Reports

Conflict continues to drives high needs, but some food security improvements expected Key Messages Across East Africa, food insecurity persists due to a combination of factors, including conflict, drought-recovery in the eastern Horn, and previous and ongoing flooding,…

Heavy rainfall and further flooding expected across East Africa through the end of May Heavy rainfall has persisted across much of East Africa since March, with rainfall totaling more than 200 percent of average in many areas…

Seasonal rainfall well above normal in East Africa; recent evidence suggests food security further deteriorates in South Sudan Key Messages Seasonal rainfall in March and April has been well above average across large areas of East Africa, including…

Seasonal rainfall well above average across many areas of the Horn KEY MESSAGES • Since late March, rainfall has been above average over broad areas of Somalia, eastern and southern Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, and Burundi. Initial satellite-derived estimates…

A. Situation analysis Description of the disaster From 3 April 2015, heavy rains with strong winds and localized flooding hit Nyamasheke & Rubavu district in the Western Province, causing floods that affected an estimated 3,588 persons. The flooding…

1. Introduction The Ministry of Disaster Management and Refugee Affairs (MIDIMAR) has organized the exercise of collecting the cases of disasters/hazards that occurred 2015 in order to create their shapefiles and produce localization maps and at the…

Climate change has the potential to cost small business owners billions in damages. Several research projects look at how larger businesses respond to extreme weather events but there is little knowledge on how small businesses are…

A. Situation analysis Description of the disaster From 3 April 2015, heavy rains with strong winds and localized flooding hit Nyamasheke and Rubavu districts in the Western Province, causing floods that affected an estimated 3,588 persons. The flooding…

Above-average rainfall improves Season B production prospects Key Messages Poor households in the Bugesera Cassava, East Agropastoral and the East Congo Nile Highland Subsistence Farming Zones currently face Stressed (IPC Phase 2) acute food insecurity due to the…

A. Situation analysis Description of the disaster On 3 April 2015, the Nyamasheke and Rubavu district located in the Western Province of Rwanda experienced heavy rainfall, which resulted in flooding and landslides. According to preliminary assessments (Rwanda Red…