India records 1 million cases of COVID-19… and it’s the poorest who are hardest hit

By CNN,

India passed 1 million confirmed coronavirus cases Friday, after its health ministry reported a record 34,956 new infections in just 24 hours. As...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , India

80,000 vulnerable Kenyans who lost income sources due to COVID-19 set to receive Ksh. 606M from EU

By Citizen Reporter,

80,000 vulnerable Kenyans who lost income sources due to COVID-19 are set to receive Ksh. 606million (€5 million) from the European Union through no...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , EU , Mordue

With inequality rising, does the world really need billionaires?

By VOA,

Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets of cities around the world demanding action against growing inequality. This as world leaders...

billionaires , inequality

Royal Media Services among top 100 best companies to work for in Kenya

By Ian Omondi,

Royal Media Services (RMS) is one of the best companies to work for in Kenya, according to a new report released on Wednesday by Brighter Monday. T...

brighter monday , Royal Media Services , Safaricom

Girl, 9, mother to be repatriated from Uganda to DRC over Ebola

By Muia Joseph,

Uganda has reported a new case case of Ebola in Kasese, two months after three other incidents were reported in the same region. According to the C...

ebola

Act now to avert disaster in drought-hit East Africa, aid agencies say

By Reuters,

East Africa could suffer a repeat of a 2011 famine that killed hundreds of thousands of people unless foreign donors stump up funds to help drought-hi...

drought and famine , East Africa Community , United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR)

The top 26 billionaires own as much as 3.8 billion other people

By CNN,

The world's billionaires are growing $2.5 billion richer every day, while the poorest half of the global population is seeing its net worth dwindle. ...

bill gates , billionaires , Jeff Bezos , Mark Zuckerberg , Oxfam International report , Warren Buffett , World Economic Forum

Gunfire, threats and curfews slow Congo’s fight against Ebola

By Reuters,

When medics tried to reach Ebola patients in a village in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo during a recent surge in violence, they were blocked by...

Congo , ebola , Jessica Llunga , unicef , who

Pope says world must not turn a blind eye to migrants, the poor

By Reuters,

Pope Francis criticized rising wealth inequality and the treatment of migrants on Sunday, saying the world should not ignore those “tossed by the wa...

migrants , Pope Francis , World Day of the Poor

Sexual abuse ‘endemic’ in international aid sector, damning report finds

By CNN,

Sexual abuse of vulnerable women and girls by international aid workers is "endemic" and has been happening for years, with perpetrators easily moving...

UK supermarket squeeze on suppliers fuels poverty and abuse

By Reuters,

Millions of farmers and factory workers worldwide who produce food for Britain’s leading supermarkets are exploited and struggle to feed their famil...

British Retail Consortium , Ethical Trading Initiative , farmers , Oxfam , poverty , retail , supermarkets , suppliers , UK

Kenya’s ‘budget for the rich’ pushes poor to the brink

By Reuters,

A few metres from Kenya’s Parliament where the Treasury CS read his budget, Deborah Mwandagina, deputy principal of a school in Mukuru Slum, is unim...

2018/2019 budget , Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich

BWIRE: Is government’s new 2018 tax reforms enough to help poor Kenyans?

By Victor Bwire,

The Government has introduced new tax bands effective January 2018, in an effort to cushion Kenyans against harsh economic realities through reducing ...

2018 tax reforms , Betting tax , Commissioner of Domestics Taxes , corporate income tax , Fear rises as KRA increases taxes of cargo in Mombasa

BWIRE: Host communities still in the dark about minerals benefit-sharing deals

By Victor Bwire,

While the landscape in the extractive industry in Kenya has changed dramatically with the enactment of several laws to guide the development of the in...

extractive industry , KWALE , Mining , mining laws in Kenya , natural resources in Kenya , oil and gas sector in Kenya , Petroleum Bill 2016 , public participation , transparency in Kenya mining sector , Tullow Oil , turkana , Victor Bwire

BWIRE: Informal sector hardest hit by political impasse

By Victor Bwire,

The current political tension in the country with related uncertainty including civil unrest, which is part of the democratic process, is having a tol...

domestic workers , economic effect , formal sector , informal sector , Oxfam Kenya , peaceful elections , policy environment , political dialogue , political impasse , Victor Bwire , women traders

Oxfam exposes tax haven habits of EU big banks

By AFP,

The twenty biggest banks in the Eurozone booked over a quarter of their 2015 profits in tax havens, with Luxembourg and Ireland the favorite destinati...

20 biggest banks in Europe , banks , barclays , BNP Paribas , Cayman Islands , corporate tax laws , Deutsche Bank , europe , Luxembourg , LuxLeaks , money laundering , Oxfam , panama papers , tax , tax haven , transparency , wealth

Half the world’s wealth owned by 8 people; Oxfam report

By Reuters,

The world's eight richest people own the same amount of wealth as the poorest half of the globe, according to a report published by Oxfam on Monday. ...

An Economy for the Ninety Nine Percent , billionaires , Donald Trump , Economic system has warped out of shape , europe , Matthew Spencer , Oxfam , poor people , tax avoidance , the gap between rich and poor is far wider than had been previously detailed , US , wealth creation , World Economic Forum , worlds wealth held by 8 people

Lawmakers urge UK govt to help end ‘horrendous crisis’ in South Sudan

By Reuters,

The British government must take urgent action to help end the "horrendous crisis" in South Sudan, where men have been castrated in fighting and women...

South Sudan crisis

Boko Haram violence leaves families on edge of famine-Aid Agencies

By VOA,

More than 6 million people in Nigeria, Niger, Chad and Cameroon face severe hunger, including 1 million on the edge of famine, as a result of Boko Har...

Boko Haram , Cameroon , Chad , FAMINE , Niger , Nigeria

Strength of a Woman: Oxfam executive director Winnie Byanyima

By Anne Mawathe,

When she was appointed to head Oxfam international in 2013, Uganda’s Winnie Byanyima knew the platform would help her make a case for the poor in Af...