Madina Mohamed, program participant of the water project in Isiolo County (Kenya).

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Fossil fuel companies projected to earn almost $3,000 a second in 2026 while families struggle to afford energy bills worldwide

27th Apr 2026

Six of the biggest fossil fuel companies are projected to earn $2,967 a second in profits in 2026, new Oxfam research finds, ahead of the first global conference this week on Transitioning Away from…

One Month After CSW70: Between Hope and Backlash in the Fight for Gender Justice

27th Apr 2026

Paul Vingi

There are moments when your work stops being abstract and becomes something you feel personally. Moments when policy, advocacy, and lived realities collide in a way that stays with you. The…

Record number of people displaced into neighbouring countries as Sudan conflict marks three years – Oxfam

14th Apr 2026

As Sudan’s gruelling conflict enters its fourth year, a record number of people have now been displaced by the world’s worst humanitarian and displacement crisis, accelerating hunger and suffering…

Wealth largely absent from IMF tax guidance, benefiting the rich

13th Apr 2026

Only 3 percent of the more than 1,000 tax recommendations made by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to governments in recent years focus on taxing wealth and income from wealth, new analysis by…

Oxfam joined thousands to march through central London, demanding that the government tax billionaires to pay more toward solving the climate crisis. Credit: Mark Chilvers / Oxfam

Time to walk the talk

13th Apr 2026

The inequality crisis is worsening. The year 2025 has set yet another bleak record with billionaire wealth jumping by over 16 per cent in 2025 to $18.3 trillion – its highest level in history. Since…

How legal and policy frameworks can drive transformative change to women farmers

24th Mar 2026

Hon. Neema LUGANGIRA, Hon. Francoise UWUMUKIZA, Hon. Rugie Yatu BARRY, Hon. Amira SABER, Hon. Gizella TETTEH, Hon. Susan DOSSI, Hon. Cernilde MENDONÇA, Hon. Inna HENGARI, Hon. Rugiatu KAMARA

In Africa, women are central to food production and rural economies. Yet in many of our countries, the laws and policies shaping agriculture and food systems still do not fully reflect their roles,…

Oxfam in Africa - I am because we are

We are anchored in ‘Ubuntu’ (I am because we are). It means that we live and work by the collective approach, working closely with partners and communities across the continent. All united and fighting against inequalities and poverty for a more just and equal Africa.

Salo Kuni near her home in Marsabit County, Kenya. Floods swept her home in May 2025 and affected her family's livelihood. (Photo: Peter Irungu/Oxfam)

Ottilia Tarutira, a participating farmer for the Ruti Irrigation Project, plants a sugar bean plant on her plot of land at the Ruti Irrigation ward 13 in Gutu District, Zimbabwe.

Distribution of handwashing stations at the Shari Health Centre following the Ebola Outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. (Photo: Azaria Muhongya/Oxfam)

Abdilahi Shire, a farmer from Sanaag region in Somaliland looking at the produce from the farm, he is one of the program participant of Oxfam supported project on sustainable agriculture.

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