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Maria, 31, with her six children with their only belongings sheltering from the rain by the side of the road. 24 hours before this photo was taken the rain came and the river banks burst causing their home to flood. Fearing another cyclone was coming they gathered all their life belongings and came to higher ground. Credit:Elena Heatherwick / Oxfam

Tens of thousands of people are still suffering one year on from Cyclone Idai

Tens of thousands ofpeople across Zimbabwe, Malawi and Mozambique are still suffering 12 months after Cyclone Idai battered Southern Africa, warned Oxfam today. Cyclone Idai, one of the worst cyclones to hit Africa, made landfall on 14 March 2019.

World’s 22 richest men have more wealth than all the women in Africa

Oxfam’s report, ‘Time to Care’, shows how our sexist economies are fuelling the inequality crisis —enabling a wealthy elite to accumulate vast fortunes at the expense of ordinary people and particularly poor women and girls. The 22 richest men in the world have more wealth than all the women in...

Oxfam South Africa against recent xenophobia attacks

South Africa is being honoured by African heads of States at World Economic Forum for Africa in Cape Town this week, while there is no peace in our land. We do not deserve this honour as we cannot provide safety to our most vulnerable members of society - children, women and migrant workers,...

#MauritiusLeaks reveal Africa is losing crucial tax revenues to tax haven of Mauritius – Oxfam reaction

Responding to research published by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists today that multinational corporations are using the tax haven of Mauritius to avoid paying millions of dollars of tax across Africa, Peter Kamalingin, Oxfam’s Pan Africa Director, said: “Mauritius Leaks...

A ‘new’ Sudan is imperative

The last four months, and most importantly the past week, have made history in my country, Sudan. In numbers, voice and collective righteous anger, I witnessed women, men and children flock the streets of Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, and across the country demanding for change, undeterred even in the...