Ethiopia
Addis Ababa, Nairobi, Geneva, 2 August 2024 – The International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has launched an emergency appeal for 6 million Swiss Francs following a series of devastating landslides,…
Sudan
La situation dans le camp de Zamzam, où vivent plus de 400 000 personnes déplacées, a dépassé les seuils de la faim, selon le Comité de Révision de la Famine. ROME/NEW YORK/PORT SOUDAN, 1er août 2024 -…
Madagascar
Since the end of 2023, Madagascar has been exposed to various major climatic shocks, including cyclones, floods and long periods of drought coupled with inflation impacting fuel costs. The humanitarian situation remains fragile due to the effects…
Eswatini
The latest IPC Acute Food Insecurity Analysis for Eswatini, shows that for the current period June to September 2024, an estimated 243,000 people, 20% of the population, are in IPC3+, mainly vulnerable households already dealing with…
Sudan
As a result of persistent, intense, and widespread clashes between the Rapid Support Forces and the Sudanese Armed Forces in Darfur, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) Famine Review Committee has concluded that the Zamzam…
Ethiopia + 7 more
OPERATIONAL CONTEXT Over the last decade, Ethiopia has witnessed significant influxes of refugees from neighboring countries, primarily Somalia, South Sudan, Eritrea, and Sudan. As of the end of March 2024, the country hosts 1,059,232 refugees. The refugee…
Zimbabwe
Highlights The Government of Zimbabwe issued a Flash Appeal to address the El Niño induced drought amounting to US$ 3.9 billion (US$ 2 billion for immediate response and US$1.9 billion for resilience building interventions). The UN Resident Coordinator…
Ethiopia + 2 more
Key messages With varying degrees of certainty, climate models predict a transition to La Niña conditions during the second half of 2024, which would likely bring below-average rainfall to the eastern Horn of Africa. The greatest impacts…
South Sudan
JUBA, 2 August 2024 – The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) is gravely concerned by rising abductions, allegedly carried out by the National Salvation Front (NAS) and other armed elements, in the greater Yei…
Somalia + 2 more
Somalia – Amara* and Aisha*, aged 16 and 15 respectively, are from Harar in eastern Ethiopia. The two friends lived in the same part of the city, and were students at the same school, before they…
