Reports

Main results A significant proportion of the livestock input traders (71 percent) encountered shocks in the three months preceding the survey, with unusually high fuel/transport prices dominating the list of shocks (45 percent). Other shocks reported included…

Office of Press Relations press@usaid.gov Thursday, August 1, 2024 Statement by Administrator Samantha Power Three years ago, I visited Zamzam, the largest camp in Sudan for internally displaced people. Zamzam, which sits on the outskirts of El Fasher, the besieged…

This statement is attributed to Mamadou Dian Balde, Regional Refugee Coordinator for the Sudan situation and UNHCR’s Regional Director for the East and Horn of Africa and Great Lakes region. The warning signs were there for months.…

While the internal conflict that has been tearing Sudan apart since last year has created the world’s worst displacement crisis, the country is now facing a food crisis on an unprecedented scale. 755,000 people have been declared…

Key Messages Humanitarian needs are approaching the seasonal peak in July and August, with widespread Crisis (IPC Phase 3) and Emergency (IPC Phase 4) outcomes in Unity, Upper Nile, Jonglei, Greater Pibor Administrative Area (GPAA), Abyei Administrative…

The Desert Locust situation was calm during July. More locusts were seen moving south along the northern Nile Valley of Sudan where locusts had arrived from southern Egypt as spring breeding was finished. During the summer,…

Harare, 2 August. United Nations officials have urged for international support to help Zimbabwe address the humanitarian impacts of El Niño that is threatening 7.6 million people with acute hunger. More than half of the harvest…

In reaction to today’s announcement by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) that famine conditions are prevalent in parts of North Darfur in Sudan, Yusuf Roble, Regional Director for Islamic Relief in East Africa, says: “This…

(Port Sudan, 2 August 2024) – The humanitarian community in Sudan is appealing for urgent resources and unimpeded humanitarian access following a new report confirming localized famine conditions in North Darfur. On 1 August, the IPC…

INTRODUCTION With the aim of informing cash-based interventions and to better understand market dynamics in South Sudan, the Joint Market Monitoring Initiative (JMMI) was initiated by the South Sudan Cash Working Group (CWG) in August 2019. The…