Colin Roche of Oxfam said: "Today's World Bank report that the price of maize and soybeans reached a record peak in July is yet another alarm bell for governments that action on food price volatility is urgently required but it's still not clear whether they are listening. "The report says that three-quarters of the change in the prices of internationally traded cereals will be transmitted to domestic markets, and...

The people of Assam are facing two disasters, making one of the worst humanitarian crises in the last decade. The most severe floods in the past 14 years have affected around two million people across 27 districts of Assam, while ethnic tensions have displaced hundreds of thousands of people. ...

International aid agency Oxfam is warning that tens of thousands of people are at risk of cholera in the aftermath of tropical storm Isaac, which battered the Caribbean Island yesterday. ...

Thousands of people living in refugee camps in Haiti remain at risk from flooding and disease, according to international aid agency Oxfam, despite the Caribbean island appearing to have avoided the worst of tropical storm Isaac. ...

International agency Oxfam will be flying out eight tonnes of water purification aid to Sierra Leone as it boosts its response to the cholera outbreak which is spreading across the country. The £61,000 aid package will leave the agency's emergency warehouse on Tuesday morning 28 August. This is the second batch of Oxfam aid flown from the UK and is part of a £2.7m programme which is aimed at helping at least 450,000 people. In...

Oxfam teams in Haiti are working to prepare communities to help avoid damage from Tropical Storm Isaac, which is expected to hit the country today (Friday 24 August), and are also preparing contingency stocks of aid and emergency response teams.  The agency is preparing to help in the event it is needed with clean water, temporary shelter materials, hygiene kits, and public information campaigns to help prevent the spread...

Sierra Leone is in the grip of one of the worst cholera outbreaks in its history with death rates almost double emergency thresholds and the number of people affected likely to increase significantly in the next month, international agency Oxfam said today. ...

Jodie Thorpe, spokesperson for Oxfam's Food Justice GROW Campaign said: "Unguarded comments from one of Glencore's top brass give us a rare glimpse into the little-known world of the huge trading companies which dominate the global food system.  These mega companies are profiting from the misery and suffering of poor people who are worst hit by high and volatile food prices. They use their privileged market position...

Oxfam is proud to have been an official partner of the London O2 Mela on 19 August 2012. Thousands of people celebrated Asian culture in Gunnersby Park, West London. Amidst the music, dance and family picnics, Oxfam had a chance to showcase its long history of working in South Asia. "We have had an amazing time at the mela and the spirit has been that of fun and celebration. It's not just an asian festival, it's a cross...

Pharmaceutical giant Novartis is back in court this week, in a renewed attempt to block India's right to produce affordable 'generic' versions of the company's branded medicines. The hearing, in the Indian Supreme Court, comes six years after Novartis first lost its battle to stop India producing copies of anti-cancer medicine Glivec*, which cost as much as ten times less than the original. Now Novartis are trying to find a loophole...