Évaluations

Highlights According to a Special Alert released on 12 July by the Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Commission (DPPC), up to 5.9 million highly food insecure people in Ethiopia require relief assistance from July through the end of the year. In terms…

Summary The volume of World Food Program food stocks at the end of June in warehouses of the Eritrean Relief and Refugee Commission (ERREC) stood at 35,709 MT, of which about 80 percent are made up of…

HIGHLIGHTS GEDO: The UNCU/OCHA interagency humanitarian assessment in Luuq (16th to 17th July) noted that the cease-fire agreement still holds but tension remains in the region. A number of roads remained closed due to landmines. There is…

UN-EUE-FEWS-USAID Multi-Agency Assessment Mission to East and South Tigray & North and South Wello Assessment Mission: 31 July-7 August 2002By Abraham Sewonet, UN-Emergencies Unit for Ethiopia, Daniel Molla, FEWS NET Ethiopia & Tamrat Mulu, USAID Ethiopia 1. Introduction…

AUGUST 2002 LUSAKA, ZAMBIA A special meeting of the SADC Post Season Regional Forum was held in Lusaka, Zambia from 14 -15 August, 2002 to review the regional response to the current Humanitarian Crisis and ensure that mechanisms are put in…

USDA Production Estimates and Crop Assessment Division, Foreign Agricultural Service According to the United Nations (FAO/World Food Program), more than 6 million people are now at risk of hunger in Zimbabwe, and imports of 1.9 million tons…

SUMMARY Three important weather events this year have caused a significant negative impact on crop production and pasture availability in the eastern lowlands of Amhara and Tigray Regions. These are (1) the poor belg (March-May) rains during…

FSAU REPORTS AND ACTIVITIES In July, two FSAU field monitors carried out an assessment in North Mudug and Nugal regions to assess impact of the gu rains. See a summary of their findings in page 3.FSAU assistant Livestock Specialist and…

1. Context The internally displaced persons are among the most vulnerable communities in Somalia. There are an estimated 350,000 IDPs (approximately 40,000 in Somaliland, 30,000 in Puntland, 86,000 in southern and central Somalia and 150,000 in Mogadishu). Notably,IDPs constitute nearly half…

Present humanitarian situation and livestock conditions in selected areas in and around Afar region Assessment Mission: 21- 26 July 2002 By Francois Piguet, UN-Emergencies Unit for Ethiopia 1 Introduction and background The mission's major objective was to assess the humanitarian situation and livestock…