April 03
Southern Africa: Millions in Southern Africa Face Hunger as Extreme Weather Wreaks Havoc - Oxfam
Millions of people across Southern Africa, are grappling with the dual crises of hunger and flooding. Over half of Malawi's 19 million population, six million people in Zambia,… Read more »
March 21
Africa: Global Water Crisis Looms Yet Only One in Four of the Biggest Food and Agriculture Corporations Say They're Reducing Water Use and Pollution
Only 28 percent of the world's most influential food and agriculture corporations report they are reducing their water withdrawals and just 23 percent say they are taking action to… Read more »
March 12
Mozambique: Mozambique Hit by Storm Filipo, One Year After Cyclone Freddy
Millions of people have nothing left to eat but wild roots as they have lost their crops to repeated extreme weather Read more »
December 11, 2023
Africa: COP28 Draft Text a 'Scandal That Has Failed Us All'
In response to the Global Stocktake draft text released tonight, Nafkote Dabi, Oxfam International's Climate Change Policy Lead, said: Read more »
December 12, 2023
East Africa: East Africa's Floods Decimate Almost Entire Season Harvest and Leave Over Four Million People With No Food or Income
As COP28 comes to a close, rich polluting nation must accelerate support for adaptation and loss and damage for countries hit hardest by climate change. Read more »
December 11, 2023
Africa: Oxfam Reaction to the Possibility of 'Abatement' Language in the Final Text of COP28
On the term ''abatement'' appearing in the final text regarding the phase-out of fossil fuels, Oxfam International's Climate Change Policy Lead Nafkote Dabi said: Read more »
November 21, 2023
East Africa: El Niño Rains Wreak Havoc in East Africa As Humanitarian Funds Continue to Dwindle - Oxfam
The El Niño-induced heavy rains and flash flooding killed 130 people in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia, while the region is still reeling from one of the most severe droughts… Read more »
November 20, 2023
Africa: EU's Richest 10% Emit As Much Planet-Heating Emissions As Half the EU's Poorest Population
A European wealth tax would raise nearly €250 billion a year which could be used to fight the climate crisis and inequality. Read more »
September 04, 2023
East Africa: Rich Nations Paid Less Than 5% of the U.S.$53.3 Billion Region Needs to Confront the Climate Crisis
Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia and South Sudan have incurred $7.4bn of livestock losses alone as a result of climate change Read more »
May 22, 2023
East Africa: NGOs Call Out Climate Injustice and Urge Global Donors to Fully Fund the Humanitarian Response in the Horn of Africa Now
As the international community gathers in New York this week for the Horn of Africa High Level Pledging Conference, we urge global donors to address the impact of the climate… Read more »
April 10, 2023
Africa: Oxfam Warns of Rich Country Financial Wizardry That Puts Their Own Interests Ahead of the World's Poorest People #AfricaClimateCrisis
New Oxfam analysis describes a $27 trillion black hole - accumulating at around $3.9 trillion a year to 2030 - that low- and middle-income countries face to meet climate-related… Read more »
November 20, 2022
Africa: Loss and Damage Fund At COP27 a Monumental Win, If Properly Funded - Oxfam #AfricaClimateHope
Responding to the final communiqué of the COP27 climate talks in Sharm El-Sheikh, Gabriela Bucher, Oxfam International's Executive Director, said: Read more »
November 07, 2022
Africa: A Billionaire Emits a Million Times More Greenhouse Gases Than the Average Person
Billionaire investments in polluting industries such as fossil fuels and cement double the average for the Standard and Poor group of 500 companies - Oxfam Read more »