Climate Change

Oxfam International Pledge - African Union Humanitarian Summit and Pledging Conference, May 2022

Introduction: Oxfam knows the power of people. In 26 African countries and through our continental Pan-Africa Program, we are working with African people, communities, indigenous African organisations and governments, before, during, and after crises to build their resilience, save lives, and...

Open Letter from 198 African civil society organizations ahead of the 2022 African Union Humanitarian Summit and Pledging Conference

English Version 18 May 2022 H. E. Moussa Faki Mahamat Chairperson, African Union Commission Re: Open Letter from 198 African civil society organizations Your Excellency, We the under-signed civil society organizations engaged in humanitarian responses across the African continent alongside AU...

Tough, urgent choices for African leaders as they launch “Year of Nutrition” to help millions of people facing hunger

African governments should boost funding for agriculture, address peace and security challenges, and do more to genuinely tackle inequality. African Union leaders face one of their most important summits (Feb 5-6) in launching a “year of nutrition” amid worsening levels of hunger and malnutrition...

Ten richest men double their fortunes in pandemic while incomes of 99 percent of humanity fall

New billionaire minted every 26 hours, as inequality contributes to the death of one person every four seconds The world’s ten richest men more than doubled their fortunes from $700 billion to $1.5 trillion —at a rate of $15,000 per second or $1.3 billion a day— during the first two years of a...

Protect rural women’s land rights and they will pull Africa’s economy out of the COVID-19 pandemic

Ask any small holder farmer in Africa about their experience with the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and you are more likely to sample a story of personal economic decline than a near-death health experience with COVID-19. Movement restrictions imposed by governments to slow down the coronavirus...

Mwongozo wa Jamii

Uwekezaji kwenye kilimo unaweza kuwanufaisha wanajami wa kawaida, lakini ushahidi unaonesha kwamba matokeo si mazuri kwenye uwekezaji mkubwa wa ardhi barani Afrika hususani kwa wanawake na jamii. Hali ya kuwakandamiza wanawake imesababisha kukosa haki ya kumiliki ardhi. Wanawake wameachwa nyuma...

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.

Responding To Cyclone Idai Requires a more robust approach

Climate-related disasters are becoming more prevalent and more harmful – both economically and in human terms, with poor people hit hardest. Therefore, we need a continental disaster prevention and response program that builds up stronger early warning systems and is entirely more effective and...

Africa Climate Week: Critical Look at Now and the Future

The Africa Climate Week organized by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and hosted by the Government of Ghana has just ended. The event held on the 18th and 22nd March sought to broaden stakeholder engagement and will be instrumental in demonstrating that there is...