Between April and June 2024, an estimated 221,000 people or 19 percent of the analysed population (out of 1.18 million people), are facing high levels of acute food insecurity (IPC Phase 3 or above), including 38,000 people (3 percent of the analysed population) in IPC Phase 4 (Emergency) and 183,000 in IPC Phase 3 (Crisis). 

For the projected period (July to December 2024), generally characterized by very high temperatures and movements of pastoralist households, an estimated 285,000 people, representing 24 percent of the population analysed, are expected to face high levels of acute food insecurity. Approximately 53,000 people will be in Phase 4 and 232,000 in Phase 3. 

High food prices, lack of employment opportunities and climatic shocks are driving the acute food insecurity. 

In rural and urban areas classified in IPC Phase 3 or above, urgent and early interventions are needed to reverse trends of acute food insecurity:

• Continue emergency responses to save lives, reduce food consumption gaps and protect the livelihoods of vulnerable populations, including in refugee camps.
• Initiate resilience and harvesting activities to address the effects of price shocks on livelihoods and food access.
• Establish mechanisms to facilitate imports of basic foodstuffs, particularly during the period of disruption to shipping flows in the Red Sea, in order to ensure the continued availability of foodstuffs on the markets.
• Continue regular monitoring of basic food prices in order to avoid speculation and control inflation.
• Continuing support for agriculture, particularly livestock farming and fishing.