Press releases

Oxfam is launching an emergency response in Rasuwa and Nuwakot, the districts worst afect by Wednesday's flash flood, as roads and bridges swept away by the surge have left the entire communities almost impossible to reach. 

Oxfam in Nepal is closely monitoring the situation and coordinating with relevant government and humanitarian organisations.

As the Rohingya crisis in Bangladesh enters its tenth year, Oxfam is warning that shrinking humanitarian resources risk undoing years of progress.

The world’s six biggest fossil fuel corporations are expected to nearly double their combined net income in the second quarter of 2026, jumping from $23 billion in the previous quarter to $45 billion, reveals new Oxfam analysis ahead of their earnings announcements. New data also finds that the emissions of these corporations have significantly magnified the frequency and severity of heatwaves this century. 

Oxfam and Palestinian organisations hand world leaders a blueprint for Gaza's recovery that puts Palestinian ownership and accountability for Israel's genocide at its core. 

Two months into the world’s largest Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in eastern DR Congo, up to 20,000 people are being forced to fetch drinking water from a single water source.

Today, EU foreign ministers met to discuss banning trade with illegal Israeli settlements. This follows the European Commission listing options to restrict the import of goods from illegal Israeli settlements. 

Rich countries have again inflated the "true value" of the climate finance they provide to low- and middle-income countries, overstating it by around $100 billion in 2024, according to new analysis by Oxfam.

Today, the European Commission presented its Tax Omnibus proposal to simplify tax rules and reduce bureaucracy across the EU. In response, Oxfam Tax Policy Expert, Julien Desiderio said: “Simplification is the European Commission’s latest euphemism for deregulation. At a time of record corporate profits and exploding inequality, after decades of a race to the bottom on effective corporate tax rates, the obvious response would be to ensure those who have gained the most contribute more. 

Oxfam’s Global Humanitarian Policy Lead Bushra Khalidi - a Palestinian mother from Jerusalem living in the West Bank - addressed the UN Security Council in New York today, warning that the ceasefire in Gaza is failing and urging member states to uphold their obligations under Resolution 2803.