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Rich countries meet only 4% of funds East Africa needs to address climate change - Oxfam

Over 63 million East Africans experienced severe hunger in 2024 and 40% lack access to safe drinking water. East African countries collectively contribute a tiny 0.09% of the global carbon…

Communiqué pour la ratification immédiate de la convention de l'Union Africaine sur l'élimination de la violence à l'égard des femmes et des filles

Chaque jour, des millions de filles et de femmes en Afrique subissent des violences physiques, sexuelles, psychologiques, économiques, numériques et institutionnelles ;Ces violences ne sont ni des…

Six months into Congo’s war, cholera is killing more than four people every day

Aid cuts and humanitarian deadlock are fuelling a full-blown public health disaster.In Sake and Minova, 500 people are sharing a single water tap. Six months since the renewed war in the…

Oxfam reaction to the communiqué of the third meeting of G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors under South African presidency

Reacting to the communique issued at the conclusion of 3rd G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) meeting under the South African presidency, Nkateko Chauke, Interim Executive…

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,…