On 28th March 2025, a powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar, with its epicenter 10 miles northwest of Sagaing, near Mandalay. The quake occurred at 12:50 p.m. local time and was followed by ...

Today, in reaction to news of the Trump administration’s memo for remaining USAID staff stating that most positions would be eliminated in the coming months, Oxfam America President and CEO Abby ...

This briefing paper examines the interconnected water and food crises in Eastern and Southern Africa, focusing on eight of the continent’s most water-insecure countries. The focus countries are hunger ...

Restoring ceasefire deal vital as death toll hits 50,000 and continues to rise amid Israeli airstrikes, aid and power blockades and renewed mass forced displacements Oxfam and partners’ operations ...

Nearly 116 million people in eight African countries, hardest hit by severe water crises, lack access to drinking water. Globally, flash floods have become 20 times more frequent between 2000 and 2022 ...

A decade after a Saudi-led coalition intervened to restore the internationally recognized government of Yemen to power, the country remains deeply divided, facing economic freefall and a devastating ...

Tracking Trump’s actions so far in his second term and thinking about what comes next. President Trump has been in office for less than three months and already has signed more executive orders in his ...

Preventable diseases are sweeping the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Cholera cases increased by 326, Mpox by 269, and measles by 95 people in North Kivu alone, during the last week of February, ...

Oxfam takes a closer look at USAID, an agency that provides critical help to the world, and the impact of Trump’s aid freeze. In the lead-up to International Women's Day, here are five stories from ...

Ibrahim Al Batran and his wife, displaced from northern Gaza to Deir-Al Balah in the south, walk to the al-Aqsa Hospital to receive a kidney dialysis session. “When we got there, there was no food.” ...

A community member in Gaza receives a food distribution from Oxfam and partners Economic & Social Development Center of Palestine (ESDC) and Palestine Agricultural Development Association (PARC).

Men and women earn unequal pay. Here’s why—and what we can do to close the gap. Have you ever wondered why Equal Pay Day exists? Equal Pay Day symbolizes just how far into the year women have to work ...