Since the start of the conflict in South Sudan more than 10 years ago, growing needs compounded by food shortages, insecurity and the impacts of climate change, have kept South Sudanese in exile.
Uganda + 5 more
Uganda + 5 more
Since the start of the conflict in South Sudan more than 10 years ago, growing needs compounded by food shortages, insecurity and the impacts of climate change, have kept South Sudanese in exile.
Malawi + 8 more
UNICEF has provided emergency health, water and sanitation supplies as well as medical products to establish cholera treatment facilities. More than 8.3. million people have been reached.
Ethiopia + 2 more
Six months after a historic five-season drought, massive floods have inundated vast swaths of farmland across Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia, right in the middle of the harvest season.
World + 33 more
On behalf of more than 1,900 humanitarian partners worldwide, the United Nations launched its global appeal for 2024. More than 180 million people need life-saving assistance and protection.
Somalia + 6 more
Nearly three million people have been affected, with more than 1.2 million forced to leave their homes. Somalia, Ethiopia, and Kenya are bearing the brunt of this crisis, which follows severe drought.
Ethiopia + 2 more
Floods causing widespread damage and hunger. The situation is expected to worsen in December as more rain is forecast. Action Against Hunger is calling for increased funding to address the crisis.
World + 12 more
More than 27 million children were driven into hunger and malnutrition by extreme weather events in countries heavily impacted by the climate crisis in 2022, which was a 135% jump from 2021.
Heavy rainfall in north-eastern Kenya has caused large-scale flooding and cut off access to parts of Garissa and Mandera counties, leaving many residents without shelter, clean water or food.
Kenya + 2 more
The floods are the latest in a series of extreme weather events in recent years to hit the Horn of Africa, where children and communities find themselves at the sharp end of the global climate crisis.
World + 13 more
FEWS NET anticipates that about 110 million people will need food aid through early next year, with a net increase in needs in Southern Africa and the Latin America and Caribbean regions.
Somalia + 2 more
Somalia has witnessed uninterrupted cholera outbreaks since 2017. As of the end of July, 11,704 suspected cases, with 30 associated deaths, were reported from 28 drought-affected districts.
Somalia + 2 more
As a climate-sensitive disease, cholera becomes more prevalent when temperatures are high and rainfall conditions are changing. The El Niño phenomenon is likely to exacerbate the problem in the Horn.
World + 12 more
The first-of-its-kind vaccine will be sent to areas where the risk of illness and death among children are highest. The first doses are expected in late-2023, with rollout starting by early 2024.
In May alone, the number of patients admitted with the most life-threatening form of malnutrition in addition to other complications rose by almost 95% in the Hagadera refugee camp in Dadaab.
World + 44 more
Millions of children are being denied their human right to an education and the numbers are growing. And even when they are able to go to school, the quality of education is simply too low.
World + 5 more
A new study just released by CARE reported that 112.2 million more people around the world were driven to hunger after 2020, compared to the previous major global food crisis (2008-2009).
Somalia + 8 more
Food insecurity continues due primarily to three years of drought that have eroded livelihoods and assets, four years of flooding in South Sudan and episodic or protracted conflict across the region.
Ukraine + 22 more
A new report 1,989 attacks and threats against health care facilities and personnel across 32 countries and territories in armed conflict and situations of political violence throughout 2022.
Kenya + 1 more
The hunger emergency in Kenya is far from over. Years of drought have given way to rain, but flash flooding has washed away livestock, and destroyed farms, bringing yet more anguish for families.
A cholera outbreak in the camps has affected 2,786 people so far. MSF is calling for immediate action from donors and aid agencies to address the unsanitary conditions and overcrowding in the camps.