.8 million hungry in South Sudan: families fractured by food scarcity and conflict Some 40 percent of people in South Sudan are expected to be severely hungry by the end of July, a figure higher than ever before projected, according to the
Burundi refugee crisis: Funds urgently needed as Tanzania camp numbers swell The influx of 70,000 Burundian refugees to Tanzania is overstretching the capacity of the government of Tanzania and aid agencies to respond, as emerge
Oxfam reaching Nepal’s most isolated in a race against the monsoon One month on since the first earthquake hit Nepal, Oxfam is working with mountain guides and porters to deliver life saving aid to the most remote communitie
Companies fail to lead by example at the Business and Climate Summit The Business and Climate Summit was an opportunity for companies to lead by example, and though several did show willing, it was not nearly enough to champio
Visionary outcome achieved at the World Education Forum in Korea but financial backing is needed A declaration providing political support for the post-2015 education agenda, including goals to achieve universal pre-primary, primary and secondary e
OECD inequality findings welcome but causes need to be investigated In response to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development's (OECD) latest report on inequality, In It Toge
Aid delivered as cholera confirmed among Burundian refugees in Tanzania Overcrowding and a lack of clean water and sanitation facilities have led to cholera among the estimated 40,000 Burundian refugees including in the Tanzanian
Burundi refugees exceed 105,000 - over 70,000 in Tanzania alone The number of refugees arriving in Tanzania has risen exponentially over the past week as people pour over Burundi’s borders, with new arrivals citing fear o
Five-day pause won’t address humanitarian catastrophe in Yemen The current five-day humanitarian pause in Yemen will not significantly ease the humanitarian crisis caused by the conflict and the six-week-long de facto bl