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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…
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