COVID-19

Oxfam’s reaction on the decision by IMF Executive Board to approve $14.3 Million Debt Relief to Tanzania

In reaction to yesterday's announcement by the IMF Executive Board to approve $14.3 Million Debt Relief to the United Republic of Tanzania Under the Catastrophe Containment and Relief Trust , Francis Shanty Odokorach, Oxfam in Tanzania Country Director, made the following statement: Oxfam welcomes...

Oxfam reacts to President Magufuli’s call for debt relief. Urges international lenders to cancel the debt repayments in 2020.

Tanzania like many other African countries is facing the worst health and economic test in decades amidst declining tax revenues, diminishing official development assistance, and rising debt obligations and costs. The slump in commodity prices and disruption of global supply chains, especially in...

Cancel the debt so doctors and nurses can keep saving lives

A call for urgent action to support doctors and nurses on the frontlines of the Coronavirus pandemic. We are all health workers, nurses, doctors. Every day we are on the frontline fighting this virus. Every day we are on the wards, in the emergency rooms. Every day we see first-hand the suffering...

G20 must provide immediate debt relief and ensure financing flows to save African people from a massive COVID-19 crisis

Oxfam welcomes the decision by the G20 leaders to hold a virtual Extra- Ordinary Summit to respond to the health crisis and an economic recession triggered by Covid 19. The G20 leaders meeting today cannot afford to ignore calls for a debt moratorium for African countries in order to save lives now...