Updates

Highlights • Cumulative rainfall from October to early January has varied, with large rainfall deficits in Madagascar, southern and northern Mozambique, Malawi, western South Africa, southern...

ADDENDUM TO THE SADC REGIONAL HUMANITARIAN APPEAL RESPONSE TO THE EL NIÑO-INDUCED DROUGHT AND FLOODS, NOVEMBER 2024 This document provides updates on the SADC Regional Humanitarian Appeal: Response...

Highlights As of early November 2024, many areas had not yet recorded an effective onset of rainfall. The rainfall season typically starts in mid-November in most parts of the region. North-western...

Executive Summary A climate and food security crisis is unfolding across Southern Africa as an El Niño-induced drought brings about crop failure and immediate need for humanitarian assistance which...

Highlights • A record mid-season dry spell of over 50 days has affected vast parts of the region including, Angola, Botswana, DRC, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. These areas have...

Highlights A record mid-season dry spell of over 30 days has affected vast parts of the region including, Angola, Botswana, DRC, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. These areas have...

Highlights • Rainfall between 1 October and 10 December 2023 was well below average in the southern half of the region, affecting early season crop development. November through early December was...

Highlights As of early November 2023, many areas had not yet recorded an effective onset of rainfall. The rainfall season typically starts in mid-November in most parts of the region. Short-term...

UNICEF and SADC call for improved legislation, policies, and budgets to address gender-based violence as data reveals that about 17 per cent of girls and women in Southern Africa have experienced...

I. CONTEXTE Les pays concernés, à savoir la République démocratique du Congo et la République du Rwanda, les Communautés économiques régionales et le Mécanisme régional (CER/MR), à savoir la...

Highlights Seasonal cumulative rainfall has been below average in central and western parts of the region, northern Madagascar, north-eastern Mozambique, and north-eastern Tanzania during the 2022/23...

Highlights The western parts of the region received below average rainfall between October 2022 and January 2023. An extended January dry spell in central and southern parts of the region resulted in...

Highlights Many parts of the region have received cumulatively near normal rainfall as of early January. Dry hot conditions in early January negatively affecting crops in southern parts of the...

Sommaire exécutif L'insécurité alimentaire et nutritionnelle dans la région de la SADC continue d'atteindre un niveau inacceptable, qui nécessite des efforts concertés de la part de la Région pour...

Executive summary Food and nutrition insecurity in the SADC region continues to be unacceptably high, requiring concerted efforts for the region to build resilience to address the multiple and...

Highlights • Seasonal rainfall totals for the 2021-22 season are below normal in central parts of the region, south-western Madagascar, and south-western Angola. Crops in central parts of the region...

Highlights Rainfall improved significantly in January in many parts of the region, decreasing rainfall deficits; however, rainfall deficits remain. January rainfall continued to be low in southern...

Highlights Below-average rainfall affected many northern, central, and eastern areas of the region during October to December 2021. Although rainfall improved in these areas in early January,...

Highlights Seasonal forecasts indicate enhanced chances of normal to above normal seasonal rainfall totals, raising possibility of a second consecutive favorable agricultural season for central,...

Sommaire exécutif L'Afrique australe souffre d'une insécurité alimentaire et nutritionnelle généralisée. Cette année, dans les dix États membres de la SADC ayant fourni des données, on estime que...