Sudan
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The 2015 rainy season in Sudan’s traditional rainfed agricultural areas has been characterized by delayed start of the rainy season, below-average rains and intermittent dry spells from June through September. The rainfall shortage experienced throughout…
Sudan
INTRODUCTION The El Nino warming for 2015 is currently underway and is driving rain fall shortages and high rainfall variability that have characterized the current rainy season in Sudan. In a report released by the Famine Early…
Somalia
Key Findings 12,300 persons of 2015 HHs (5% HH and 5% population) in the LRP villages are affected in worst form and 108133 persons (of 18021 HHs) (40% population) affected severely; 35-40% families are facing acute water crisis…
Burundi
Background Since gaining independence from Belgium in 1962, Burundi has been racked by successive waves of political violence. In the past fifty years, Burundi has suffered three civil conflicts, eight attempted coups d’etat, and two genocides. The…
Malawi
Author(s): Vickie Sigman, Valerie Rhoe, Theresa Banda, Grace Malindi, John Peters . Institution(s): UIUC, CRS, consultants (and USAID) . Date Published: July 1, 2014 . In April 2014, at the invitation of USAID/Malawi, a MEAS team conducted an assessment of agricultural extension,…
Zambia
Author(s): Terry Tucker, Douglas Mwasi, David Dolly, Medson Chisi . Institution(s): Cornell, CRS, consultants . Date Published: August 1, 2014 . At the request of the USAID/Zambia mission, the MEAS project (Modernizing Extension and Advisory Services – a USAID funded project) conducted…
Somalia
1. Executive Summary According to UNFPA’s Population Estimation Survey (2014), the population of Bari region is 719,512. The corresponding figures for Nugal and Sanag regions are 392,698 and 544,123, respectively. Nomadic populations account for the majority of…
Somalia + 1 more
Assessment teams consisting of Government officers, FSNAU/FEWSNET, OCHA, WFP and INGOs members were assembled as part of FSAU post Deyr 2015/16 field assessment and sent to the regions. When the field assessments were completed HADMA…
Somalia
On 28th December SRCS coordination office has sent a team composed of three person and one vehicle (Ahmed Essa , Hargeisa branch secretary, Yusuf Hassan Ismail ,MoWR regional coordinator and Yasin Osman Jama, resilience Watsan officer)…
South Sudan + 1 more
The outbreak of violence between armed groups in South Kordofan in June 2011, which later spread to Blue Nile State in September 2011, caused thousands of people to flee their homes – the vast majority of…
