Southern Africa: Floods - Jan 2011 Updates

Description: The number and scale of crises are forcing record numbers of people to flee their homes seeking relative safety within or across international borders. However, the growing complexity...

HIGHLIGHTS Prospects for world cereal production in 2015 remain favourable, despite recent adverse weather conditions in some regions and continuing concerns over El Niño, with the global cereal...

HIGHLIGHTS FAO has further raised its estimate of the 2014 world cereal production and its forecast for global cereal stocks. Early prospects for cereal supplies in 2015/16 are mostly favourable,...

Foreword Dear colleagues, We are pleased to share with you the third edition of the Global CCCM Cluster Newsletter. This edition provides updates from our field operations and partners and also...

In March 2011, ShelterBox Response Team (SRT) member and Rotarian Peter Pearce (AU) was sent on deployment to storm-hit Madagascar. He was part of the second team in to deliver emergency shelter to...

UN Deputy Humanitarian Chief Catherine Bragg will visit Botswana, South Africa and Zimbabwe from 15 to 20 October 2012. The visit aims to take stock of the humanitarian challenges in the region, and...

A 2-day workshop for camp management trainers working for the Namibian Government and the Namibian Red Cross will open tomorrow (19/9) in Windhoek. The European Union funded workshop, co-organized by...

This report covers the period 01 January 2011 to 31 December 2011. In brief Programme outcome The South African Red Cross Society (SARCS), which is a member of the International Federation of the Red...

This report covers the period January to December 2011 In brief Programme outcome To increase the capacity of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Society (IFRC) to reduce the...

Ondjiva - At least 187 flood victim families in southern Cunene province previously squatting at sheltering centres were on Thursday provided with new houses on the outskirts of the provincial...

Period covered by this Final Report: 8 April 2011 - 31 December 2011 Appeal target (current): CHF 1,811,530 Appeal coverage: 39%; Appeal history: • This Emergency Appeal was initially launched on 8...

Key Messages Maize meal prices spiked in September and October, but declined in December; wheat and rice prices remained almost stable throughout the year. As a result of the poor cereal harvest in...

FOOD SECURITY SNAPSHOT Dry spell affects crop conditions in coastal regions, but average rains received in central provinces Import requirements, mainly wheat and rice, estimated at a higher level in...

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement signed in Cotonou on 23 June 2000, and in particular...

KEY DEVELOPMENTS · Between February 26 and March 4, Tropical Storm Irina brought intense rains and winds to areas of Madagascar, Mozambique, and South Africa. According to preliminary reports, the...

MASERU, 24 February 2012 (IRIN) - Lesotho is facing a food security crisis as changing weather patterns and poverty leave some smallholder farmers with no option but to abandon farming and sell their...

FOOD SECURITY SNAPSHOT Generally favourable rains at the start of the 2011/12 cropping season in late 2011 Last year, large decline in cereal production was observed following floods and a dry spell...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Overview of the 2010/11 season The SADC Regional Vulnerability Assessment and Analysis (RVAA) Programme which comprises the multi-agency Regional Vulnerability Assessment Committee...

JOHANNESBURG, 29 December 2011 (IRIN) - In 2011 the global economic crisis combined with poor governance, financial mismanagement and unpredictable rainfall to push several southern African countries...

Summary: CHF 244,036 was allocated from the Federation’s Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) in February 2011. The DREF had a dual purpose of supporting the national society in delivering...