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WorldBank #DataoftheDay: Life expectancy for men and women in Sub-Saharan Africa is 53 and 55 years respectively bit.ly/Js4Qvd about 3 hours ago via SocialEngage Retweeted by Oxfam and 49 others
Total #aid to #agriculture is Sub-Saharan #Africa has remained arnd $1 bn/yr since the 1990s while $ spent on emergencies has quadrupled about 3 hours ago via web
Just updated! #FoodCrisis in the #Sahel: 5 steps to break the #hunger cycle in 2012 oxf.am/oHw #Sahel2012 about 3 hours ago via web
Good-quality #aid transforms literally millions of lives & helps remove barriers to economic success bit.ly/JXGpqN #aideffectiveness about 5 hours ago via web
3 years after Cyclone #Aila many in #Bangladesh are still struggling with food & water shortages oxf.am/JpL about 5 hours ago via web
RT @OxfamScotland: Oxfam welcomes launch of #Scotland's #Climate Justice Fund, heralded as world first by Scottish Govt bit.ly/K2j7hF about 6 hours ago via TweetDeck
+100,000 people in North Kivu have fled mass executions, mutilations & rapes by armed militias bit.ly/N3sROS #DRC #UNHCR about 7 hours ago via web
How can aid agencies promote local governance & #accountability? oxf.am/Jp2 Lessons from #Kenya #Nepal #Tanzania #Vietnam #Malawi about 7 hours ago via web
Oxfam's @HannahStoddart on what should happen at #Rio+20 bit.ly/L2x9nz @GdnDevelopment podcast w/@john_vidal #Rioplus20 about 8 hours ago via web
China set to approve new 'equality' tax plan to narrow gap betw rich & poor bit.ly/LPByXB #inequality #globaldev about 10 hours ago via TweetDeck
Oxfam & allies call for an end to #taxhavens that rob the poorest countries of $160 bn/yr bit.ly/KkUjqY #taxjustice about 11 hours ago via web
Low rainfall, abnormally high grain prices & increased insecurity = millions at risk. We must act now bit.ly/sahel2012 #Sahel2012 Pls RT about 11 hours ago via web
UN refugee agency @Refugees quadruples aid appeal for #Sahel huff.to/KkHexY #Mali #UNHCR #Sahel2012 about 12 hours ago via web
morning tweeps! today's tweets on #Sahel2012 #taxjustice #aideffectiveness #Rioplus20 #GROW #susdev #inequality #armstreaty... about 12 hours ago via TweetDeck
18 million people are now at risk in the #Sahel #foodcrisis oxf.am/JSX Pls act now on #Sahel2012 10:30 AM May 31st via web
UN_News_Centre Long-term investment crucial for #Somalia's recovery, development – UN envoy ow.ly/bgZq3 8:48 AM May 31st via HootSuite Retweeted by Oxfam and 10 others
As an INGO #Accountability Charter member, we must solicit feedback from stakeholders&supporters svy.mk/LiLjir tell us what u think! 9:17 AM May 31st via web
An #armstreaty that doesn't cover ammunition will fail to prevent human suffering & #humanrights violations oxf.am/JcD 6:56 AM May 31st via web
foe_us CO2 levels have reached 400ppm in the Arctic: ow.ly/bgJVO. The clock's ticking on funding #climatechange solutions. 6:49 AM May 31st via HootSuite Retweeted by Oxfam and 49 others
RT @sarahwatto: A campaign win!! > £3m #climate justice fund launched to minimise impact of global warming bit.ly/LKzHmW 6:45 AM May 31st via TweetDeck

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