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Two years on and Haiti’s reconstruction proceeds “at a snail’s pace”, leaving half a million Haitians homeless

10 January 2012

In a report released today, Oxfam urged the Haitian Government and countries that have pledged money for rebuilding to accelerate reconstruction of the country.

As worries around food security for 2012 grow, new report shows learning lessons from the past is key to preventing next food crisis in the Sahel

15 November 2011

The Sahel Working Group, a consortium of International NGOs, today launched a report evaluating the responses to the 2005 and 2010 food crises, concluding that the Sahel is “in a state of permanent crisis” requiring smarter and earlier investment in the region.

UN action needed to help thousands in DRC stranded without assistance

9 March 2011

On the day the UN’s head of emergency response, Valerie Amos, visits the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Oxfam urges the United Nations not to fail communities cut off from much-needed assistance.

Humanitarian agencies call for aid based on Afghans' needs, not the military's

2 December 2009

Aid agencies in Afghanistan call donors to meet the humanitarian needs of Afghans, outlined in a recently launched $870 million funding appeal.

The Hunger Grains

17 September 2012

This paper shows how concerns about land and food rights around the world, both major campaigning priorities for Oxfam, are closely linked to EU biofuel mandates.

Crises in a new world order

7 February 2012

In 2010, vast humanitarian crises from Haiti to Pakistan almost overwhelmed the international system’s ability to respond.

Oxfam applauds the European Parliament’s hard fought victory for transparency in the extractives sector

12 June 2013

Oxfam welcomes today’s European Parliament vote in favor of legislation which will oblige EU-listed and non-listed big oil, gas, mining and logging companies to declare payments they make i

Hollande and Merkel miss opportunity on Robin Hood tax, need to rethink path

19 February 2014

Today France and Germany’s leaders met in Paris to set out their

EU ministers miss opportunity to send strong signal on FTT to COP in Paris

8 December 2015

EU finance ministers still cannot agree on decisive elements of a European Financial Transaction Tax - a missed chance for a strong signal to the climate summit in Paris.

Renewal of MINURSO mandate represents a hope for the Sahrawi people

2 November 2018

For the second time since its creation in 1991, the UN Security Council has renewed the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) for a period of 6 months instead of the usual 12.Meryem Benbrahim, Oxfam’s Country Director in Algeria, said: "Oxfam receives positively the Council’s decision to renew MINURSO’s mandate. MINURSO today remains the most tangible expression of the international community’s commitment to settle the dispute over Western Sahara and uphold the right to self-determination of the people of Western Sahara…