In Yemen, cholera is killing one person every hour. Over half of them are children. Since…
Climate change, conflict and the failure of governments to tackle them have left more than 800…
Oxfam is responding to major emergencies around the world, and we are also helping lead a…
“Do not get married if you are a child, because you do not yet understand about…
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For the first time in more than a decade, the United Nations reported a sharp increase…
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Partners and community define our humanitarian work. Her excitement was contagious. Renata Dia stood at the…
Sometimes we harm the people we try to help. As humanitarians we deliver life-saving assistance to…
Yemen’s human-made catastrophe is forcing people to make stark live or die choices. Yemenis, already on…
If the world turned upside down and we replaced all the women with men, and all…
Millions of people have been displaced from their homes in South Sudan. They are facing hunger…
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Millions of people across Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia facing drought crisis, as cost of water increases by 2000% in worst hit areas – Oxfam
Failed October–December rains have pushed nearly 26 million people into extreme hunger in East Africa. 58 million people do not have access to clean drinking water. Millions of livestock are at risk as drought devastate grazing lands and water sources, threatening pastoralist livelihoods. Failure of the last rainy season across Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia is…
Statement by the Regional Directors of the INGOs in the Middle East Region
We, the Regional Directors of 14 INGOs, express our profound concern at the accelerating military escalation across the Middle East and the wider region. What we are witnessing is a dangerous expansion of violence with devastating consequences for civilians. There must be an immediate end to this spiral of military violence, to the use of…
REACTION: Israeli High Court grants urgent request from 19 humanitarian organisations providing aid into Gaza
The Israeli High Court has ruled in favour of an urgent request from 19 humanitarian organisations, including Oxfam, for an interim order which would prevent the cessation of all activities until a final ruling is reached. In response, Oxfam’s Policy Lead, Bushra Khalidi, said: “We are grateful that our request for an interim order has been…
Humanitarian organisations petition Israeli High Court as closure deadline approaches
The clock is ticking on a large part of the humanitarian response sustaining civilians in the occupied Palestinian territory. Thirty-seven international aid organisations have been ordered by Israeli authorities to cease operations in the occupied Palestinian territory by the end of February under revised Israeli registration rules. With efforts to force closures imminent, a group…