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Commodities of War
Communities speak out on the true cost of conflict in eastern DRC
Families flee as new waves of violence grip eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
Since April, rebel groups have been tightening their grip on the region as civilians suffer profound abuses.
Food-for-work program allows families in El Salvador to recover from disaster
Oxfam, together with five local organizations and the World Food Programme, helped communities recover while they prepare.
Sahel food crisis: "Now I have peace"
Rather than distribute food to the hungry in Senegal, Oxfam partners are providing something even more valuable in an emergency: cash.
Solidarity and sharing: How Chadians cope in a food crisis
When one family in a community receives food during a distribution, many others often share a portion of it.
Sahel food crisis: Farmers cope with food shortages
Confronted with a poor 2011 harvest, farmers find creative ways to earn money to buy food.
Sahel food crisis: Senegalese singer Baaba Maal performs benefit concert
Maal visits drought-affected communities to raise awareness in growing Sahel crisis
Sahel food crisis: Dry times in 2011 threaten ability to plant in 2012
A farmer recounts the struggle to grow food and prepare for the 2012 growing season
Sahel food crisis: Waiting for water--and the garden to grow--in Burkina Faso
Women in Burkina Faso are growing produce to feed their families and to sell, but getting access to enough water for the enterprise is a daily challenge.
Oxfam responds as hundreds of thousands flee Ivory Coast capital
Fifty tons of relief supplies delivered to neighboring Liberia.
Conflict in Mali disrupts fragile food markets and threatens to escalate food crisis in West Africa
NFL superstars confront drought with visit to East Africa
In Kolda, Senegal, farmers are struggling to feed their families
The last harvest of peanuts, a major cash crop in this region, plummeted by 60 percent leaving families with little money to buy the food they need.
A Dangerous Delay: The cost of late response to early warnings in the 2011 drought in the Horn of Africa
More than 13 million people are still affected by the crisis in the Horn of Africa. There were clear early warning signs many months in advance, yet there was ...
New vision needed for Somalia
A Shift in Focus: Putting the interests of Somali people first
More than six months after the UN declared a famine, Somalia is still in the throes of its worst humanitarian crisis in decades, with 31 per cent of the ...
OXFAMExchange, Fall 2011
Africa's last famine?
As food crisis looms, the lean season hits early in northern Senegal
An Oxfam team assesses the conditions around a group of small villages where many of the food reserves are now exhausted.
Rain in drought-hit East Africa brings changing humanitarian needs
Despite the rain, and the relief it brings, emergency conditions will likely last well into 2012.
Anquan Boldin and Larry Fitzgerald team up with Oxfam
NFL superstar wide receivers Anquan Boldin of the Baltimore Ravens and Larry Fitzgerald of the Arizona Cardinals are teaming up once again on a mission to ...
Food price spikes
After decades of progress, the number of people without enough to eat has reversed course and is increasing. It could soon top one billion. That's more than ...
In the grip of drought
Ethiopians find ways to fight back
Beyond Sudan's big day
What next for one of the least developed places on earth?
For a Safer Tomorrow
This report, based on Oxfam International's experience in most of the world's conflicts, sets out an ambitious agenda to protect civilians in times of warfare.
OXFAMExchange Spring 2009
The power of resilience
Darfur five years on: five steps forward
Five years since the crisis in Darfur, Sudan, first erupted, 4.5 million people are caught in its grip and are in need of aid. As the violence continues, that ...
Saving Lives 24/7: Flood response in Senegal
Emergency fund allows fast response to severe flooding in suburbs of Dakar.
Clock is ticking for refugees fleeing Ivory Coast
Oxfam warns of potential regional crisis as thousands flee Ivory Coast
Thousands pour over Ivory Coast border, with more on the way
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