7 May 2013
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Ed Pomfret
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Blog channel: Conflict & Emergencies
Last week the UN revealed for the first time that more than a quarter of a million people died in Somalia over 18 months from October 2010-April 2012. These figures are shockingly high especially...
30 April 2013
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Ed Cairns
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Blog channel: Conflict & Emergencies
There are promises and promises, but we get nothing, Fatima, a refugee from Syria, told one of my colleagues in Lebanon last week. Her counterparts in Jordan where I was visiting tell a very similar...
16 April 2013
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Caroline Gluck
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Blog channel: Conflict & Emergencies
Adapting to life in Jordan’s sprawling desert refugee camp Zaatari, is hard for all refugees, but especially so for those with disabilities and special needs.I met 12-year-old Sidra, who had arrived...
10 April 2013
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Joel M Bassuk
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Blog channel: Conflict & Emergencies
Recent UNHCR figures (UN High Commissioner for Refugees) show the rapid escalation of the refugee crisis engulfing Syria and neighboring countries.
5 April 2013
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Anna MacDonald
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Blog channel: Conflict & Emergencies
After over 10 years of campaigning for this treaty, lobbying governments again and again, and the campaigning actions from supporters all over the world we finally have the world’s first Arms Trade...
4 April 2013
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Céline Grey
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Blog channel: Conflict & Emergencies
Thousands of Syrians continue to flee conflict every day, seeking safety in neighboring countries. Thursday 14 March marked the two year anniversary of the start of the crisis in Syria. Oxfam with...
22 March 2013
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Anna MacDonald
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Blog channel: Conflict & Emergencies
"What do you actually do all day over there?"That’s a question a friend back home skyped me on Wednesday. I’ve been working on the Arms Trade Treaty for a long time now, and spent a lot of time at...
22 March 2013
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Caroline Gluck
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Blog channel: Conflict & Emergencies
Just a short distance from Zaatari, Jordan’s sprawling refugee camp, hosting more than 160,000 people who’ve fled conflict in Syria, lies a road full of small nurseries growing vegetables and olive...
20 March 2013
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Anna MacDonald
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Blog channel: Conflict & Emergencies
We're back... and this time it's serious! Another month, another UN meeting, another round of Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) negotiations. But this time some things are different.
19 March 2013
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Djimon Hounsou
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Blog channel: Conflict & Emergencies
In early March, Oxfam ambassador Djimon Hounsou visited a cattle camp in South Sudan, where many communities are suffering from the consequences of the unregulated flow of arms and ammunition.I just...
