Hero item Image Welcome to Oxfam in Africa Featured Somalia’s humanitarian crisis deepens alongside critical funding shortfall 28th Jan 2026 Reaction“Reacting to the UN Humanitarian Needs Response Plan (HRP) released yesterday, which shows that 4.8 million people in Somalia require urgent humanitarian assistance, Oxfam Country Director… Read more Image Image Resisting the rule of the rich 19th Jan 2026 The number of billionaires has surpassed 3,000 for the first time, and the level of billionaire wealth is now higher than at any time in history. It is one thing for a billionaire to buy an enormous… Read more Billionaire wealth jumps three times faster in 2025 to highest peak ever, sparking dangerous political inequality says Oxfam 19th Jan 2026 Billionaires 4,000 times more likely to hold political office than ordinary people The wealth of African billionaires grew four times faster in 2025 than in the previous five years combined Read more Millions stranded as conflict and aid cuts in South Sudan drive surge in suffering - Oxfam 26th Nov 2025 Almost 6 million people - nearly half of the population - in South Sudan are experiencing acute hunger, with little access to clean water or sanitation as funding cuts have stripped away vital… Read more The richest 125 Kenyans hold more wealth than 43 million people, amidst deepening poverty by majority 26th Nov 2025 The richest 1% own 78% of Kenya’s total financial wealth.A CEO in the ten biggest companies earns on average 214 times more than a teacher.Nearly half of the population live in extreme poverty, with… Read more Image Image Women to Kilimanjaro : the campaign that transformed Africa 11th Nov 2025 Naomi Shadrack Sometimes the size and power of a grassroots social or political movement is too vast and too varied for us to be able to truly ‘see it’ …or to understand it’s impacts. It’s only as we look back and… Read more
