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Palestinian Territory, Occupied: Children and their families are returning to their homes or the remains of their homes to check the status of their homes. Photo: Alef Multimedia Company/Oxfam
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August 9, 2011

Is famine in East Africa linked to climate change?

The question says it all: what role does climate change have in the current East African drought and famine? While...

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August 5, 2011

Giving women a voice in emergencies

In emergency situations, women have specific needs - but often don't get the chance to speak freely about them. In...

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August 2, 2011

“Your son is not sick. He just needs to eat”

Oxfam International's media officer, Louis Belanger, describes how the announcement of famine in parts of Somalia has affected aid workers...

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Aid Worker Diary in Dadaab - Anna Ridout from Oxfam

August 1, 2011

Video diary from Dadaab

Anna Ridout from Oxfam reports from Dadaab refugee complex in northern Kenya for CNN, taking us behind the scenes and...

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July 29, 2011

“A perfect storm” in Somalia: Mary Robinson in East Africa

Oxfam Global Ambassador Mary Robinson recently returned to Somalia, almost 20 years after her first trip to the country. In...

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JJ Singano - a Oxfam public health engineer stands by a newly installed water tank at Dadaab refugee camp. 1400 refugees come to the camp each day and so JJ has to act fast to respond to the growing number of residents.

July 27, 2011

Clean water for Dadaab’s most vulnerable

Oxfam is at Dadaab, supplying Somalian refugees on the camp's outskirts with desperately needed water. Check out our photo gallery...

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July 22, 2011

Famine in Somalia: what does it mean?

Famine in East Africa: what does it mean, exactly? When does a food crisis become a famine, and what are...

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Supplies ready to be dispatched to Ethiopia. Photo: Amy Christian/Oxfam

July 21, 2011

Seventy tons of aid sets off for Ethiopia food crisis

On 17 July, a huge batch of life-saving aid was dispatched to drought-stricken Ethiopia from Oxfam's Bicester warehouse, including water,...

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July 19, 2011

“A better life will come”: bringing water to Hindeysa, Ethiopia

Ethiopia is one of the countries hardest hit by the drought currently affecting East Africa. But for a small village...

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Photo: Linda Ogwell/Oxfam

July 18, 2011

Refugees in Dadaab search for shelter

The largest refugee complex in the world, northern Kenya's Dadaab camp is desperately overcrowded and struggling to provide shelter for...

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July 13, 2011

Oxfam Ambassador Kristin Davis visits drought-stricken East Africa

Actress and Oxfam Ambassador Kristin Davis, best known for her role as Charlotte in Sex and the City, visits the...

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July 13, 2011

Speed is crucial, as Somalia faces biggest crisis in over a decade

More than one third of Somalia's population are in need of humanitarian assistance, thanks to drought and ongoing conflict. Many...

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