Between April and August 2026, over 2 million people—nearly one in three—in the Central African Republic are experiencing high levels of acute food insecurity (IPC Phase 3 or above), including 262,000 people in Emergency (IPC Phase 4). The situation is less severe than previously projected due to better rainfall and stronger agricultural production, as well as the provision of humanitarian food assistance that was not anticipated in the previous analysis. 

Despite this, the situation remains concerning and marks a deterioration from the September 2025 to March 2026 period in which 1.92 million people faced Crisis or worse (Phase 3 or above) conditions. Persistent armed conflict, continued population displacement, high food and fuel prices, weak household purchasing power, and a degraded road network continue to constrain food access across much of the country. 

• Humanitarian assistance: Provide immediate food assistance to households in Crisis and Emergency (IPC Phases 3 and 4), including internally displaced persons (IDPs), returnees, and host families, with priority for poor and very poor households, the elderly, and people with chronic illness. 
• Strengthen livelihoods and assistance: Implement urgent, sub-prefecture-targeted protection and livelihood actions to improve access to income, timely agricultural and market-garden inputs, livestock, and community asset creation, particularly for households in Crisis (Phase 3) and Emergency (Phase 4). 
• Support agricultural production: Facilitate smallholder access to improved, disease, and pest-resistant seed varieties, suitable tools, and breeding stock, and strengthen their skills in sound agricultural and livestock practices. 
• Strengthen coordination: Improve synergy among development and humanitarian projects, state institutions, and technical and financial partners to maximise the impact of livelihood-strengthening and social protection efforts.