Angola is once again number one among the top 10 forgotten humanitarian crises that received the least media attention last year. CARE's report draws attention to these forgotten crises.
Angola + 10 more
Angola + 10 more
Angola is once again number one among the top 10 forgotten humanitarian crises that received the least media attention last year. CARE's report draws attention to these forgotten crises.
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.
Burkina Faso + 23 more
The 18 hotspots comprise 22 countries and territories that will see worsening food insecurity between November and April. Burkina Faso, Mali, South Sudan, Sudan and Palestine are of highest concern.
Ethiopia + 6 more
It is estimated that more than 46 million people in Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan and Uganda are in Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) Phase 3 or above.
Uganda + 5 more
With only a third of funding needs met for last year's appeal, the major countries of asylum in the region - DRC, Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan and Uganda - were among UNHCR's most under-funded operations.
Ethiopia + 8 more
"Our models show ... we are entering the 5th consecutive failed rainy season in the Horn of Africa. In Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia, we are on the brink of an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe."
World + 57 more
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.
Ethiopia + 6 more
With more than 50 million people in need of immediate food assistance in East Africa, La Niña will likely trigger below-average rainfall, resulting in millions of more people going hungry in 2021.
Ethiopia + 6 more
Although risks are uneven across the region, the risk of lower-than-usual rainfall in some farming areas comes when countries are still facing the impacts of desert locusts, floods and COVID-19.
Djibouti + 6 more
The region faces an unprecedented threat to food security caused by severe floods, COVID-19 and desert locusts. Below-average rains later this year could further threaten food security.
Kenya + 6 more
Ongoing heavy rain, which has killed nearly 300 and displaced about 500,000, has slowed down operations aimed at controlling the worst locust crisis in decades and increased the risk of spreading COVID-19.
Ethiopia + 4 more
Older people have been forced to live in crowded schools, camps or out in the open, exposed to COVID-19 and other diseases. There is also concern about elderly unable to access ARVs after being displaced.
Somalia + 11 more
A new report from the International Organization for Migration (IOM) says the reason is largely due to one development: 1.3 million Ethiopians displaced by communal violence in 2019 went home.
World + 17 more
"The majority of crises ranked are partly a consequence of declining natural resources, increasing extreme weather events and global warming more broadly," said CARE
Ethiopia + 6 more
Consecutive droughts and floods have created conditions conducive to the spread of communicable diseases, which place acutely malnourished children at an even higher risk of death.
World + 27 more
El Informe anual sobre ayuda humanitaria del IECAH y MSF destaca que la ayuda humanitaria internacional creció apenas un 1% en 2018, muy por debajo de la media de los cuatro años anteriores, situada en torno al 7,5%.
World + 25 more
Internal displacement in Africa has reached unprecedented levels; the conflict and disaster events in 2019 suggest the number of displacements is likely to continue rising.
South Sudan + 6 more
In multiple countries, the floods have compounded the consequences of recurrent drought, violence and conflict, leaving people’s lives and livelihoods upended by multiple shocks.
World + 43 more
Conflicts are the primary cause of high levels of food insecurity, while adverse weather conditions - particularly rainfall shortages in Africa - acutely affect food availability and access for millions.
World + 40 more
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.