Assessments

Angola is located in southwestern Africa; it borders Namibia, Zambia, Democratic Republic of Congo and Congo-Brazzaville. Angola gained its independence from Portugal in 1975, and has been embroiled in armed conflict ever since, resulting in the dislocation of a…

February 15-28, 2001Prepared by: Meriwether Beatty, Technical Advisor, JSI Research and Training Institute Rachel K. Jones, Reproductive Health Project Manager, Women’s Commission for Refugee Women and Children Therese McGinn, Assistant Clinical Professor of Public Health, Columbia University’s Heilbrunn Center…

Zambia, 12-22 February 2000 In the aftermath of the influx of the Angolan refugees in the Zambian Western province, a team of WHO/ AFRO composed of Dr I.Sow (Emergency and Humanitarian Action Unit) and Dr A. Mammo,…

The continuing low cereal prices in the main production areas of the south have resulted in reduced area of staple crops under cultivation and a shift to cash crops especially by commercial farmers. A reported increase…

I. Executive Summary Since the humanitarian community launched its appeals for assistance in January 20001 , two developments occurred that had major implications for the general humanitarian situation. Firstly, the third major round of hostilities between Eritrea and Ethiopia, which took…

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Somali Region has been severely affected by drought since early 2000. SC (UK) has been active in four woredas in Fik zone since May 2000, providing emergency assistance to those most affected by…

Mission Highlights Despite failure of the secondary season (belg) rains and late start of the main (meher) rains, the meher crop has recovered strongly from earlier expectations due to abundant rainfall which continued through October, benefiting late…

Mission Highlights Serious food shortages are emerging in several parts of Sudan due to late rains and prolonged dry spells, whilst food stocks dwindle. Aggregate 2000 cereal output, estimated at 3.6 million tonnes, is about 14 percent above…

INTRODUCTION This is the last of three annual issues of this report prepared by the FAO Global Information and Early Warning System (GIEWS) on the food supply situation and cereal import and food aid requirements for all countries in sub-Saharan…

This FOCUS is a more detailed follow-up to a recent FLASH issued by FSAU, intended to draw attention to an anticipated deterioration in food security conditions in early 2001, if the livestock export market remains inaccessible…