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New Oxfam analysis ahead of the world’s largest development financing talks in a decade, in Seville, Spain.

Executive summaryAfrica faces a double crisis of inequality. Not only are the continent and its countries among the world’s most unequal, but its governments are on average among the least committed to reducing inequality. This has created a situation in which a few people are becoming rich beyond their wildest dreams, while the majority endure increasing hardship: Africa’s four richest people – all of whom are men – have more wealth than half of the region’s 750 million people combined. Over the past five years, African billionaires have increased their…

Gambella is one of the largest refugee settlements in Ethiopia. The remote western region is home to nearly 400,000 people who fled conflict and flooding in neighboring South Sudan. 

Today the shape of the new European Parliament was revealed, with the results marred by weak turnout and a ri

Oxfam praises the United States Government’s commitment to reduce emissions 26-28% below 2005 levels by 2025, a critical step forward in transitioning to a clean energy economy.

In response to today's announcement of Gabon's Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs), Tim Gore, Oxfam's international climate adviser, made the following statement:"Oxfam welcomes the INDC from Gabon. As the first African country to put their offer for the Paris climate talks on the table, Gabon is showing the way to rich countries - from Australia to Japan - that have yet to do so. This seems a comprehensive plan, rooted in Gabon's national strategy for sustainable development, that shows poor country governments don't have to choose between…

In response to the United Nations Environment Program’s Adaptation Gap Report 2023, Nafkote Dabi, Oxfam International’s Climate Change Policy Lead, said: “The report underlines how the gap in adaptation funding —at its ‘highest ever’ amid accelerating climate breakdown— must be addressed with the utmost urgency next month in Dubai."

Israel's decision is a reckless act of collective punishment, explicitly prohibited under international humanitarian law.

Lebanon is facing a severe humanitarian crisis exacerbated by economic turndown, widespread poverty, and displacement resulting from the escalation of the hostilities into war between Hezbollah and Israel on September 23, 2024.

Ahead of tomorrow’s EU Tax Symposium, Gabriel Zucman, lead economist at the EU Tax Observatory, has set out a proposal to tax the super-rich in the EU.