Press releases

Over 50 leading financiers have expressed their support for a European Financial Transaction Tax (FTT) ahead of a meeting of Finance Ministers in Brussels next week. In an open letter to European leaders, the financiers argue the FTT will reduce financial instability and raise significant additional government revenue.

Nigeria, Niger and Chad face the risk of a disease outbreak as the rainy season starts in the Lake Chad Basin.

Yemen’s cholera outbreak could spread quickly to thousands more people with the new rainy season likely to begin in the coming days.

The agency is calling for a massive aid effort and an immediate ceasefire to allow health and aid workers tackle the cholera outbreak.

Uganda is hosting the first Refugee Solidarity Summit on 22 and 23 June. Oxfam is calling on the international community to provide funds, humanitarian aid and, crucially, to pave the way for a peaceful resolution to conflicts in neighboring countries. 

The EU's partnership approach for working with African countries on managing migration has to date failed to provide safe and regular channels for migration or offer long-term solutions that improve the lives of people on the move.

The energy investment decisions of the new $100bn Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank could signal a dramatic, positive new direction in the fight against global poverty and climate change.

Oxfam is calling for an immediate ceasefire to allow health and aid workers tackle a runaway cholera epidemic that threatens the lives of thousands of people in the coming months.