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In Faramaraa village, Hirsi Ahmed stands inside the community greenhouse holding freshly harvested onions. Credit: Hassan Siyad/Oxfam

Africa drew its climate red line in Addis — Will the world meet it?

Elise Nalbandian

Last week, I was at the Africa Climate Talks 7 (ACT7, from April 30 to May 1, 2026), the latest in a series of convenings that bring together policymakers, civil society, youth and pan‑African…

A farmer drilling a hole with a finger to plant a basil seedling. Credit: Bryson Sayuni/Oxfam

The Africa Forward Summit must solve Africa’s fertiliser crisis through support for its industrialisation drive

For far too long, Africa has been paying a heavy price for its heavy reliance on imported fertilizers. The recent closure of the Strait of Hormuz, which sent fertilizer prices skyrocketing, serves as…

One Month After CSW70: Between Hope and Backlash in the Fight for Gender Justice

One Month After CSW70: Between Hope and Backlash in the Fight for Gender Justice

There are moments when your work stops being abstract and becomes something you feel personally. Moments when policy, advocacy, and lived realities collide in a way that stays with you. The…

Ms. Feleg G/mariam, 65, fills a jerrycan at Meshano spring water point in Tigray, Ethiopia after the spring was rehabilitated.

Water flows again in Birhan Spring, Tigray - Ethiopia

Feleg G/mariam leans over the concrete edge of the spring and steadies a yellow jerrycan with one hand. With the other, she guides its mouth under the pipe as clear water runs into it. A second…

How legal and policy frameworks can drive transformative change to women farmers

Hon. Neema LUGANGIRA, Hon. Francoise UWUMUKIZA, Hon. Rugie Yatu BARRY, Hon. Amira SABER, Hon. Gizella TETTEH, Hon. Susan DOSSI, Hon. Cernilde MENDONÇA, Hon. Inna HENGARI, Hon. Rugiatu KAMARA

In Africa, women are central to food production and rural economies. Yet in many of our countries, the laws and policies shaping agriculture and food systems still do not fully reflect their roles,…

Ms. Birey Yohans Werede washes her daughter’s hair outside their shelter in Asgede Woreda, Tigray.

From an Eight-Hour Queue to a Rinse at her Shelter in Tigray, Ethiopia

At the doorstep of her temporary shelter in the Hitsats displacement camp in Tigray, Ethiopia, 40-year-old Ms. Birey Yohans Werede gently pours water over her young daughter’s hair, letting it…

“We win life by working together as one” - Assefa

He Shows Up at Home, She Shows Up Everywhere - Achewach and Assefa’s story from Sekota, Ethiopia

When Achewach Berhanu, 38, joined the Peaceful Self-Help Group (SHG) in Sekota Woreda, Amhara Region, Ethiopia, life used to sit on one income and one pair of hands. “Before, I had nothing, there was…

Women at the Top of the Mount Kilimandjaro

Women to Kilimanjaro : the campaign that transformed Africa

Emily Brown and Naomi Shadrack

Sometimes the size and power of a grassroots social or political movement is too vast and too varied for us to be able to truly ‘see it’ …or to understand it’s impacts. It’s only as we look back and…

Leticia is the founder and chair of the female cocoa farmers group Cocoa Mmaa with more than 600 members. They regularly come together in smaller groups to discuss agricultural techniques, climate issues and diseases, prices negotiations with the middleman. Credit : Nana Kofi Acquah/Oxfam

Localizing Policy Agendas for National Food Systems Pathways: A Post-UNFSS+4 Strategy for Inclusive Partnerships and Agenda 2030

From 27th - 29th July 2025, the world convened in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia for the United Nations Food Systems Forum (UNFSS+4). The motivation was to take stock and carve new pathways to scale…

Davos: Reset the World Order That Takes from the Poor and Gives to the Rich

Davos: Reset the World Order That Takes from the Poor and Gives to the Rich

Francis Agbere; Kwesi Obeng; Naomi Majale

For decades Africa has been ensnared in a system of economic manipulation. This has been by design, propped by a colonial architecture that extracts from Africa and obstructs its path to economic…