Oxfam in Africa

The UN peacekeeping operations have been deployed to CAR, DRC, Mali and South Sudan with the primary goal of ensuring the protection of civilians, and while the missions have succeeded at maintaining a partial level of stability, affected populations are still exposed to protection threats on a daily basis. With an increasing mismatch between resources […]

The year 2025 has been marked by deepening aid cuts by major donors. This briefing note examines the implications of these cuts on Africa’s development, highlighting long-standing failures in official development assistance (ODA) to reduce poverty, inequality, and climate vulnerability. It analyses ODA trends across sectors, gaps in support to Least Developed Countries and women’s […]