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South Sudan: People in Pibor County resort to eating wild vegetables as hunger crisis escalates

Upcoming rain season to reach record-high levels and will likely decimate crops

Rich countries overstating “true value” of climate finance by up to $88 billion, says Oxfam

“Real” financial effort by rich countries to provide climate finance to Global South is less than a third of what the reported figure seems to suggest.

A child walking beside a destroyed bridge in Buna because of the floods. Photo credit: Mark Wahwai/ Oxfam

In the ten worst-hit countries, increasing floods and drought forced 8 million displacements last year – over twice that of a decade ago

Hunger nearly tripled in five of these countries over the same period.

Reaction to the IDA for Africa Head of State Summit outcome

Reacting to the declaration issued at the conclusion of the IDA for Africa Head of State Summit, Oxfam in Africa Director, Fati N’Zi-Hassane said:“A bigger-than-ever IDA replenishment is critical at…

A year on, the war in Sudan continues to rage. Despite the magnitude of the crisis, funding for Sudan and its neighbours remains critically low. Photo Credit: Fatuma Noor/ Oxfam

Reaction to Paris pledging conference for Sudan and its neighbors

Reacting to the outcome of the International Humanitarian Conference for Sudan and its neighbors, held in Paris today, at which countries pledged a total of $2 billion – Oxfam in Africa Director Fati…

Income inequality high or rising in 60 percent of countries with loans from IMF and World Bank

Income inequality is high or increasing in 60 percent (64 out of 106) of low- and middle-income countries receiving grants or loans from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank, reveals…

Over 24 million people in Southern Africa face hunger, malnutrition, and water scarcity due to extreme weather conditions, Oxfam warns

Millions of people across Southern Africa, are grappling with the dual crises of hunger and flooding. Over half of Malawi’s 19 million population, six million people in Zambia, over three million in…

Twaibu Aufi and his wife 49-year-old wife Stevelia Aufi are seen on what used to be their house in the aftermath of Tropical Cyclone Freddy in Phalombe southern Malawi on Friday 24 March 2023. CREDIT: Thoko Chikondi / Oxfam

Tropical storm Filipo hits Mozambique exactly one year after devastating Cyclone Freddy left millions of people in urgent need - Oxfam responds

Tropical storm Filipo hits Mozambique exactly one year after devastating Cyclone Freddy left millions of people in urgent need - Oxfam responds. Millions of people have nothing left to eat but wild…

Failed maize crop in Lusaka Zambia. Photo Credit: Tipple Ntini/Oxfam

Over six million people face hunger, malnutrition and water scarcity in Zambia, Oxfam warns

Oxfam warns that over six million people from farming families in Zambia are facing acute food shortages and malnutrition until next growing season, which is twelve months away, due to a severe…

Around 1500 people are still arriving every day from Sudan to these transit centres. Photo Credit: Yangi Teresa Justine/ Oxfam

South Sudan: More than 300 people share a single water tap, as transit centres hold four times their capacity, increasing risk of cholera outbreak – warns Oxfam

The influx of over half a million people fleeing Sudan’s conflict meant that transit centres in Renk – a border town in neighbouring South Sudan- are swelling with people four times their capacity,…