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South Sudan is in the midst of a catastrophic humanitarian crisis driven by ethnic conflict and climate. Help us provide food, water and sanitation now.

Climate change is the number one threat to human development.

In light of today’s announcement by Christine Lagarde of her candidacy for the top IMF post ahead of the G8 Summit, as well as the ongoing debates on the quality of the selection process fo

 As UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and other high level officials visit Goma today, Joanna Trevor of Oxfam in DRC, said:

Oxfam is shocked by the ransacking of its office in Greece by a self-proclaimed anarchist group today. No Oxfam staff were hurt, but the office is trashed. No assault will stop Oxfam doing what we do: assisting vulnerable people.

Responding to the announcement that the G7 finance ministers will back a new allocation of Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Nadia Daar, Head of Oxfam International’s Washington DC Office, said: "This explicit agreement from the G7 finance ministers to support a new significant injection of funds to countries in need around the world is extremely welcome news.   

Between October 8, 2023, and November 27, 2024, Israeli attacks led to widespread devastation acrossLebanon, resulting in over 4,000 deaths and more than 16,000 injuries.1 On September 23, 2024, theIsraeli forces significantly escalated the scope and intensity of their offensive, launching sustained andindiscriminate attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure across the country.

Every time you open your fridge and food cupboards, you step into the global food system.

Copenhagen was a unique opportunity to turn the world’s course away from climate disaster, towards a safe future for all of us on this small planet.

In response to the FAO's report "