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UN Security Council’s ineffectiveness is robbing Africa opportunities for peace and development, leaving humanitarian needs to spiral

The United Nations Security Council’s (UNSC) actions and inactions have failed to protect African populations from violence and unrest, according to a new Oxfam report. As a result, humanitarian…

African Climate Caravans

Over 350 African Civil Society Organizations Call for Urgent Action to Combat Climate Crisis

A movement of more than 350 African civil society organisations that brings together the youth, women and longstanding climate activists from across Africa has demanded that the rich polluting…

DRC: Oxfam responds to Mpox outbreak in Equateur as it reaches alarming levels

The MPox epidemic has reached alarming levels in the Democratic Republic of Congo, as more than 15,000 cases and over 540 deaths have been reported across the country since the beginning of the year…

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…