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49-year-old Stevelia Aufi is sits on what used to be her home destroyed Cyclone Freddy in Phalombe southern Malawi on Friday 24 March 2023

Exactly a year after Cyclone Freddy, tropical storm Filipo hits Mozambique, worsening humanitarian catastrophe - Oxfam responds

Tropical storm Filipo has hit Mozambique today, leaving hundreds of thousands of people in urgent need of humanitarian support. The storm, which made landfall in Inhambane province in Mozambique,…

Failed maize crop in Lusaka, Zambia

Over six million people face hunger, malnutrition and water scarcity in Zambia, Oxfam warns

Oxfam warns that over six million people from farming families in Zambia are facing acute food shortages and malnutrition until next growing season, which is twelve months away, due to a severe…

Victoria Chikonde from Chawama, Lusaka with a chorela hygiene kit she has received from Oxfam and Keepers Zambia Foundation

Southern African countries face “terrifying and overwhelming” cholera outbreak as Covid19 cases begin to rise again, Oxfam warns

Southern African countries including Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe are facing an unprecedented surge of cholera cases, warns Oxfam. The situation could become uncontrollable and difficult…

Official launch of ‘Promoting Equitable Access to Clean Energy project in Malawi

With funding from the European Union, a consortium of Oxfam, Centre for Environmental Policy and Advocacy (CEPA) and Civil Society Network on Climate Change on Wednesday, 21st June 2023 officially…

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100 days since Cyclone Freddy, farmers in Malawi and Mozambique have nothing to grow ahead of the winter

Sarah from Zimbabwe selling tomatoes from her Oxfam supported Nyanyadzi Irrigation Scheme in Zimbabwe (Photo: Cynthia Matonhodze/Oxfam

Exploitative and unjust food systems a hindrance to food production, activists say

Over 60 activists, social movements, and women food producers that have gathered in Maputo, Mozambique for Women Food Convening 2023 conference say that the current global food system is exploitative…