Press releases

A new survey of 35 aid agencies working in Gaza found that Israel failed to improve humanitarian access over the last year.

Six months since the renewed war in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a full-blown public health emergency is accelerating, Oxfam warned today.  

Latest report shows how those who contribute the least to the climate crisis suffer the consequences of climate breakdown the most.

A new Oxfam report found extreme hunger has surged in eight of the world's worst water crises - all in Africa. 

After 18 months of war, the humanitarian aid system in Gaza is facing total collapse with the CEOs of 12 major aid organisations making an urgent plea.

Oxfam warns of an alarming humanitarian crisis in Eastern DRC as aid groups struggle to respond in the face of funding cuts ripple effects.  

Reacting to the communique issued at the conclusion of third G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) meeting under the South African presidency.

In January alone, billionaire wealth surged by $314 billion ―around $10 billion a day. This is more than the combined wealth of the 2.8 billion people who make up the poorest third of humanity. 

Oxfam and 240 organisations call for immediate action to end the deadly Israeli distribution scheme (including the so-called Gaza Humanitarian Foundation) in Gaza, revert to the existing UN-led coordination mechanisms, and lift the Israeli government’s blockade on aid and commercial supplies. 

40 former Heads of State and Government are calling for “a new economic coalition of the willing” to urgently tackle inequality in a joint letter released ahead of the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development in Seville.