CAMP DAVID, Maryland:The G8 leaders have launched an initiative aimed at lifting 50 million people out of poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa over the next decade.
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18 May 2012
Oxfam sues SEC for corruption delay
WASHINGTON, D.C.:Oxfam America has filed a lawsuit against the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for unlawfully delaying a provision of a new law requiring disclosure of payments by the extractive industry to the U.S. and foreign governments.
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17 May 2012
The threat of hungry and jobless youth
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia:The Africa Progress Panel (APP) says Africa's five percent growth forecast over the next two years is at risk because of rising inequality and the marginalisation of whole sections of society.
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17 May 2012
G8 asked for cash commitment
LONDON, UK:Oxfam wants the G8 leaders to make predictable, measurable funding and policy commitments that will help 50 million people lift themselves out of poverty through sustainable, small-scale agriculture by 2015.
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