OVERVIEW El Niño brings high temperatures and below-average rainfall to Southern Africa from November to April, significantly affecting agriculture and leading to water scarcity, food shortages, and...
Madagascar + 10 more
Madagascar + 10 more
OVERVIEW El Niño brings high temperatures and below-average rainfall to Southern Africa from November to April, significantly affecting agriculture and leading to water scarcity, food shortages, and...
Madagascar + 9 more
OVERVIEW El Niño-related climate variability is one of the strongest drivers impacting agricultural production in Southern Africa. It is usually characterized by above-average temperatures and...
Ethiopia + 1 more
HIGHLIGHTS Drought-like conditions in parts of Amhara, Tigray, and Afar, with alarming malnutrition in parts of Afar and Amhara regions; Desert Locust infestation a major threat to food security in...
Ethiopia + 1 more
HIGHLIGHTS At over 20,000 cases, cholera expands to new regions, progresses to a nationwide outbreak; 8,300 conflict displaced people in the Central Zone of Tigray are in need of humanitarian...
Ethiopia + 1 more
HIGHLIGHTS The situation in large parts of Amhara has stabilized; the impact of hostilities on most vulnerable people is yet to be ascertained; Medicine and therapeutic supplementary foods shortage...
HIGHLIGHTS Funding dries up as humanitarian needs are at an all-time high Pg. 01 Aid agencies respond to flooding Pg. 02 Early action mitigates the impact of the Moroccan Locust outbreak Pg. 03 ...
Ethiopia + 1 more
HIGHLIGHTS Cholera outbreak impacts over 2,300 people in Amhara in less than a month, reportedly contained in parts of Somali and Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples regions; At least 12,000...
HIGHLIGHTS The Taliban extends ban on Afghan women working to the UN Pg. 01 Funding and a conducive operating environment are urgently needed to avert a large-scale humanitarian catastrophe Pg. 02 ...
Ethiopia + 2 more
The Horn of Africa Is Facing An Unprecedented Drought Emergency, With Catastrophic Consequences Communities in the Horn of Africa are in the midst of a likely fifth consecutive failed rainy...
What is an La Niña event? La Niña is a large-scale cooling of the ocean surface temperatures in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean, coupled with changes in the tropical atmospheric...
Sudan + 8 more
Summary Context and shocks/events Humanitarian needs across Sudan are at record levels one year after a military coup, with unclear prospects of how the transition to a new Sudan that started three...
Ethiopia + 2 more
The Horn of Africa Is Facing Its Worst Drought In More than Four Decades, With Catastrophic Consequences Communities in the Horn of Africa are facing the immediate threat of starvation, with...
Imagine losing your child to starvation. Then imagine having no time to grieve, because if you don’t quickly seek help for the rest of your family, you risk losing another child to acute...
Ethiopia + 2 more
The Horn of Africa is Facing its Worst Drought in More than Four Decades Communities in the Horn of Africa are facing the threat of starvation following four consecutive failed rainy seasons in parts...
Ethiopia + 4 more
Response Plan Overview More than 20 million people are estimated to be in need of humanitarian assistance in Ethiopia in 2022, nearly three quarters of them are women and children. The 2022 Ethiopia...
Ethiopia + 4 more
OVERVIEW OF THE CRISIS The Horn of Africa is suffering its worst drought in over forty years. People face the threat of starvation following four consecutive failed rainy seasons in parts of...
Ethiopia + 2 more
The Horn of Africa is Facing its Worst Drought in More than Four Decades Communities in the Horn of Africa are facing the threat of starvation following four consecutive failed rainy seasons in parts...
2021 in Review HUMANITARIAN CONTEXT Humanitarian situation in 2021 The humanitarian situation in Ethiopia remained difficult throughout 2021. Conflict and insecurity added to underlying vulnerability...
HIGHLIGHTS The number of people in need of food assistance in northern Ethiopia has increased from 9 million in November 2021 to more than 13 million people due to increasing food insecurity. The...
Foreword For more than 51 million of the world’s most vulnerable people, the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) was a lifeline in 2021, providing them with swift, high-quality assistance, no...