violence

Oxfam raises alarm about escalating Congo violence

Joel M Bassuk — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:38:15 +0000

Fresh fighting in eastern Congo has displaced tens of thousands more people from their homes, international aid agency Oxfam said today (Wednesday 29 October 2008) as it called for u

Statement by 52 non-governmental organizations working in Somalia on the rapidly deteriorating humanitarian crisis

Elena Cornellana — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:19:00 +0000

We, the undersigned NGOs, are extremely concerned about the devastating humanitarian crisis in Somalia.

Haiti No Longer Grows Much of Its Own Rice and Families Now Go Hungry

Ian McClelland — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:12:17 +0000

Judith Alexandre, a single mother, lives with her two children in Haiti, the poorest country in the western hemisphere, and like a lot of other families there they have only one choi

In Congo, Women Face Sexual Violence and its Legacy of Shame and Hardship

Ian McClelland — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:36:19 +0000

Justine Masika had long been interested in the well-being of poor rural women in the eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo when, in 1996, they began to come to her wi

Five Years into the Darfur Conflict, Three Staffers Look Back

Ian McClelland — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 12:51:09 +0000

Melinda Young – Senior Program Coordinator for Darfur

Melinda worked on Oxfam’s Darfur response from the beginning of 2004 until the middle of 2005, and returned again at the st

Arms Transfer Decisions: Considering Development

Ian McClelland — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:07:06 +0000

The devastating impact of armed violence around the world is well known.

Local peacebuilding urgently needed to reduce insecurity in Afghanistan, Oxfam says

Joel M Bassuk — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 11:30:26 +0000

Land, water and family disagreements are the major causes of local insecurity in Afghanistan, according to a

Afghanistan at risk of humanitarian disaster

Joel M Bassuk — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 11:41:38 +0000

Oxfam writes to world leaders and urges support for a major change of direction in order to reduce suffering and avert a humanitarian disaster.

Donors, UN Security Council must act to relieve humanitarian catastrophe in Eastern DR Congo, warns Oxfam

Joel M Bassuk — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 14:00:06 +0000

Oxfam unveils photo exhibit of North Kivu war victims as UN focuses on DRC this month.

Northern Ugandans feel shut out of recovery planning

Elena Cornellana — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 14:21:55 +0000

Results from a new study released by Oxfam today reveal that despite positive steps made in the ongoing peace talks in Juba, many of Northern Uganda’s communities fear that the