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African crises escalate as AU leaders meet in Libya

1 July 2009
Over 1.4 million people have been forced to flee their homes so far this year as a result of significant increasing violence in DR Congo, Sudan and Somalia, international agency Oxfam said today, as heads of state gather at the AU Summit in Libya to discuss peace and security across the continent.
Barwako Issa Noorow nursing baby Ali (one year old). Her husband’s mother had been shot and killed in Baidoa, which helped her family make the decision to leave Somalia. Credit: David Levene/Oxfam

Faltering agriculture investments leaving two-thirds of rural poor behind

30 June 2009
Today's food crisis could worsen dramatically as decades of declining investment in agriculture have constrained the ability of the world's poorest people to cope with climatic and economic shocks, according to a new report released today by international agency Oxfam International.
Villagers tend their vegetables as part of Oxfam's Farmer's Field School, designed to mitigate the effects of climate change in West Timor. Credit: Tom Greenwood/Oxfam

UN Economic Crisis conference a 'missed opportunity' to help poor

26 June 2009
The UN Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and Its Impact on Development was a missed opportunity to address the needs of poor countries, Oxfam said today.

Climate change is pushing Malawi further into poverty: women are hit worst

17 June 2009
Climate change in Malawi is pushing people further into poverty and women are suffering most, according to our new report (Wed June 17).
Scores of schoolgirls, from the Mitengo Primary School went on a colorful march during the Thyolo District Assembly open day on climate change. More than 4000 people participated. Credit: Oxfam

The Big Promise

16 June 2009
Let’s show world leaders how to make a promise and keep it. Make a promise now. And see what your friends have promised too...!
A child learns how to write inside a straw school built by the villagers of Zigberi, in a remote part of Burkina Faso. After years of waiting the parents built their own school, desperate to get an education for their children. Credit: Ami Vitale/Oxfam

Rich states failing to pull their weight to assist conflict-affected Pakistanis

16 June 2009
A weak international donor response is hampering efforts to assist more than two million women, men and children affected by conflict in northwest Pakistan, raising the risk of prolonged suffering and instability, says international agency Oxfam.
Women wading through flood water with their emergency shelter kits which they have received from Oxfam. Credit: Iqbal Haider/Oxfam

Industrialized countries sabotaging climate talks through inertia

12 June 2009
Rich countries' inertia is sabotaging a climate deal and abandoning millions of the worlds poorest people to a desperate future said Oxfam on the final day of international climate talks in Bonn today.
This large circular dike in Mali was constructed to retain water during the rainy season so that the ground could be more easily cultivated. However the rain never came. Credit: Dave Clark/Oxfam

New Oxfam report says that rich countries have a ‘double duty’ to act on climate change

11 June 2009
Rich countries have a ’double duty’ to cut emissions at home and to help fund emissions reductions in poor countries in order to get a fair and safe climate deal, according to a new report by international agency, Oxfam today.
This image shows a general view of the Perito Moreno glacier in Patagonia, southern Argentina. Credit: EPA/Orestis Panagiotou

One woman dying in childbirth every minute: G8 leaders asked to honor their promises for action

9 June 2009
Eight women from poor countries around the world, uniting as the “W8”, today demanded that G8 leaders take action to prevent the deaths of half a million women every year in childbirth.
Rokeya Kabir is the convener of the My Rights campaign in Bangladesh: a national platform that puts pressure on the government to ensure primary education for all children. Credit: Mahmud Map
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