Although food security cluster partners are scaling up their activities with new funding, the current response is still lower than the needs as the drought condition intensifies.
Somalia + 1 more
Somalia + 1 more
Although food security cluster partners are scaling up their activities with new funding, the current response is still lower than the needs as the drought condition intensifies.
Somalia + 2 more
Two out of five Somalis are already acutely food insecure and prospects for the Deyr season cereal production are bleak, with crop failure expected in many areas, says UN OCHA.
Relative calm has returned to Gaalkacyo but tension remains high, with sporadic fighting reported. Health officials estimate 45 people have been killed and 162 injured since 7 October.
Kenya + 2 more
The majority of poor households are in stressed (IPC Phase 2) acute food insecurity and likely to remain so through January 2017, with children and women being most affected.
World + 12 more
The number of people needing aid, now 9.7 million, is a moderate decrease from 10.2 million in June. But fighting in many parts of the region is a significant worry and will affect resources.
Somalia + 1 more
More than 1.1 million Somalis are unable to meet their daily food needs, while another 3.9 million require livelihood support. An estimated 1.1 million IDPs are among the most vulnerable groups.
Somalia + 1 more
Drought conditions continue to be felt in Puntland and Somaliland where an estimated 1.7 million people need help. Recovery will require more than one good rainy season as some areas are reeling from four seasons of failed rains.
This update of the “Call for Aid” seeks to mobilize further response to avert a deterioration of the situation due to prolonged effects of drought in most affected areas.
With 480 deaths reported, the case fatality rate stands at 4.4 per cent, well above the 1 per cent emergency threshold. Children under five bear the biggest brunt.
Nearly 70 per cent of the 70,000 people affected by flooding have begun to return to their homes but some remain displaced as their shelters have been destroyed or remain waterlogged.
Ethiopia + 9 more
UNICEF still urgently needs US$127 million of the US$226 million goal for the emergency response. Over 1 million children face severe malnutrition in ten countries in the region.
More than 7,000 AWD/cholera cases have been reported in the first quarter of 2016, a significant increase from the 5,257 cases reported in all of 2015, reports OCHA.