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As fighting continues around the border areas of Sudan and the soon-to-be independent Republic of South Sudan, international aid organization Oxfam called upon all parties to cease hostilities and allow humanitarian access to affected civilians.

This report proposes specific actions to strengthen the role of local actors and potentially local humanitarian leadership in the response in Burkina Faso, so that it is more appropriate to needs, faster and more sustainable, and responsive to the changing reality dictated by an increased violence, while keeping people at the centre.    

The G7 have made a stuttering start on climate but have largely neglected the plight of people living in poverty, said Oxfam at the close of the annual leaders’ summit in Germany today.

Frank Lopeyok Mosky is a young Karimojong climate change activist in north-eastern Uganda. For 3 years, he has witnessed droughts hitting his community, leading to the loss of livestock and affecting small-scale food production. This has escalated poverty in the region and driven youth, women, and children to resort to desperate means to survive.

High food prices have brought into sharp focus an existing global food crisis that affects almost one billion people.

Somalia’s financial lifeline remains under threat as banks in US, UK, Australia, and elsewhere have broken ties with the money transfer operators that make remittances possible, NGOs warn.

For thousands of years, the olive tree has been an integral part of the Palestinian landscape: a symbol of Palestinian identity, culture and tradition.

Oxfam has started to employ people affected by Haiti’s earthquake to clean up camps and improve their living conditions. This “cash-for-work” effort began on Sunday and will expand this week across the nine sites serving 80,000 people.

As the forum of Foreign Affairs ministers starts today at the African Union Summit in Malabo, Oxfam called on ministers to ensure the main theme of this summit, “Accelerating Youth Empowerment for Sustainable Development,” is not forgotten.

Oxfam's reaction to the Summit of the Future "Pact": ‘The Pact’s offer pales in comparison to the urgent challenges of our time—climate crisis, deepening poverty, inequality, and escalating conflict. While Oxfam welcomes its renewed commitments, the roadmap for implementation is sorely lacking.