The cities of La Guaira—the epicenter of the disaster—and Caracas sustained the most severe damage, while significant impacts were also reported in six other States, including the Capital District, Miranda, Carabobo, Falcón and Yaracuy. The earthquakes …
Top six fossil fuel corporations expect Q2 profits to nearly double Q1 levels. Annual profits for 2026 are set to exceed the previous 21 months combined. Emissions from five fossil fuel corporations were enough to cause about 1 in 4 heatwaves between …
“What was destroyed in Gaza was not merely steel and concrete. Israel eradicated an entire social and economic world, built up over generations, and only Palestinians can rebuild it,” said Mohammad Skaik, Gaza Program Manager, PalTrade. “Reconstruction is …
NGO community-based outreach at just 10 per cent due to lack of funding Health facilities overwhelmed as some operating at over 130 per cent capacity Two months into the world’s largest Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the …
Today, EU foreign ministers met to discuss banning trade with illegal Israeli settlements. This follows the European Commission listing options to restrict the import of goods from illegal Israeli settlements. In response, Bushra Khalidi, Oxfam …
Rich countries have again inflated the "true value" of the climate finance they provide to low- and middle-income countries, overstating it by around $100 billion in 2024, according to new analysis by Oxfam. This exceeds the $88 billion by which …
Four years after the full-scale Russian invasion in 2022, Ukraine’s humanitarian response continues to be shaped by the people and organizations closest to the communities affected by the war. In this edition of Oxfam’s Ukraine Response Accountability …
DR Congo is facing one of the world’s largest and most complex humanitarian crises, driven by conflict, displacement, and structural vulnerabilities. For years, families in eastern DR Congo have lived under the constant shadow of conflict, forced to flee …
Today, the European Commission presented its Tax Omnibus proposal to simplify tax rules and reduce bureaucracy across the EU. In response, Oxfam Tax Policy Expert, Julien Desiderio said: “Simplification is the European Commission’s latest euphemism for …
Oxfam’s Global Humanitarian Policy Lead Bushra Khalidi - a Palestinian mother from Jerusalem living in the West Bank - addressed the UN Security Council in New York today, warning that the ceasefire in Gaza is failing and urging member states to uphold …
The missing billions: Rich countries sidestep climate finance commitments at Bonn As the 2026 Bonn climate meetings draw to a close, Oxfam Climate Policy Lead Mariana Paoli said: “The UN negotiations have once again been derailed by rich countries’ …
In reaction to the closing of the G7 Summit today, Oxfam International Head of Inequality Policy Max Lawson, said: "Once again, the G7 has put its own interests ahead of the people paying the price for crises that these same powers have too often …
The 3rd Pan African Conference on Family Values recently gained prominence after prominent media houses started reporting on it. Civil society had long petitioned against it, amidst a backdrop of global funding cuts, anti-LGBTQIA+ laws and increasingly …
Everyone has the right to be safe and free from violence, fear, and coercion. Everyone should be able to make decisions about their bodies. Feminist and queer movements for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and asexual rights are …
With only 0.2 doctors per 1000 people and more than 70 health facilities destroyed by conflict, the DRC’s health authorities are struggling to identify new infections fast enough to interrupt transmission. In North Kivu, deaths are being reported in …
Billionaire wealth has so far surged by nearly $10 trillion amid the fifth global economic crisis since 2020. G7 countries slashed aid to the world’s poorest countries by $48 billion between 2024 and 2025 —a sum G7 billionaires accumulated in just nine …
Oxfam warns Musk's imminent ‘government-backed trillionaire’ status marks "a dark day for democracy." As Elon Musk’s personal fortune is expected to surpass $1 trillion with tomorrow’s SpaceX IPO, making him the world’s first trillionaire, a …
More Palestinians have been killed by the Israeli military and settlers across the occupied West Bank in the last three years than in the previous 17 years combined, analysis from Oxfam has found. The number of children killed over the last three years was …
Since October 2023, more than 72,700 Palestinians in Gaza have been killed, while more than 172,500 have been wounded. At the same time the destruction of civilian infrastructure has been catastrophic: 92 % of assessed commercial and industrial …
And then there was Asma. Asma in Yemen had faced life-threatening pregnancy complications, with no access to healthcare and no financial means to reach it. By the time support reached her, the situation was critical. ‘Without this [support], I don’t know …
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