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The UN announcing famine in parts of Somalia, the first in the region in the 21st century, must be an urgent wake up call to the rest of the world, Oxfam said.

In response to the FSNAU announcement that areas of Somalia have shown some improvement, Oxfam's Country Director for Somalia, Senait Gebregziabher, said:

As the European Union is getting ready to send a European-led (EUFOR) military mission to Libya to support the United Nations’ humanitarian efforts, Oxfam International issued the following stateme

The political response to tax dodging in the 12 months since the SwissLeaks scandal hit the headlines has been slow and restrained, said Oxfam today.  SwissLeaks exposed how global banking giant HSBC's Swiss branch helped wealthy individuals hide $100 billion in secret bank accounts out of the reach of tax authorities.Claire Godfrey, Policy Lead for Oxfam’s ‘Even it Up’ Campaign, said:“A year has passed since the Swiss Leaks scandal but still much more needs to be done to ensure wealthy individuals and big business pay they fair share of taxes.“Governments across the…

Oxfam welcomes the support shown for the world’s refugees at President Obama's Leader’s Summit today - but what is needed now is to see governments pay up. 

In response to yesterday’s adoption of Japan’s Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC), Maiko Morishita, Oxfam Japan’s Policy Advisor, made the following statement:“Oxfam is deeply disappointed by Japan’s lack of ambition.  Setting a target of 26% emissions reduction below 2013 levels (18% below 1990 levels) by 2030 is woefully inadequate. Japan, as one of the most developed countries in the world, has not only high responsibility for causing climate change, but…

The roadmap, while long overdue, is a step forward in the world’s efforts to adapt to and combat climate change. Unfortunately, the roadmap’s projection to double the financial support to help countries adapt to climate change is nowhere near enough to ensure the needs of the most vulnerable are met, said Isabel Kreisler.

The man-made tragedy of years of conflcit has resulted in a famine being declared in parts of South Sudan - the first to be announced in any part of the world in six years.

Oxfam calls for more efforts to put the protection of women and girls rights at the heart of the global gender justice agenda.

Europe needs ambitious targets and concrete policies to cut emissions and tacke the climate crisis, said Oxfam at the occasion of EU heads of state and governments meeting for a European Union summit in Brussels today.