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What’s happening in Gaza, the West Bank and Lebanon?

On 15 January 2025, a temporary ceasefire was announced, coming into effect on 19 January. Here's the latest update on the situation in Gaza and the wider region.

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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February 24, 2012

Somali voices

In the lead-up to this week’s international conference on the future of Somalia, we asked five ordinary Somalis what they...

February 14, 2012

Banking on buffaloes: Met’s story

Meet Yuh Met. An agricultural labourer and former soldier, Met (52) and his family live in Kandek village, Cambodia. They...

February 6, 2012

Our friends at PLAN International launch a fantastic new classroom resource

Non-government organisations (NGOs) are uniquely placed to provide teachers with active citizenship and social justice perspectives - and PLAN International...

February 3, 2012

Hunger calls in Africa’s Sahel region

Late and irregular rainfall, followed by plagues of birds, locusts and other pests have decimated the harvests of poor farmers...

January 30, 2012

Oxfam number three in Top 100 Best NGOs

Robert Fox, Oxfam Canada’s Executive Director, discusses The Global Journal ranking of Oxfam as number three on the world’s Top...

January 23, 2012

East Africa: 6 months on

Thank you In 2011, prolonged drought, poverty and conflict meant that parts of East Africa were facing the worst food...

January 12, 2012

Returning to Haiti: 2 years on

By Caroline Gluck, Oxfam I wasn’t looking forward to returning to Haiti. Two years ago, I was one of the...

January 4, 2012

A simple blanket brings hope to flood evacuees in the Philippines

Keith Bacongco, Oxfam Philippines Flood-affected men and women in the Philippines had something to smile about thanks to Oxfam when...

December 29, 2011

Philippines floods: Why health matters in Sendong shelters

Rodilyn Bolo, Oxfam Phillipines Many of the families who lost their homes to storm Sendong (international name: Washi) have since...

December 22, 2011

A new way of life in Ethiopia

Imagine if the lifestyle your family had led for generations was on the verge of extinction. Would you cling determinedly...

Typhoon Washi victims who are made homeless after their houses were swept away by flash floods rest at an evacuation center in Cagayan de Oro in the southern Philippines December 18, 2011. Rescuers searched for more than 100 people still missing in the southern Philippines on Sunday after flash floods and landslides swept houses into rivers and out to sea, killing almost 500 people in areas ill-prepared to cope with deadly storms. The cities of Cagayan de Oro and nearby Iligan on Mindanao island were worst hit when Typhoon Washi slammed ashore while people slept late on Friday and early Saturday, sending torrents of water and mud through villages and stripping mountainsides bare. REUTERS/Erik De Castro (PHILIPPINES - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY)

December 20, 2011

Oxfam sends experts to Philippines in wake of typhoon Washi

As the death toll passes 1,000 from the devastating tropical storm that hit the southern Philippines on Sunday, Oxfam has...

December 20, 2011

Clean water saves lives: Maree’s story

It’s easy to get caught up in the material anxieties of the holiday season. For a bit of perspective we...