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Africa’s four richest billionaires hold more wealth than half the continent - Oxfam

Africa’s richest four hold more wealth than half the continent - Oxfam

In 2000, Africa had no billionaires. Today it has 23 whose combined wealth has soared by 56% in just the past five years, reaching a staggering $112.6 billion. Africa’s richest 5% hold nearly $4…

Global survey finds 8 out of 10 people support taxing oil and gas corporations to pay for climate damages

Bonn, 19 June - A majority of people believe governments must tax oil, gas and coal corporations for climate-related loss and damage, and that their government is not doing enough to counter the…

South Sudan Crisis

Sudan: Two years into the conflict, the world's largest humanitarian crisis now threatens regional stability

As Sudan’s conflict enters its third year, massive displacement and fighting are spilling over into neighbouring countries, worsening the already catastrophic humanitarian crisis. The looming rainy…

Hunger skyrockets by nearly 80 percent in Eastern and Southern Africa over past five years amidst worsening water crisis

Nearly 116 million people in eight African countries, hardest hit by severe water crises, lack access to drinking water.Globally, flash floods have become 20 times more frequent between 2000 and 2022…

Monitoring the impact of agricultural policies on women is essential for Africa's food security

Nairobi, March 19, 2025 – African governments must put in place proper mechanisms for measuring the effects and impacts of their agricultural policies on women if the continent is to reap the full…

Renewed fighting around the North Kivu capital of Goma, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has led to a catastrophic escalation of the humanitarian crisis displacing hundreds of thousands of people.

Cholera and Mpox cases increasing dangerously in DRC as aid cuts push health systems to near-collapse

Preventable diseases are sweeping the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Cholera cases increased by 326, Mpox by 269, and measles by 95 people in North Kivu alone, during the last week of February,…

Renewed fighting around the North Kivu capital of Goma, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)

OXFAM REACTION TO USAID FUNDING CUTS IN DRC

Commenting on news today that the US has confirmed the termination of USAID funding for multiple life-saving projects in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Oxfam Country Director Manenji Mangundu said…

View of the destroyed and looted Oxfam latrine block at the Rusayo displaced persons site

Nearly half a million people left without shelter, food or water in DR Congo amid destruction of displacement sites and aid cuts

Oxfam warns of an alarming humanitarian crisis in Eastern DRC as aid groups struggle to respond in the face of funding cuts ripple effects. Over 450,000 people are left without shelter, food or…

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Two Oxfam workers killed in robbery in South Sudan

Two members of Oxfam staff were killed in an armed robbery yesterday in the town of Motot in Jonglei State, South Sudan.

Oxfam's reaction to unilateral M23 ceasefire in DRC

On the unilateral declaration of a ceasefire by the M23 who seized the city of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Oxfam's Country Director, Dr. Manenji Mangundu said: " This ceasefire,…