Sri Lanka landslide and flooding - Oxfam launches aid effort Oxfam is using its in-country aid stocks to provide essential household items and portable toilets to families hit by the Sri Lankan landslides and flo
El Niño Special Envoys have a huge job ahead, as Oxfam, World Vision, CARE, ACF International and Save the Children welcome appointments El Niño is a crisis of global proportions, seriously affecting 60 million people around the world, yet it is not getting international attention and there re
As climate negotiators meet in Bonn, El Niño shows dire need for adaptation funds With 2016 on track to be the hottest year ever and a super-charged El Niño putting over 60 million lives at the mercy of unpredictable climate shocks, it’s m
World Economic Forum Africa: Oxfam calls for investment in human economy, youth and girls Oxfam International Executive Director, Winnie Byanyima, will use the WEF Africa meeting in Kigali, Rwanda this week to call for a radical overhaul in the wa
Tax havens ‘serve no useful economic purpose’: 300 economists tell world leaders More than 300 leading economists from 30 countries have today written to world leaders warning that there is no economic justification for allowing tax
Detention riots expose how EU is failing people fleeing to Greece The riots in Moria closed facility in Lesbos on Tuesday expose how European Union policies are failing to deliver a fair and safe system for receiving people
Donors must close $2 billion gap at today’s UN El Nino appeal meeting The international community must plug a $2 billion funding gap for countries hit by El Nino-related drought and storms.
Hopes of peace as return of South Sudan opposition leader raises chances of a unity government The return of South Sudan’s opposition leader, Riek Machar, to Juba is a positive step towards the formation of a Transitional Government of Natio
Oxfam to provide safe water to 10,000 people in Ecuador Oxfam staff in Ecuador are working with the government to establish the effective distribution system of safe water in Portoviejo and Pedernales, two o
Signing of Paris climate agreement marks key moment to turn aspiration into action As more than 160 countries come together to sign the Paris Climate Change Agreement, taking a critical step towards its implementation, Oxfam calls on govern