Tagged: Burkina Faso

Aid agencies call for a 'surge' in aid effort to help 10 million facing hunger in West Africa

Press Release

Ten leading aid agencies today called for a 'surge' in the humanitarian effort to help 10 million people at risk of acute hunger across the Sahel region of West and Central Africa.

Over 18 million people across West and Central Africa were affected by a food crisis caused by drought, a failure of several crops, and sharp rises in food prices. Oxfam reached more than 1 million people with humanitarian aid during 2012.

Failed rains put 10 million people at risk of a food crisis across West Africa

Press Release

Local Dakaro children both work and play in the field next to Oxfam's office - during the 2005 food security crisis in Niger. Credit: Carlo Heathcote/Oxfam

Almost 10 million people across the Sahel region of West Africa are threatened with a severe food shortage. Oxfam calls for urgent response to warning signs.

Aid for Agriculture: Promises and the Reality on the Ground

Policy Paper

Oxfam responds to West Africa floods

Press Release

Kenyans families seeking shelter, as their homes have just collapsed from the rains and flooding. Credit: KONATE Sosthene, Intermon Oxfam

The water and sanitation expertise of Oxfam International and its partners will be central to its humanitarian operating strategy for the West African populations hit by flooding over the past week.

Burkina Faso faces the worst flood for 90 years; Oxfam is responding

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Destroyed homes in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso 's capital. Credit: Konate Papa Sosthen/Oxfam

Oxfam International is to send humanitarian staff and emergency supplies to Burkina Faso in response to the recent floods, which have devastated the country.