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Des ONG unissent leurs expertises pour freiner la croissance de l'insécurité alimentaire en Afrique de l'ouest et au Sahel

Des ONG unissent leurs expertises pour freiner la croissance de l'insécurité alimentaire en Afrique de l'ouest et au Sahel

Les analyses successives du Cadre Harmonisé révèlent une aggravation continue et structurelle de la crise alimentaire et nutritionnelle en Afrique de l’Ouest et au Sahel. Plus de 50 millions de…

Wealth largely absent from IMF tax guidance, benefiting the rich

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…

South Sudan evacuation order removes humanitarian support for over 200,000 people and deepens catastrophic conditions - Oxfam

The evacuation order for the northern border town of Akobo East in South Sudan, which forced tens of thousands of people - including all aid agency staff – to leave at the weekend, has closed…

Millions of people across Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia facing drought crisis, as cost of water increases by 2000% in worst hit areas - Oxfam

Failed October–December rains have pushed nearly 26 million people into extreme hunger in East Africa. 58 million people do not have access to clean drinking water. Millions of livestock are at…

Africa subject of 80 per cent of UN Security Council resolutions over last decade, despite exclusion from permanent seat - Oxfam

Since 2016, conflicts in Africa have claimed millions of lives, forced nearly 46 million people from their homes – more than four times a decade ago - and pushed 120 million people across 26 African…

Oxfam warning of ‘disaster upon disaster’ as Mozambique braces for Tropical Storm Gezani

Oxfam is warning that Mozambique could be seriously impacted by Tropical Storm Gezani, which is currently gaining intensity over the Mozambique channel. Even if it doesn’t make landfall, it is likely…

Escalation of conflict in South Sudan threatens to push a million into extreme food crisis

Families in South Sudan are once again having to flee for their lives due to escalating conflict at a time when hunger is already at catastrophic levels, Oxfam warned. Renewed fighting, which has…

Oxfam’s reaction to the IPC alert on Sudan

Responding to today’s Integrated Food Security Classification (IPC) alert, Oxfam’s Fati NZ’i Hassane, Oxfam in Africa Director, said: “It is deeply alarming that famine-level malnutrition had been …

Somalia’s humanitarian crisis deepens alongside critical funding shortfall

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…

Billionaire wealth jumps three times faster in 2025 to highest peak ever, sparking dangerous political inequality says Oxfam

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