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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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.
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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.
At least 23 killed as cholera outbreak poses deadly threat to thousands of displaced children in Ethiopia
In the worst hit district of Kelafo in Somali region, Save the Children is reporting a huge spike in cholera cases among children under five, who account for nearly 80% of the confirmed cases.
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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.
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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.
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WHO launches Grade 3 Emergency Appeal for the Greater Horn of Africa
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.
Ethiopia + 8 more
Greater Horn of Africa faces fifth failed rainy season
"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."
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Desert Locust upsurge continues to threaten food security in Horn of Africa and Yemen despite intense efforts
FAO is seeking $40 million to increase control activities in the worst-hit countries, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, the Sudan and Yemen, where more than 35 million people are acutely food insecure.
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Climate-fuelled La Niña in East Africa will drive millions into hunger, Oxfam warns
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.
Up to 8.6 million Ethiopians face acute food insecurity due to COVID-19, displacement and high food prices
About 8.6 million people (16% of analysed population) are facing IPC Phase 3 or above. Of these, about 7.2 million are classified in Crisis (IPC Phase 3) and 1.4 million in Emergency (IPC Phase 4).
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Drier-than-usual season due to La Niña could pose risks to crops and pastures in East Africa
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.
A new generation of desert locusts plus flooding and COVID-19 threaten food security in Ethiopia
Alongside efforts to control the locusts, FAO is implementing a programme to safeguard productive assets and livelihoods of the affected population in Afar, Amhara, Oromia, Somalia, SNNP and Tigray.
COVID-19, severe weather and locusts creating massive need in Ethiopia
A total of over 1 million people have been adversely affected by the floods overall. With the spread of COVID-19, people that have been displaced are amongst the most vulnerable.
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Older people at risk of hunger and COVID-19 after floods in East Africa
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.
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Locusts, floods and COVID-19: a potentially deadly combination for malnourished children across Horn of Africa
At least 5.2 million children under five are already acutely malnourished across Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia, including nearly 1.3 million children who are severely malnourished and at risk of starvation.
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Violence, drought, flooding, and now a locust invasion devastates Horn of Africa
After a crippling drought and devastating floods, eroding already-fragile livelihoods and forcing people to abandon their homes, Ethiopia, Somalia, and Kenya are facing their worst locust outbreak in decades
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UN Emergency Fund releases $10 million for East Africa locust outbreak response
The US$10 million allocation will go to FAO and fund an increase in pesticide aerial spraying operations which is the only effective means to reduce the locust numbers.
Ethiopia + 1 more
Climate change and violence trap millions of Somalis and Ethiopians in near-constant crisis
Ethiopia saw the highest number of new displacements triggered by violence last year in Africa, while 500,000 were displaced by disasters and another 180,000 by violence in Somalia.
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Millions of acutely malnourished children across Horn of Africa need urgent treatment
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.