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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 scaling up its emergency response by supporting thousands of people across shelters in Mount…
Millions of people across Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia facing drought crisis, as cost of water increases by 2000% in worst hit areas – Oxfam
Failed October–December rains have pushed nearly 26 million people into extreme hunger in East Africa. 58 million people do not have access to clean drinking water. Millions of livestock are at risk as drought devastate grazing lands and water sources, threatening pastoralist livelihoods. Failure of the last rainy season across Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia is…
Statement by the Regional Directors of the INGOs in the Middle East Region
We, the Regional Directors of 14 INGOs, express our profound concern at the accelerating military escalation across the Middle East and the wider region. What we are witnessing is a dangerous expansion of violence with devastating consequences for civilians. There must be an immediate end to this spiral of military violence, to the use of…
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, Bushra Khalidi, said: “We are grateful that our request for an interim order has been…