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Massive and rapid global surge in aid effort needed to avoid catastrophic hunger in South Sudan
International agency Oxfam called today for a massive and rapid global surge in the aid effort to help millions of people at acute risk of hunger and disease in South Sudan saying that the crisis has reached a ‘now or never moment’ to avoid catastrophic levels of hunger and suffering.
Oxfam reaction to resignation of UN Special Envoy for Syria
In response to UN-Arab League Joint Special Representative for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi's briefing of the Security Council today, Andy Baker, who heads up Oxfam’s response to the Syria Crisis, said:
Oxfam reaction to start of talks between South Sudan's President Salva Kiir and Riek Machar
As talks are underway between South Sudan's President Salva Kiir and Riek Machar in Addis Ababa today, Oxfam's Head of Liaison Office with the African Union, Desire Assogbavi said:
Thousands of Haiyan-affected fishing and coconut farmer families face income crisis
Urgent government action is needed to secure food and income for thousands of farmers and fisher men and women affected by typhoon Haiyan, said Oxfam and local partners.
Oxfam Reaction: UNSG Ban Ki-Moon Arrives in South Sudan
Welcoming UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon's visit to South Sudan, Oxfam's Country Director Cecilia Millan said:
The Right Move? Ensuring durable relocation after typhoon Haiyan
Typhoon Haiyan (known locally as Yolanda) left four million people homeless.
Philippines’ plan to relocate thousands of Haiyan survivors will fail unless government focuses on jobs too
Up to 200,000 survivors of last November’s deadly typhoon Haiyan are at risk of worsening poverty because the government plans to relocate them without sufficient consideration as to how they will later earn a living.
Heroes of South Sudan: David De Dau
While we need to investigate and make public all violations of human rights in the South Sudan crisis, we also need to shed light on the many people who went above and beyond to help those from ethnic groups different from their own.
We No Longer Share the Land
Most analyses of violence in Darfur ignore the local dimension of the crisis, focusing instead on the region’s economic and political marginalization and climatic variability.
UN Security Council resolution for a new peacekeeping mission in CAR a welcome first step
Oxfam reaction to UN Security Council resolution for a new peacekeeping mission, MINUSCA, in th
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