Sudan: Two Years Into the Conflict, the World's Largest Humanitarian Crisis Now Threatens Regional Stability

Upcoming rains and aid cuts could further hamper humanitarian efforts and push millions of people to famine Read more »

Africa: Hunger Skyrockets By Nearly 80% in Eastern and Southern Africa Over Past Five Years Amidst Worsening Water Crisis

Nearly 116 million people in eight African countries, hardest hit by severe water crises, lack access to drinking water. Read more »

Africa: Cholera and Mpox Cases Increasing Dangerously in DRC As Aid Cuts Push Health Systems to Near-Collapse

Preventable diseases are sweeping the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Cholera cases increased by 326, Mpox by 269, and measles by 95 people in North Kivu alone, during the last… Read more »

Africa: Media Advisory - New Paper On Exploitation of Palestinian Women Working in Illegal Israeli Settlements

Paper released as West Bank sees escalations in Israeli military and settler violence, killings, injuries, forced displacements, residential demolitions and movement restrictions. Read more »

Africa: Oxfam Reaction to USAID Funding Cuts in DRC

Commenting on news today that the US has confirmed the termination of USAID funding for multiple life-saving projects in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Oxfam Country Director… Read more »

Africa: Largest Forced Displacement in the West Bank Since 1967 - Oxfam

At least 800 Israeli military checkpoints, barriers and gates causing unprecedented movement restrictions; two-hour journeys now take twelve, hampering humanitarian response Read more »

Africa: In January, Billionaires Amassed More Wealth Than the Poorest Third of Humanity Owns

Billionaire wealth surged by over $300 billion in the first month of the year. It would take 15 million workers an entire year to make as much money. Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Nearly Half a Million People Left Without Shelter, Food or Water in DR Congo Amid Destruction of Displacement Sites and Aid Cuts

Oxfam warns of an alarming humanitarian crisis in Eastern DRC as aid groups struggle to respond in the face of funding cuts ripple effects. Read more »

South Sudan: Two Oxfam Workers Killed in Robbery in South Sudan

Two members of Oxfam staff were killed in an armed robbery yesterday in the town of Motot in Jonglei State, South Sudan. Read more »

Africa: Billionaire Wealth Surges By $2 Trillion in 2024, Poverty Levels Remain Static

Oxfam predicts there will be at least five trillionaires a decade from now. Read more »

Africa: COP29 Deal Is a 'Global Ponzi Scheme' - Oxfam

Responding to the COP29 climate finance agreement, in which rich countries agree to mobilize $300 billion a year to help Global South countries cope with warming temperatures and… Read more »

Africa: Activists Host 'Make Rich Polluters Pay' Game Show At COP29 to Expose Big Polluters

Climate activists today added a dramatic twist to the COP29 summit with a live game show called Make Polluters Pay. As the United Nations climate finance negotiations entered their… Read more »

Africa: COP29 Must Deliver More Than 'Threadbare Promises' - Oxfam

In response to the latest climate finance draft text at COP29, Oxfam International's Climate Justice Lead, Safa' Al Jayoussi, said: Read more »

Africa: Billionaires Emit More Carbon Pollution in 90 Minutes Than the Average Person Does in a Lifetime

Fifty of the world's richest billionaires on average produce more carbon through their investments, private jets and yachts in just over an hour and a half than the average person… Read more »

Africa: Superyachts and Jets of Europe's Elite Emit More Carbon Pollution in a Week Than the World's Poorest 1 Percent Emits in a Lifetime

The carbon footprint of a super-rich European, accumulated from nearly a week of using super yachts and private jets, matches the lifetime carbon footprint of someone in the… Read more »

Africa: Oxfam's Reaction to the Summit of the Future's Pact

In response to the Summit of the Future's Pact, Oxfam Executive Director Amitabh Behar said: Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Oxfam Responds to Mpox Outbreak in Equateur As It Reaches Alarming Levels

The MPox epidemic has reached alarming levels in the Democratic Republic of Congo, as more than 15,000 cases and over 540 deaths have been reported across the country since the… Read more »

South Sudan: People in Pibor County Resort to Eating Wild Vegetables As Hunger Crisis Deepens

People in South Sudan's Pibor county are forced to survive on wild vegetables, and desert dates as the number of people dying from starvation rises. With torrential rains halting… Read more »

Africa: Oxfam Reaction to the Global Report On Food Crises 2024

Today's "Global Report on Food Crises" (GRFC), led by the Food Security Information Network (FSIN), says that 281.6 million people across 59 countries are now experiencing acute… Read more »

Sudan: Reaction to Paris Pledging Conference for Sudan and Its Neighbors

Reacting to the outcome of the International Humanitarian Conference for Sudan and its neighbours, held in Paris today, at which countries pledged a total of $2 billion - Oxfam in… Read more »

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 »

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 »

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 »

Africa: Over Six Million People Face Hunger, Malnutrition and Water Scarcity in Zambia, Oxfam Warns

Oxfam warns that over six million people from farming families in Zambia are facing acute food shortages and malnutrition until next growing season, which is twelve months away,… Read more »

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 »