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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.
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Early warnings need early action in Somalia
In July 2011, Somalia claimed the first famine of the 21st century. Although there were clear warning signs many months...
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Research for protection
Since 2012 Oxfam Australia has been working with Dr Phoebe Wynn-Pope from the Humanitarian Advisory Group and the Australian Civil-Military...
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Arms trade treaty may point a way forward for the U.N.
For years governments told us in meetings that an Arms Trade Treaty was a fanciful idea – merely a twinkle...
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Arms Trade Treaty a victory for victims of armed violence
Today at the United Nations in New York, we have been part of making history. 155 governments including Australia have...
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History made as Arms Trade Treaty agreed
On 2 April 2013, history was made as the Arms Trade Treaty – the first agreement to control global arms...
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#VoteYes on #ArmsTreaty tomorrow
Tomorrow we are hoping to make history. After 10 years of campaigning for a legally binding Arms Trade Treaty that...
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Oxfam’s latest efforts to push for strong Arms Trade Treaty – New York
On the penultimate day of the ATT negotiations we got the media’s attention early morning with a helicopter assembled on a...
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Another day at the office, pushing for a global Arms Trade Treaty
“What do you actually do all day over there?” That’s a question a friend back home skyped me on Wednesday....
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#SyriaCrisis Candlelight Vigil in Mafraq, Jordan
“The first step in the evolution of ethics is a sense of solidarity with other human beings” Albert Schweitzer Jordanian...
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Let’s get a bulletproof Arms Trade Treaty, not a quick fix
This week marks the second anniversary of the start of the bloody Syrian civil war, which has killed an estimated...
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Darfur: Where are we now?
It has been ten years since the Darfur conflict erupted and millions fled their homes in the countryside for the safety...
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Diaspora-led development and peace-building in South Sudan
It’s a pretty good day in the office when I get to work with a group of thirty inspiring South...
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