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Ghosts of Christmas past
Protecting Congolese civilians from the LRA
A set of simple water pumps improves life in a Gambian village
Background
Since the fall of the Taliban in 2001, some progress has been made in Afghanistan, such as in health and education. Yet overall progress has been slow and ...
In border village in Gambia, hardships hit everybody
Coping during the hungry season in Gambia
Nyama Filly Fofana leads the way.
ECOWAS sets up committee on mining reforms
Latest step in effort to improve, standardize requirements for oil, gas, and mining in West Africa.
Some justice for a palm tree
Inadvertent destruction of an oil palm tree leads to highest compensation ever.
Climate change wake-up call
You know about global warming. You may already be doing your part to protect the environment. But, climate change is a human issue too—it's hitting the ...
Food crisis grips Sahel region of West Africa, 10 million affected
Poor rains last year reduced the size of harvests and dried out pastureland across the region.
Take Action: Global Food Crisis
Already 854 million people on our planet suffer from hunger. Now, as food prices climb high and fast, conditions are becoming worse and threatening the ...
Photos, panel discussion demonstrate impact of oil extraction on Nigeria and other African nations
Oxfam expert explains that oil revenues do not always translate into money to fight poverty.
"Africa's future is up to Africans"
President Obama's first speech in sub-Saharan Africa hits important points on good governance, responsible use of natural resources, trade, and defeating ...
OXFAMExchange Fall 2009
Facing Down Hunger: The global food crisis one year later
Djimon Hounsou learns how US subsidies affect Africa
In June 2005, Academy Award-nominated actor Djimon Hounsou took a fact-finding mission to Mali on behalf of Oxfam's Make Trade Fair campaign. Oxfam's Lyndsay ...
In Prestea, Ghana, gold mine expansion threatens water sources
Communities are requesting a comprehensive evaluation of the impact of a new mining project and for their right to free, prior, and informed consent regarding ...
A perfect storm is driving millions into poverty
More than one billion people now face chronic hunger—and more could join their ranks if we don't act now. With increasing food prices, droughts and floods, and ...
Members of Ghana’s Parliament concerned about use of new oil money
Communiqué calling for urgent steps to ensure new wealth is managed transparently and responsibly.
Protect and serve or train and equip?
US security assistance and protection of civilians
A Fragile Future
Why scaling down MONUC too soon could spell disaster for the Congo
Oxfam Impact July 2009
A quarter million now Saving for Change
Women in Mali lead Saving for Change
An innovative savings and loan program is helping people work their own way out of extreme poverty. Women in Mali are leading the way as the program expands to ...
As villagers flee new fighting in Congo, Oxfam works to bring them clean water
Many are now sheltering with host families and often crowded into single-room houses with poor access to clean water and sanitation.
Waking the Devil
The impact of forced disarmament on civilians in the Kivus
Obama's visit to Africa: Time for a new partnership founded on transparency and shared responsibility
Oxfam calls for an end to violence in the Peruvian Amazon
Aid agency urges US government to help resolve the crisis
Tarnished Legacy
A Social and Environmental Analysis of Mali's Syama Goldmine
Hidden Treasure?
In search of Mali's gold-mining revenues
His childhood lost to war, teenager starts new life in Congo
A former child soldier, this young man now supports himself as a furniture-maker in a small shop in Goma.
Cocoa farmers threatened by gold mine
Farmers in a small town seem more interested in keeping their farms than selling out—but the struggle to protect their land will be a hard one.
Camp conditions in Somalia are among worst this aid worker has ever seen
Shelter, clean water, food, medicine—all of these are needed in camps for displaced people in Somalia.
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