Your Oxfam News http://www.oxfam.org.nz/ Your Oxfam News en-nz Oxfam New Zealand 2012. Oxfam New Zealand is a member of Oxfam International Mon, 28 May 2012 08:49:10 +12 New Zealand mired near bottom of class after budget cuts to aid http://www.oxfam.org.nz/newsroom.asp?action=view&type=News&id=3041 New Zealand today failed to honour its promises to assist the poorest communities in the world work their way out of poverty by slashing $133 million from its Overseas Development Assistance (ODA) b... Fri, 25 May 2012 00:00:00 +12 oxfam@oxfam.org.nz Yemen on brink of hunger and catastrophe agencies warn http://www.oxfam.org.nz/newsroom.asp?action=view&type=News&id=3039 Yemen is on the brink of a catastrophic food crisis, seven aid agencies said today with 10 million people – 44 per cent of the population – without enough food to eat. The aid agencies warned mal... Wed, 23 May 2012 00:00:00 +12 oxfam@oxfam.org.nz Oxfam announces Baaba Maal as its new global ambassador; The Senegalese singer calls on the world to act in West Africa http://www.oxfam.org.nz/newsroom.asp?action=view&type=News&id=3038 In Baaba Maal's new role as Oxfam Ambassador he urged the world to respond to the food crisis in West and Central Africa before it is too late, having just returned from visiting communities in Senega... Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:00 +12 oxfam@oxfam.org.nz Imminent rains jeopardise response to Sudan's conflict, aid agencies warn http://www.oxfam.org.nz/newsroom.asp?action=view&type=News&id=3037 Seasonal rains due in Sudan and South Sudan will exacerbate already dire conditions in refugee camps, restrict travel and access, and heighten the risk of disease, a group of leading humanitarian ... Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 +12 oxfam@oxfam.org.nz "Business as usual" won't do at Rio+20 summit http://www.oxfam.org.nz/newsroom.asp?action=view&type=News&id=3032 Leading civil society groups unite in warning following latest negotiations A group of leading international humanitarian, development, social justice, environmental, and workers’ organisation... Mon, 7 May 2012 00:00:00 +12 oxfam@oxfam.org.nz Arms Trade Treaty long overdue: New research shows billions spent on illicit weapons by embargoed states http://www.oxfam.org.nz/newsroom.asp?action=view&type=News&id=3035 Oxfam says lack of global rules on arms trade is main factor for embargo violations More than US$2.2bn worth of arms and ammunition have been imported since 2000 to countries operating unde... Thu, 3 May 2012 00:00:00 +12 oxfam@oxfam.org.nz More than 440,000 people in dire need of emergency humanitarian assistance after being displaced from Khyber Agency in northwest Pakistan http://www.oxfam.org.nz/newsroom.asp?action=view&type=News&id=3031 A recent influx of 63,000 displaced families –bringing the total to almost half a million people – into the districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has sparked grave concerns among international and ... Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +12 oxfam@oxfam.org.nz Options running out for 37,000 refugees in South Sudan's Jamam camp, Oxfam warns http://www.oxfam.org.nz/newsroom.asp?action=view&type=News&id=3030 Tens of thousands of Sudanese refugees face desperate, life-threatening water shortages and a growing threat of fatal disease in Jamam camp in South Sudan and must be urgently moved to a new site,... Fri, 27 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +12 oxfam@oxfam.org.nz Agencies warn millions to go hungry in West Africa unless funding gap filled http://www.oxfam.org.nz/newsroom.asp?action=view&type=News&id=3027 Millions of people across the Sahel region of West and Central Africa will be left hungry in the coming months unless multi-million dollar funding shortage for crisis response is filled, aid agenci... Mon, 23 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +12 oxfam@oxfam.org.nz Military action against LRA rebels risks new wave of retaliations, charities warn http://www.oxfam.org.nz/newsroom.asp?action=view&type=News&id=3026 Renewed military action against the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) risks triggering further devastation for local people in Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic, and South Sudan un... Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +12 oxfam@oxfam.org.nz