Conflict, economic shocks – including due to COVID-19, extreme weather – pushed at least 155 million people into acute food insecurity in 2020, says coalition of UN, EU, NGOs and government agencies.
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Conflict, economic shocks – including due to COVID-19, extreme weather – pushed at least 155 million people into acute food insecurity in 2020, says coalition of UN, EU, NGOs and government agencies.
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While the COVID-19 crisis has shown the realities of how vulnerable the world can be, the climate crisis is and will continue to have much more significant impact, according to a new IFRC report.
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Funding from this aid package will go for humanitarian projects in Angola, Botswana, Comoros, Eswatini, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
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Driven by climate change, millions of people are experiencing crisis or emergency levels of food insecurity, warns WFP, which will support 8.3 million people in eight countries.
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The climate crisis contributes to at least 33 million people in the region being at emergency levels of food insecurity or worse this year. More than 16 million are believed to be children.
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If urgent humanitarian action is not taken, the number of food-insecure people will likely rise in the coming months, according to the Regional Interagency Standing Committee Africa.
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Oxfam calls for urgent action as millions displaced, with women, girls hit hardest. Climate crises are compounded by conflicts, poverty and inequality, with $700m average climate-related losses.
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There are now 9.2 million severely food insecure people (IPC Phases 3 and 4) in nine countries across the region, set to reach about 12 million at the peak of the upcoming lean season.
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SADC report says 41.2 million people in 13 countries are estimated to be food insecure in 2019-2020 - a 28 percent increase compared with the 11 countries that provided data in 2018.
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A global report on food crises finds that about 113 million people in 53 countries experienced acute food insecurity in 2018, compared with 124 million in 2017.
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Normal to above-normal rainfall is predicted for January to March 2018. While conducive to agricultural production, the rains will inevitably lead to flooding, and tropical cyclones will likely affect Indian Ocean countries.
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A fall armyworm outbreak is causing considerable crop damage in seven countries in the region, concurrently with a cyclone in Madagascar, flooding in Mozambique and Zimbabwe.
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More than 129,000ha in Zambia have been affected, while 5,471ha are reported to be damaged in Malawi. Slow responses by governments could result in cuts in household production.
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Significant January rains were received in drought-stricken areas, helping to reduce rainfall deficits. The overall benefit was however diminished by very high temperatures.
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On average, harvests were 21 percent lower than the 2013/14 season. In total, the cereal deficit for the region is 7.9 million tonnes for the 2015/2016 marketing year.
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Severe drought, flooding, heavy rains and temperature rises are all known effects of El Niño that can lead to food insecurity and malnutrition, disease outbreaks, acute water shortages, and disruption of health services.
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The bulk of Southern Africa is expected to receive normal to above-normal rainfall as part of the current rainfall season, increasing the likelihood of flooding across the region.
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The region is prone to multiple, frequently repeating and compounding shocks, which occur against a backdrop of poverty and have severe impacts on food and livelihood security.
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The study found that, contrary to perceptions that southern Africa has a homogeneous and ‘low-risk’ profile, the region is exposed to a range of environmental and social pressures.
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Even as the flood season draws to a close, poor distribution of rainfall in most countries may result in below average rainfall-related crop performance this season.