Opinion | Irunguhoughton

Mar 28, 20132 min read

Completing service.. last day as Oxfam Pan Africa Director, thank you everyone!

Dear colleagues and friends, At the end of today, I complete ten years of service as Pan Africa Director to Oxfam. It has been an honour...

Jan 5, 20131 min read

A vision for 2013 (with thanks to Liz)

Heard this story recently, thought the message was a great one to share for the coming year.Two men lie in a hospital ward for the...

Dec 4, 20125 min read

The courage not to look away: Protecting women’s rights by strategic litigation

Presentation to the training in the use of strategic litigation workshop for lawyers from countries in east, southern, western Africa,...

Nov 17, 20122 min read

Media Statement The Kilimani Jana Photo-Exhibition 17 November 2012

Media Statement The Kilimani Jana Photo-Exhibition As Kenya prepares to celebrate 50 years of independence in 2013, over ten businesses,...

Oct 12, 20123 min read

Five quick wins for H.E. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, incoming AU Commission Chairperson

As Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma takes office in Addis next week as the first woman leader of the African Union Commission next week, I would...

Oct 4, 20124 min read

Oxfam challenge African leaders and World Bank to stop land grabs

African leaders and World Bank must freeze land-based acquisition deals for one year Land equivalent to the size of Cameroon or Kenya was...

Oct 1, 20121 min read

Published Land Grabs Letter to the Financial Times

Response to Monday’s FT article “Palm oil producers face challenges in Africa” 24th September 2012 http://m.ft.com/cms/s/0/e4389d42-07db-...

Sep 12, 20123 min read

The Challenge of Unequal Growth and Exclusive Governance

Comments to the AU Conference of African Union Ministers in charge of Youth Development, 12-14 September 2012, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia...

Aug 23, 201214 min read

Three years before the deadline for realising the MDGs: What needs to be done to powerfully complet

Presentation to SIDA Annual Conference, Stockholm, 23 August 2013 By Irũngũ Houghton[i] Introduction As the cocoon regularly whispers to...

Aug 2, 20123 min read

Fourteen Pan African religious and development organisations react to UN Secretary-General Appointme

2nd August 2012 Fourteen Pan African religious and development organisations react to UN Secretary-General Appointment of the High Level...

Jul 13, 20123 min read

Murmurs in the corridors of the 21st Session of the AU Executive Committee

While the coverage of the AU Summit will undoubtedly be overshadowed by the fierce election of the Chairperson and worrying conflicts in...

Jul 11, 20127 min read

Press release July 11th: SOTU to name and shame Governments who fail to implement AU standards

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia July 11, 2012 “We will mobilize millions to name and shame African Governments who fail to implement AU standards,...