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New tool helps communities focus on human rights
A new system will help community members do their own analysis of the effects of foreign investment on human rights.
International Labour Organization urges suspension of mining operations in Guatemala
UN bodies push the government on rights violations in mining cases.
In Peru, farmers and shopkeepers wonder how they will begin again after destructive rains
Heavy rainfall in Peru has caused flooding and left widespread damage, including the destruction of homes, crops, and small businesses.
Rains across Peru destroy crops, small businesses, and thousands of homes
Oxfam partner works to install toilets and distribute hygiene kits to families living in temporary shelters.
Lifeblood at risk
In northern Peru, small-scale farmers can earn more by growing organic products. They say the rush to mine for copper in the mountains above their farms would ...
Troop surge in Afghanistan must not endanger civilians, warn aid agencies
Caught in the Conflict
Civilians and the international security strategy in Afghanistan
Rankin in Congo: 'Their humanity was what I wanted people to notice'
In 2009, celebrity photographer Rankin returned to Congo where he captured the love stories and portraits of people struggling through years of conflict in the ...
British High Court freezes mine company assets
Monterrico Metals will be required to compensate injured people and their communities if courts in the UK find the company responsible for human rights ...
New potential for conflict in Peru’s Amazon
Madre de Dios could be next flashpoint in ongoing confrontation between indigenous communities and foreign oil, gas, and mining companies.
The struggle continues in Ghana
Members of a farmers’ group continue their long struggle to claim their rights in court, but one farmer loses everything in a surprise legal move.
Protect and serve or train and equip?
US security assistance and protection of civilians
President Karzai’s new government must deliver on schools, midwives and police say aid agencies
Helena Christensen witnesses impacts of climate change in Peru
Giada de Laurentiis marks World Food Day with trip to Peru
Climate change affecting Peru right now
Farmers report changing weather and negative effects on livelihoods.
Crisis in Honduras: Oxfam expresses concerns
Following the arrest and expulsion of Honduran President Manuel Zelaya on June 29, Oxfam is closely following events in the country.
Obama's visit to Africa: Time for a new partnership founded on transparency and shared responsibility
New report reveals shared experiences of African Americans and Latinos
Oxfam calls for an end to violence in the Peruvian Amazon
Aid agency urges US government to help resolve the crisis
Oxfam calls on mining company to respect human rights
Update on protection of civilians in eastern Congo's peace process
Resource revenues elusive in Peru
Money from mines and pipelines is hard to track, and not obviously helping the poorest people in the country.
An open letter to the President
Oxfam President Raymond C. Offenheiser appeals to President Obama to focus on key poverty-related issues.
Peru overturns decrees, starts dialogue
The government of Peru and indigenous citizens to move from conflict to dialogue on land rights and the best way to consult native people as they work to ...
OXFAMExchange Winter 2009
These are extraordinary times
Escalation of the crisis in Congo: November 2008
A fresh wave of conflict in eastern Congo has forced a new round of displacement and violence.
Oxfam calls for an investigation of alleged torture of 28 in Peru
A new report and photographs show participants in peaceful march in 2005 were detained and mistreated by mine company security and police.
Take Action: Democratic Republic of Congo
According to Jan Egeland, the UN humanitarian chief in DRC from 2003-06, casualties in Congo amount to "a tsunami every month, year in and year out, for the ...
Oxfam in South America
To their government officials and to the corporations who want to exploit their lands and natural resources, the indigenous and rural people of South America ...
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