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Oxfam Press Releases

341 Press Releases

Published on April 2, 2026 - 00:01 GMT

Untaxed wealth hidden offshore by richest 0.1% surpasses entire wealth of the poorest half of humanity

The amount of untaxed wealth hidden offshore by the richest 0.1 percent exceeds the entire wealth of the poorest half of humanity (4.1 billion people), reveals new Oxfam analysis published today ahead of the 10th anniversary of the Panama Papers. The …

Distribution channels: Human Rights
Published on April 2, 2026 - 00:01 GMT

Wealth largely absent from IMF tax guidance, benefiting the rich

Only 3 percent of the more than 1,000 tax recommendations made by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to governments in recent years focus on taxing wealth and income from wealth, new analysis by Oxfam reveals ahead of the IMF and World Bank Spring …

Distribution channels: Human Rights
Published on March 31, 2026 - 03:52 GMT

AIDA-led Statement Petition Hearing

Humanitarian organizations reaffirm decision to pursue petition before Israel’s High Court of Justice following recent hearing. Today, 18 members from a coalition of humanitarian organizations represented by the Association of International Development …

Distribution channels: Human Rights
Published on March 25, 2026 - 07:00 GMT

Israeli forces using Gaza playbook in Lebanon, decimating water infrastructure

Oxfam fears that Israel’s military blueprint of attacking water infrastructure, used throughout its genocide in Gaza, is now being rolled out across parts of Lebanon. Israeli forces are destroying water and sanitation infrastructure including strikes near …

Distribution channels: Human Rights
Published on March 16, 2026 - 12:45 GMT

International Law is Not Failing. Those Responsible for Defending It Are

A troubling idea has begun to circulate in European political circles: the idea that international law is exhausted. That it has little effect in today’s geopolitical world. This argument has surfaced in speeches of several European leaders. Most notably …

Distribution channels: Human Rights
Published on March 12, 2026 - 01:00 GMT

South Sudan evacuation order removes humanitarian support for over 200,000 people and deepens catastrophic conditions - Oxfam

The evacuation order for the northern border town of Akobo East in South Sudan, which forced tens of thousands of people - including all aid agency staff – to leave at the weekend, has closed critical humanitarian programmes for over 200,000 people and …

Distribution channels: Human Rights
Published on March 9, 2026 - 02:55 GMT

Oxfam responds to mass forced displacement in Lebanon and ready to respond to wider regional crisis

Oxfam and partners are responding to the immediate needs of people who have been forcibly displaced by Israel’s bombardment and ground invasion of Lebanon, as the conflict across the region enters a dramatically new and dangerous phase. Oxfam in Lebanon is …

Distribution channels: Human Rights
Published on March 5, 2026 - 06:54 GMT

Learning Our Way Forward: The Story of Oxfam’s Transformation

Oxfam began as a humanitarian organization. Its purpose was simple — to save lives and respond to human suffering in times of conflict and disaster. That was where the story started. Over time, Oxfam began to see that suffering from conflict, hunger, and …

Distribution channels: Human Rights
Published on March 5, 2026 - 05:56 GMT

REACTION: Israeli High Court grants urgent request from 19 humanitarian organisations providing aid into Gaza

The Israeli High Court has ruled in favour of an urgent request from 19 humanitarian organisations, including Oxfam, for an interim order which would prevent the cessation of all activities until a final ruling is reached. In response, Oxfam’s Policy Lead …

Distribution channels: Human Rights
Published on February 24, 2026 - 17:33 GMT

Humanitarian organisations petition Israeli High Court as closure deadline approaches

The clock is ticking on a large part of the humanitarian response sustaining civilians in the occupied Palestinian territory. Thirty-seven international aid organisations have been ordered by Israeli authorities to cease operations in the occupied …

Distribution channels: Human Rights
Published on February 19, 2026 - 11:52 GMT

The long hours of winter: how the humanitarian response in Ukraine carries on through the war’s harshest blackouts

“Our work is a constant race. And now there’s another urgent issue — our basic needs are not secured: safety, water, electricity, cold — all of this combined with stress. How can we work and live, or plan anything at all, when we don’t know what will …

Distribution channels: Human Rights
Published on February 18, 2026 - 09:11 GMT

Oxfam response to attack on Odesa

Last week, Russia launched massive attacks on Odesa City in Ukraine, leaving nearly 300,000 people without electricity and water. Residential buildings and other civilian infrastructure were targeted and among those directly affected was Oxfam’s Partner …

Distribution channels: Human Rights
Published on February 12, 2026 - 18:16 GMT

Oxfam warning of ‘disaster upon disaster’ as Mozambique braces for Tropical Storm Gezani

Oxfam is warning that Mozambique could be seriously impacted by Tropical Storm Gezani, which is currently gaining intensity over the Mozambique channel. Even if it doesn’t make landfall, it is likely to cause strong winds and flooding rain across Sofala, …

Distribution channels: Human Rights
Published on February 12, 2026 - 01:01 GMT

Africa subject of 80 per cent of UN Security Council resolutions over last decade, despite exclusion from permanent seat - Oxfam

Since 2016, conflicts in Africa have claimed millions of lives, forced nearly 46 million people from their homes – more than four times a decade ago - and pushed 120 million people across 26 African countries into hunger. Yet African representation in …

Distribution channels: Human Rights
Published on February 10, 2026 - 18:51 GMT

The day the chiller worked again.

Berehane Eshete (36), manager of Andenet (Cheki Andinet) Dairy Cooperative Association, updates records and coordinates daily operations in Debre Birhan. Photo: Liban Hailu/Oxfam Over time, the cooperative evolved. What began as a standalone cooperative …

Distribution channels: Human Rights
Published on February 9, 2026 - 04:01 GMT

Escalation of conflict in South Sudan threatens to push a million into extreme food crisis

Families in South Sudan are once again having to flee for their lives due to escalating conflict at a time when hunger is already at catastrophic levels, Oxfam warned. Renewed fighting, which has spread across Jonglei and into the neighbouring area of …

Distribution channels: Human Rights
Published on February 6, 2026 - 15:21 GMT

Bloomberg reaction: Continued lack of accountability at the IFC putting patients and hospital staff at risk

Reacting to the Bloomberg expose published on Friday 30th January, Linda Oduor-Noah, Health Policy Lead at Oxfam International and IFI Policy Adviser said: “Oxfam continues to be alarmed but not surprised by the mounting evidence of negligence within the …

Distribution channels: Human Rights
Published on February 5, 2026 - 18:05 GMT

Oxfam reaction to IPC alert for Sudan confirming famine-level malnutrition in two additional areas

Responding to today’s Integrated Food Security Classification (IPC) alert Oxfam’s Fati N’Zi-Hassane, Oxfam in Africa Director, said: “It is deeply alarming that famine-level malnutrition has been confirmed in two additional areas of North Darfur that …

Distribution channels: Human Rights
Published on February 4, 2026 - 11:47 GMT

REACTION: Reopening of Rafah Crossing between Gaza and Egypt

Reacting to today’s reopening of the Rafah Crossing between Egypt and Gaza, Oxfam’s Occupied Palestinian Territory Policy Lead Bushra Khalidi said: “We welcome the reopening of Rafah which is desperately needed for people who have been trapped without …

Distribution channels: Human Rights
Published on January 23, 2026 - 17:52 GMT

Billionaire wealth jumps three times faster in 2025 to highest peak ever, sparking dangerous political inequality

Billionaires 4,000 times more likely to hold political office than ordinary people Billionaire wealth jumped by over 16 per cent in 2025, three times faster than the past five-year average, to $18.3 trillion – its highest level in …

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