Maize harvests were 50 - 75% below average during agricultural season in some regions. Food insecurity affects 640,009 people, requiring 15,830 MT of maize equivalent to address shortage.
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FAO warns on food security in West, Central Africa next year
FAO estimates that globally 39 countries, including 29 countries in Africa, need external assistance for food due to conflict, crop failures and localized high food prices.
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Latest Global Emergency Overview highlights Typhoon Hagupit in Philippines and Ebola crisis in Sierra Leone
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Latest Global Emergency Overview highlights persistent violence in CAR, Yemen and Nigeria
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FEWS NET predicts emergency conditions next year in Ebola-hit West Africa
Food shortages and weak purchasing power will limit food availability and access, particularly for the urban poor and for households with ill or deceased family members, in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
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Latest Global Emergency Overview highlights Ebola crisis, clashes in DRC and Mali
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Latest Global Emergency Overview highlights heightened violence in the CAR, Libya and Yemen
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Latest Global Emergency Overview highlights Ebola crisis and 1.5 million IDPs in Nigeria
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Food security to deteriorate for more than 600,000 people in parts of Malawi
Maize harvests 50-75 percent below average are causing abnormally high maize prices and reduced livelihoods. Humanitarian assistance is needed immediately and through the next harvest in April.
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Latest Global Emergency Overview highlights floods in Pakistan and Ebola in West Africa
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Seasonal floods displace over 36,000 people in Myanmar
In the Bago District, 25,000 people were affected when the Pegu River inundated adjacent villages and farmlands. The majority of the victims are casual labor workers, fishermen and farmers with no other livelihood opportunities.
Latest humanitarian snapshot highlights extent of displacement in Myanmar
Since 2011, more than 247,000 people have been displaced in Myanmar, primarily in Rakhine and Kachin states, which were affected by heavy seasonal rains and landslides in July.
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Latest Global Emergency Overview highlights conflict in Yemen, Syria and Iraq
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Latest Global Emergency Overview highlights conflict in CAR, South Sudan and Iraq
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Latest humanitarian snapshot highlights earthquake in China, flooding in Myanmar
Rescue efforts are ongoing in the southwestern province of Yunnan, where a 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck on 3 August, affecting more than a million people.
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Latest Global Emergency Overview highlights floods in Sudan and crises in Gaza and Syria
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Latest Global Emergency Overview highlights crises in Gaza, Syria and Nigeria
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Latest Global Emergency Overview highlights crisis in Gaza, Syria and Iraq
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