Food Security and Nutrition Working Group (FSNWG) Updates

PRINCIPALES PROJECTIONS POUR 2026 53 millions de personnes projetées en insécurité alimentaire et nutritionnelle aiguë (phase 3 ou pire) durant la soudure 2026 Dégradation de la malnutrition aiguë,...

KEY PROJECTIONS FOR 2026 53 million people projected to face acute food and nutrition insecurity (phase 3 or worse) during the 2026 lean season Worsening acute malnutrition, with marked increases...

Key messages The October-December 2025 rainy season has essentially failed across much of Somalia, eastern Kenya, and southern Ethiopia. Recovery through late season rains in December is now...

Pour la huitième année consécutive, la sonnette d'alarme a été tirée concernant le nombre record de personnes ayant besoin d'une assistance alimentaire et nutritionnelle dans la région. Cette...

For the eighth consecutive year, the region faces a record number of people in need of urgent food and nutrition assistance, underscoring the severity of the crisis. This alarming trend demands...

Key messages With varying degrees of certainty, climate models predict a transition to La Niña conditions during the second half of 2024, which would likely bring below-average rainfall to the...

• In the first quarter of 2024, above-average harvests and lower prices of maize and rice boosted regional trade of these cereals. Above-average rice production in Tanzania, a ban on wetland rice...

12th April 2024, Nairobi, Kenya: As Sudan faces one of the most severe humanitarian crises in recent history, urgent action is needed to prevent a looming humanitarian tragedy. This is as the...

Key messages • In February 2024, an estimated 74 million people in the region were highly food insecure and in urgent need of humanitarian assistance. This includes 58.2 million people, according to...

Key messages High levels of acute food insecurity persisted in various parts of the region, following El Niño-induced heavy rains and flooding during the 2023 OctoberDecember (OND) rainfall season,...

The Market Analysis Sub-group of the Food Security and Nutrition Working Group (FSNWG) monitors informal cross-border trade of 88 food commodities and livestock in eastern Africa in order to quantify...

Key Messages The share of maize in East Africa’s cross-border trade declined from 31 to 27 percent between the second (April to June) and third (July to September) quarters of 2023 due to increased...

KEY MESSAGES ● El Niño conditions are currently present and are forecast to continue through at least early next year. In East Africa, El Niño impacts vary geographically. Across western parts, El...

Key messages Based on recent IPC2 data, about 65.8 million people in 10 of the 13 countries covered by the FSNWG were highly food insecure (IPC Phase 3+) in August 2023. Of these, 35.4 million were...

Key Messages The share of maize in East Africa’s cross-border trade declined from 48 to 31 percent between the first (January to March) and second (April to June) quarters of 2023 as supplies...

Key Messages The share of maize in East Africa cross-border trade increased to 48 percent in January to March 2023 from 34 percent in October to December 2022 because of below-average production in...

Key messages According to the IPC2 , at least 55.3 million people in 10 of the 13 countries covered by the FSNWG were highly food insecure (IPC Phase 3+) in March 2023. Of these, 25.8 million were...

Key Messages Maize grain remained the most traded commodity in the region in the third quarter of 2022 (July to September) as shown in Figure 1 above and trade flows remained above average due to...

Summary Points Maize grain remained the most traded commodity in the region in the first quarter of 2022 (January to March) as shown in Figure 1 above. Wheat and maize flour surpassed dry beans as...

Extremely high levels of food insecurity observed across Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia and further deteriorations likely with between 23 - 26 million people becoming highly food insecure due to...