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 »

East Africa: East Africa Hosts 10 Percent of Global Refugees While Ranking Among 20 Least Developed Countries

Oxfam and 12 NGOs urge global leaders to bridge the responsibility gap for refugee hosting and protection in East Africa Read more »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

East Africa: Pledges Made At East Africa Pledging Conference 'Dismally Inadequate' - Oxfam Reaction

In response to the pledges made at the High-Level Pledging event to support the Humanitarian Response in the Horn of Africa in New York, Fati N'Zi Hassane, Oxfam in Africa Director… Read more »

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 »

Uganda: Rate of Death in Northern Uganda Is Three Times Higher Than in Iraq - New Report

The  current  rate  of death from the war in northern Uganda is three times higher  than  in  Iraq  following  the  Allied invasion,… Read more »