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Syria: A Lasting Solution in the Wake of Needless Tragedy
The searing images of three-year-old Alan Kurdi have moved through cyberspace and galvanized reaction around the…
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Humanitarian Coalition launches urgent appeal amid escalating conflict in the Middle East
OTTAWA, ON, March 16, 2026 – Canada’s leading aid organizations – joining forces as the Humanitarian Coalition – are raising critical funds to rush life-saving assistance to people in need in Lebanon, Syria and across the wider region. Since February 28, the escalating military violence in the Middle East has been worsening and widening, with humanitarian…
South Sudan evacuation order removes humanitarian support for over 200,000 people and deepens catastrophic conditions – Oxfam
The evacuation order for the northern border town of Akobo East in South Sudan, which forced tens of thousands of people – including all aid agency staff – to leave at the weekend, has closed critical humanitarian programmes for over 200,000 people and deepened catastrophic conditions, Oxfam said today. Evacuated Oxfam staff are reporting that…
Oxfam responds to mass forced displacement in Lebanon and ready to respond to wider regional crisis
Oxfam and partners are responding to the immediate needs of people who have been forcibly displaced by Israel’s bombardment and ground invasion of Lebanon, as the conflict across the region enters a dramatically new and dangerous phase. Oxfam in Lebanon is scaling up its emergency response by supporting thousands of people across shelters in Mount…
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…