Namibia: Drought - May 2013 Updates (Maps / Infographics)

Key Findings Reduced crop harvest by 20-50% Reduced agricultural Labour employment Opportunities by 40-65% Limited draft power owing to poor livestock conditions(Oxen) Less resilient households due...

Regional: Despite an erratic and delayed start to the rainy season, the regional consumption season is expected to be better than last year in terms of cereal supplies. Most rural households across...

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Mauritius: Moderate Tropical Storm Bejisa is projected to move in a southerly to south-easterly direction, with the centre passing between Mauritius and Reunion islands from 2 to 3 January 2014...

Angola: According to WHO there is an ongoing cholera outbreak in the south in Cunene and Namibe provinces. A Cholera Treatment Centre (CTC) has been established. A total of 156 cholera cases have...

Angola: A cholera outbreak has been recorded in Cunene Province which has claimed the lives of dozens of people. Mauritius: On 28 November 2013, heavy rains were recorded in Mauritius, however no...

Madagascar: The Special Electoral Court (CES) officially announced the presidential election results: Dr Jean Louis Robinson received 21% of the votes; followed by Mr Hery Ranaonarimampianina with...

Madagascar: Jean-Louis Robinson and Hery Rajaonarimampianina are to run against each other in the second round of the Presidential elections scheduled for 20 December. Mozambique: A tense political...

Madagascar: The election results have been officially announced. No candidate received more than 50% of the vote, meaning that Jean-Louis Robinson (with 21.1% of the vote) and Hery...

HIGHLIGHTS Madagascar: Despite some incidences of violence and voting irregularities, both SADC and EU have declared the presidential elections of 25 October free and fair. Mozambique: Mozambique's...

Madagascar: The Presidential elections are scheduled to take place this week on 25 October. It is hoped that these elections will break the political impasse that has affected the country since 2009,...

Madagascar Four million people in rural Madagascar have been identified as food insecure, with an additional 9.6 million people at risk of food insecurity. The date for the presidential election is...

Madagascar: A number of international electoral observer missions are arriving in Madagascar, prior to the presidential elections scheduled for 25 October 2013. On 02 October, 3 people, including 2...

Madagascar: Election campaigning started on 24 September 2013. On 26 September 2013 a grenade detonated in front of the home of the President of the Special Electoral Court (CES) in Antananarivo. No...

Madagascar: Elections According to the media, SADC has rejected Marc Ravalomanana’s request to postpone the 25 October presidential elections. SADC did however recommend that Ravalomanana be allowed...

HIGHLIGHTS - Madagascar: On 05 September a makeshift bomb exploded at the entrance of a hotel in Madagascar's capital, Antananarivo. A previously unknown group, self-styled “defenders of national...

Regional: According to the outcome of the Southern Africa Regional Climate Outlook Forum (SARCOF), normal to above normal rainfall can be expected for most of the region this coming rainfall season...

Madagascar: The reconstituted Special Electoral Court (CES) has published the new list of presidential candidates which excludes the three controversial candidates (Andry Rajoelina, Lalao...

Compared with last year, the biggest increase in the number of food insecure populations has been recorded in Namibia, followed by Zambia and Swaziland.

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