Slowly starved to death: escalating crisis in Yemen
Deadly clashes and air strikes in Yemen have forced millions of people to flee their homes and killed and injured thousands.Now Yemen is being slowly starved to death. Children and parents are at risk...
View ArticleFighting famine in East Africa, Nigeria and Yemen. Join us.
Across the world, millions of children, women and men are starving due to a devastating food crisis. A catastrophic combination of conflict and drought has left them facing terrifying food shortages –...
View ArticleFamine in South Sudan: communities at breaking point
Majok at the WFP registration site in Nyal. He had to make a one and half hours trek, helped by family members, from his home to Nyal to ensure he was physically present for the registration. Photo:...
View ArticleFamine in South Sudan has ceased, but hunger has spread
Written by Corrie Sissons, Oxfam's Food Security and Emergency Livelihoods Coordinator in South SudanThe recent declaration that famine in South Sudan has been halted was rightly celebrated. Any steps...
View ArticleWorld Humanitarian Day: Meet Michelle and Samson
This World Humanitarian Day, meet two inspirational aid workers, supporting people in need through our programmes in Nigeria. Meet Michelle Michelle Farrington is Oxfam’s specialist in public health...
View ArticleHelping a Yemeni village fight hunger
Yemen is on the brink of famine after two years of devastating conflict. So far thousands of people have been killed and over 3 million forced to flee their homes. More than half of the country is...
View ArticleA sea of change in the Philippines: local groups take charge in emergencies
Creating a more just and effective system of humanitarian response means helping local and national organizations step to the forefront.When armed fighters laid siege to the city of Marawi, the...
View ArticleOxfam condemns attacks in Yemen, as horrific bombing kills civilians in...
3 August 2018Oxfam has condemned yesterday’s horrific attacks on the fish market and hospital in the key port of Hodeidah in Yemen, which reports say killed at least 52 people and injured 101.Oxfam is...
View ArticleLooking back: Forced to flee Boko Haram and facing hunger
By 2016, thousands of people had died due to hunger and malnutrition and experts said that more than 65,000 people were officially classified as suffering from famine in a desperate and largely unknown...
View ArticleAndrew Trimble meets refugees in Tanzania: ‘They’re focusing on making each...
Just over a week after returning home from the Ireland rugby tour in South Africa in the summer I found myself heading back to the same continent but for very different reasons. Most of the people on...
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