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What’s happening in Gaza, the West Bank and Lebanon?

On 15 January 2025, a temporary ceasefire was announced, coming into effect on 19 January. Here's the latest update on the situation in Gaza and the wider region.

Palestinian Territory, Occupied: Children and their families are returning to their homes or the remains of their homes to check the status of their homes. Photo: Alef Multimedia Company/Oxfam

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April 11, 2011

Ivory Coast crisis: refugees’ stories

Refugees from Ivory Coast continue to flee to Liberia as post-election violence and looting in their country escalates: these are...

April 6, 2011

Ivory Coast crisis: update from the Liberian border

Oxfam is responding to the intensifying political crisis in Ivory Coast, where disputed elections in November 2010 caused thousands of...

March 29, 2011

Haiti: Oxfam trains camp residents to manage water delivery

In the camps where Oxfam works in Port-au-Prince, displaced people are beginning to pay for their own water, an important...

March 21, 2011

Supporting 9,000 in a camp in Haiti

Richard Atkinson visits Corrail camp in Haiti, where Oxfam is providing water and sanitation after January 2010’s earthquake.

Photo: REUTERS/KYODO Kyodo, courtesy Trust.org

March 16, 2011

Tsunami response: Oxfam Japan to fund two partners helping mothers and babies, and non-Japanese nationals

In response to the devastating earthquake and tsunami, Oxfam Japan is appealing for public donations for two partner organizations, one...

Impact of the Japanese earthquake. Courtesy: NOAA

March 11, 2011

Earthquake and tsunami in Japan

A massive 8.9-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Japan on Friday 11 March causing a major tsunami in the...

Homeless farm labourer Husna Molbudh with her malnourished and sickly son Manawar (1). Shabaz camp for displaced people outside Hyderebad, Sindh province. Photo: Andy Hall/Oxfam

March 10, 2011

Pakistan floods – aftermath of the slow tsunami

Alex Renton from The Times returns to the scene of 'the slow tsunami' to discover the terrible aftermath of the...

Image courtesy of stuff.co.nz. All rights reserved by Red Cross AU

March 9, 2011

Christchurch earthquake update

Two weeks since the devastating earthquake in Christchurch, efforts have shifted from rescue to longer-term recovery. In the initial aftermath,...

March 10, 2011

Urban Disasters – Lessons from Haiti

What are the lessons aid agencies can learn from the Haiti earthquake? This short video summarises the findings of the...

March 1, 2011

Haiti: A year in the life of Marie Carole Boucicaut

We follow one year in the life of Marie Carole Boucicaut, whose Port-au-Prince grocery store was destroyed in the January...

This TV frame from NZ TV3 via Sky News shows part of a building collapsing after a 6.3 earthquake hit the city of Christchurch on February 22, 2011. Multiple deaths were reported as the 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck Christchurch, toppling buildings, igniting fires and sending panicked people rushing into the streets. AFP PHOTO / NZ TV3 VIA SKYNEWS

February 23, 2011

Christchurch earthquake: How can you help?

Today Oxfam’s thoughts are with all of the people affected by the earthquake in Christchurch – those who lost their...

February 18, 2011

Surviving floods in Sri Lanka

Rishani Wijesinghe, Advocacy Coordinator for Oxfam Australia, meets survivors of the floods that struck Sri Lanka in January 2011.