Fatuma Noor | Oxfam in Africa

Role: Media and Communications Advisor

Organisation: Oxfam in Africa

With the arrival of over 1,500 people every day, the two transit centers in Renk are at full capacity, hosting people four times their size. Photo credit: Fatuma Noor/ Oxfam

Sudanese refugees fleeing conflict to find refuge in South Sudan

When the fighting erupted in Sudan’s capital Khartoum, 26-year-old Aisha was home with her two children. Gunshot sounds were getting closer to her home and she knew that they had to run for their…

42-year-old Nyawouw Mayok, a female leader at Gambella refugee camp, engages in a discussion with a group of women outside her house, addressing pertinent issues affecting women in the camp. Photo credit: Petterik Wiggers/ Oxfam

Empowered Woman - Nyawouw's advocacy for women and girls in Tierkidi refugee camp

In the heart of Tierkidi, a refugee camp nestled in Gambella in Western Ethiopia, a group of men gather next to a grass-thatched hut called “tukuls” in South Sudan. They are in a deep discussion…

Nyajany Gatwech is one of the refugees who was displaced from the South Sudan conflict and now lives in Gambella Refugee camp in Ethiopia. Photo credit: Petterik Wiggers/ Oxfam

Surviving the odds - Nyajany hopes for a future where everyone thrives

In Tierkidi refugee camp, in Gambella, Western Ethiopia, 29-year-old Nyajany Gatwech prepares her routine trip to go to the market and buy vegetables that she sells to refugees from South Sudan. The…

50 year old Hareyat Gebrelibanos and a mother of four from Tigray in Northern Ethiopia cleaning mitad* traditional griddle used for cooking bread at Meles IDP camp. Photo Credit: Zerubabel Tore/Oxfam

Tigray in crisis as hundreds succumb to starvation two-years after the conflict

Within a confined space of a single classroom, Hareyat Gebrelibanos, a 50-year-old mother of four girls is reorganising and cleaning her space at the far right of the class, attempting to make it…