Nearly 3.4 million people (17 percent of the analysed population) are facing high levels of acute food insecurity between January to March 2025. Of that total, 442,000 people are in IPC Phase 4 (Emergency) and 2.9 million people are in IPC Phase 3 (Crisis). Poor rainfall has reduced crop yields and depleted pasture and water sources, while localized flooding has damaged crops and displaced riverine communities. Conflict and insecurity continue to disrupt livelihoods and restrict market access.

Although the current food insecurity levels have improved by 15 percent compared to last year—mainly due to better rainfall and humanitarian aid—conditions are expected to worsen. Between April and June 2025, below-average rainfall, high food prices, conflict, and further flooding could push 4.4 million people (23 percent of the population) into IPC Phase 3 or above.

• Sustained life-saving and life-sustaining assistance: Urgent funding is required to maintain multisectoral humanitarian assistance in Food Security, Nutrition, Health, and WASH programmes. These interventions are essential to prevent further deterioration among the most vulnerable populations.

• Urgent advocacy and resource mobilization Strengthen high-level advocacy and funding efforts to ensure adequate resources for populations classified in IPC Phase 3 and above.

• Risk-based programming Enhance anticipatory action (AA), preparedness, and early response to help vulnerable communities adapt to climate change impacts and recurrent shocks, including droughts and floods.

• Scale-up integrated programmes Expand cross-sector collaboration across Food Security, Nutrition, Health, and WASH to break the cycle of food and nutrition insecurity, prioritising communities in IPC Phase 3 or above.

• Enhancing humanitarian assistance efficiency Improve targeting mechanisms through Vulnerability-Based Targeting (VBT) and registration systems to prioritise marginalised and hard-to-reach populations.

• Bridging humanitarian and development efforts Strengthen the link between emergency aid and long-term development to implement livelihood-based interventions, address root causes of food insecurity, and promote stability and resilience.

• Expanding social protection programmes Scale up shock-responsive social protection and human capital development initiatives in urban and rural areas to support the most vulnerable households.