UNICEF's Ted Chaiban urged the international community to immediately scale up support for children and families to avert a deepening humanitarian catastrophe throughout the country.
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Ethiopia + 4 more
UN launches $3.24 billion response plan for Ethiopia
In addition to dealing with past disasters and conflict, humanitarians are mounting a new response to El Niño-driven drought. The plan targets 15.5 million people, including 10.4 million with food needs.
Angola + 10 more
The 10 most under-reported humanitarian crises of 2023
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.
Ethiopia + 2 more
East Africa's floods leave more than four million people with no food or income
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.
Somalia + 6 more
Severe floods ravage eastern Africa, threatening more hunger
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
Deadly climate-induced flooding displaces nearly 1.6 million people across the Horn of Africa
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.
Burkina Faso + 23 more
Acute food insecurity likely to deteriorate further in 18 hunger hotspots, new report warns
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.
World + 6 more
War and violence drove global displacement to an estimated 114 million by end-September
The main drivers of forced displacement were war in Ukraine and conflicts in Sudan, DR Congo and Myanmar; drought, floods and insecurity in Somalia; and a prolonged humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan.
World + 13 more
Strong El Niño event will contribute to high food assistance needs through 2024
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.
World + 2 more
Number of children displaced across sub-Saharan Africa by climate shocks doubled to record high in 2022
Based on analysis of data from the IDMC, at least 1.85 million children in sub-Saharan Africa were left displaced within their countries by climate shocks at the end of 2022.
Funding dries up as humanitarian needs are at all-time high in Afghanistan
Substantial critical funding gaps amounting to some $1.3 billion leave vulnerable Afghan families staring down the barrel of hunger, disease and even potential death as winter approaches.
FAO calls for anticipatory action to safeguard lives and livelihoods in Somalia ahead of El Niño
A combination of anticipated climate events between October and November brings risks and opportunities for Somalia’s rural communities who have already endured years of historic drought.
Kenya + 1 more
United States funding enables WFP to support almost one million Kenyans reeling from the impact of drought
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.
More than one million people internally displaced in Somalia in record time
A toxic mix of conflict, severe drought and devastating floods has forced more than one million people in Somalia to flee their homes in just 130 days – a record rate of displacement for the country.
Cambodia + 14 more
Children in East Asia and the Pacific face the greatest exposure to multiple climate disasters
Children in the region face six times more climate related shocks compared to their grandparents eroding their coping capacity and exacerbating inequality.
Ethiopia + 2 more
Over 7 million children remain malnourished across Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia
Three years of drought have left over 1.9 million children at risk of dying from severe malnutrition as vulnerable communities have lost cattle, crops, and entire livelihoods.
World + 3 more
Economic cost of weather-related disasters soars but early warnings save lives
Extreme weather, climate and water-related events caused 11,778 reported disasters between 1970 and 2021, with just over two million deaths and $4.3 trillion in economic losses, says WMO.
World + 44 more
Number of internally displaced people worldwide reaches an all-time high of 71 million
The number of movements in which people fled in search of safety and shelter - sometimes more than once - was also unprecedented in 2022, according to the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre.
Nearly 6.6 million people in Somalia still face Crisis or worse acute food insecurity outcomes
Levels of acute food insecurity remain very high in Somalia through June 2023, with 39 percent of the total population needing urgent humanitarian assistance despite the decline in the risk of Famine.
Somalia + 9 more
The 10 countries most at risk of climate disaster
The countries on this list all have something in common – despite contributing little to greenhouse gas emissions, they are especially vulnerable to the effects of global warming.