Somalia continues to face a volatile and complex food crisis, with the risk of Famine identified for the second consecutive IPC analysis. Nearly 5.1 million people are facing IPC Phase 3 or above (Crisis or worse) from July–September 2026, including close to 1.4 million people are facing IPC Phase [...]

This projection update on the food security situation in Honduras revises the earlier projection for the period from August to October 2026, covering all 18 departments and the Central District. The update was undertaken to assess the impact of several worsening factors, including the effects of El [...]

In Kenya’s arid and semiarid lands (ASALs), around 2.7 million people are experiencing IPC  Phase 3 or above (Crisis or worse) acute food insecurity, with 348,000 people in IPC Phase 4 (Emergency), between July and October 2026. This marks a 55 percent increase from the previous analysis and exce [...]

Between July and September 2026 in 46 predominantly productive districts of Mozambique, an estimated 1.19 million people are experiencing high levels of acute food insecurity (IPC Phase 3 or above) and require urgent humanitarian assistance to reduce food consumption gaps and protect livelihoods. Of [...]

Across much of Uganda, El Niño-induced dry spells led to extreme crop and pasture losses, which, alongside rising food prices, has greatly reduced food affordability and access. This is driving high levels of acute food insecurity and malnutrition in the Karamoja region and among vulnerable populat [...]

Approximately 698,000 people in Zambia are facing IPC Phase 3 or above levels of acute food insecurity from April to September 2026, representing a significant improvement compared to the same period in 2025.   Acute food insecurity is expected to deteriorate between October 2026 and March 2027 d [...]

An estimated 1.9 million people in Malawi (10 percent of the analysed population) are experiencing Crisis (IPC Phase 3) levels of acute food insecurity between April and September 2026, marking a notable improvement compared with the previous two years. This progress reflects a favourable 2025/26 ag [...]

Between April and June 2026, an estimated 2.5 million people (14 percent of the population) faced high levels of acute food insecurity (IPC Phase 3 or above). Of these, more than 2.3 million people were classified in IPC Phase 3 (Crisis) and 120,000 people in IPC Phase 4 (Emergency). Although this r [...]

Between April and May 2026, around 1.77 million people in Burundi (14 percent of the analysed population) faced high levels of acute food insecurity (IPC Phase 3 or above), including roughly 1.5 million people in IPC Phase 3 (Crisis) and 220,000 people in IPC Phase 4 (Emergency). The Imbo Plain and [...]

More than 234,000 people living in rural areas of Lesotho (15 percent of the analysed population) are experiencing high levels of acute food insecurity (IPC Phase 3 or above, Crisis or worse) between May and September 2026. The acute food insecurity situation is driven mainly by climatic shocks, hig [...]