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Articles and opinion

Illicit financial flows hinder development in Africa – the UN must rise to the challenge of ending this

Article / 29th January 2021

Every year, US$88.6 billion leaves Africa in the form of illicit capital flight according to the 2020 report of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). 
 

'Footprint Justice' and 'Fair Earth Shares' is getting more attention

Article / 26th January 2021

The campaign for 'Footprint Justice' is gathering momentum with a call for UN member states to investigate the legal implications of enshrining a 'Fair Earth Share' as a human right. 

Millions on the brink of starvation as the pandemic exacerbates world hunger

Article / 22nd January 2021

David Beasley of the World Food Program and Henrietta Fore of UNICEF discuss the enormous challenge of feeding the world's hungry in light of the coronavirus pandemic.

Global wealth inequality

Article / 18th January 2021

The past year has seen one of the greatest transfers of wealth in history. Around the world, as more and more working-class people slip into debt, or are facing eviction, or have burned through their savings to stay afloat during the pandemic, the world’s ~3,000 billionaires are billions richer.