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International agency Oxfam urged governments to fund generously the UN’s appeal for the Syrian crisis both for work within Syria and for work in neighboring countries sheltering refugees.

Welcoming UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon's visit to South Sudan, Oxfam's Country Director Cecilia Millan said: "South Sudan is rapidly deteriorating into an acute humanitarian crisis.  The fighting has forced people away from their land and ways of making a living. If the conflict does not end soon then people will be unable to plant for the next harvest. If they miss this chance then millions will face severe hunger in the coming months.  “The conflict has to end. Governments need to use their influence with all sides in the conflict to help end the…

Western and other rich countries should step up their efforts to resettle Syrian refugees, Oxfam said today after the number registered with UNHCR reached three million.

On the term “abatement” appearing in the final text regarding the phase out of fossil fuels, Oxfam International’s Climate Change Policy Lead Nafkote Dabi said: “Abatement linked to fossil fuel phase out is a gift served on a silver platter to the fossil fuel industry they will gladly seize to dodge any commitments. It is a dangerous trick that will have catastrophic impacts on communities who are already in a vulnerable position due to climate breakdown.  

This paper outlines the results of Oxfam’s rapid assessment of Roma refugees in Moldova in July 2022, highlighting the challenges that Roma refugees face when trying to access assistance, and some key humanitarian needs of these refugees.

The humanitarian crisis caused by the war in Ukraine has been devastating. Oxfam has been responding by primarily working with local civil society organizations who are already supporting displaced people and the communities that host them. This briefing is a summary of the work we have accomplished with our partners during the first 6 months of the war.

Reaction from Oxfam's Syria Country Director Gareth Price-Jones on Kuwait donor conference for humanitarian crisis in Syria:

East Africa is facing the worst food crisis of the 21st Century.

Coalition calls on leaders to stand up, provide aid to make Somalia the last famine Nairobi: African singers, TV personalities, activists and citizens have come together today to call on people across Africa to use social media this weekend in a day of action to end hunger in the continent. Under the coalition "Africans Act 4 Africa," Juliani, Amani, Nanjira, Chris Adwar, Collo, Fena and Baraza…

Reacting to remarks by new World Bank President Jim Yong Kim at the Brookings Institution in Washington today, Oxfam spokesperson Elizabeth Stuart said: