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More Palestinians killed by Israeli military and settlers across occupied West Bank in last 3 years since Gaza hostilities than previous 17 combined – Oxfam
More than one in five killed over last 20 years were children More Palestinians have been killed by the Israeli military and settlers across the occupied West Bank in the last three years than in the previous 17 years combined, analysis from Oxfam has found. The number of children killed over the last three years…
Aid cuts left DRC exposed to Ebola – Oxfam is mounting a response
Reacting to the World Health Organization’s declaration of the Ebola outbreak as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) — with over 400 suspected cases and 89 deaths in the Democratic Republic of Congo — Dr. Manenji Mangudu, Oxfam Country Director in the DRC, said: “Our partners are sending us deeply alarming reports. One…
Oxfam Reactive on the publication of the UN’s Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) on Somalia
Reacting to the UN’s Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) published today for Somalia which shows that over 6 million people are experiencing hunger (IPC Phase 3 or above), including nearly 1.9 million in emergency levels (IPC Phase 4), Oxfam’s Somalia Humanitarian lead, Sameer Kariya said: “Somalia is once again sliding dangerously close to catastrophe. More than 6 million…
Reactive statement on the publication of the Acute Food Insecurity Analysis on the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
Reacting to the UN’s Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) published today on the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which shows that 26,5 million people are experiencing hunger (IPC Phase 3 or above), including nearly 3,6 million in emergency levels (IPC Phase 4), Oxfam’s Country Director Dr, Manenji Mangundu said: “These latest figures show that…