Acute Food Insecurity Classification
Acute Food Insecurity (AFI) Around 27 million people in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are experiencing high levels of acute food insecurity (IPC Phase 3 or above) between September and December 2021, of which around 6.1 million people are experiencing critical levels of acute food insecuri [...]
Sep 2021 / Aug 2022
Acute Malnutrition Classification
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is experiencing one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world. More than five million people have been displaced, including three million children. Most of these displaced families have sheltered in local communities which are only just managing to meet the [...]
Sep 2021 / Aug 2022
Acute Food Insecurity Classification
Around 27.3 million people in the Democratic Republic of Congo are experiencing high levels of acute food insecurity (IPC Phase 3 or above), making the central African country the host of the highest number of people in urgent need of humanitarian assistance in the world. Although the magnitude is u [...]
Feb 2021 / Dec 2021
Acute Food Insecurity Classification
Overview In the current period (July to December 2020) out of the 66.6 million people analysed in the Democratic Republic of Congo, 21.8 million (33%) are facing high acute food insecurity, classified in IPC Phase 3 or 4 (Crisis or worse). This figure includes 5.7 million people classified in IPC P [...]
Jul 2020 / Jun 2021
Acute Food Insecurity Classification
In DRC, the IPC analysis was conducted simultaneously in 5 different pools from 1 to 13 June 2019, followed by a national consolidation workshop in Goma from 8 to 11 July 2019. The analysis covered 109 territories for the current period of analysis (July to December 2019) and 84 for the projected pe [...]
Jul 2019 / May 2020
Acute Food Insecurity Classification
About 13.1 million people are estimated to face Crisis (IPC Phase 3) and Emergency (IPC Phase 4) acute food insecurity. This represents 23% of the rural population of 101 territories, out of 145 territories; Areas affected by armed and inter-ethnic / community conflict continue to be the most vul [...]
Aug 2018 / Jun 2019
Acute Food Insecurity Classification
In total, the number of people in acute food insecurity and livelihood crisis (IPC Phases 3 and 4) is estimated at 7.7 million people in the rural areas covered by this 15th cycle IPC Analysis. These populations are in need of urgent help aimed at saving lives through holistic assistance for basic [...]
Jun 2017 / Dec 2017
Acute Food Insecurity Classification
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the 14th cycle of IPC acute food insecurity analysis covered 136 territories, 94% of the national territory. Four areas are of major concern: Areas heavily affected by armed conflict in the east of the country causing population displacement, incursion of f [...]
Jun 2016 / Jan 2017
Chronic Food Insecurity Classification
In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), two cleavages are visible: (i) the Eastern block, which is is strongly affected by armed conflicts of foreign troops and local militia, and (ii) the western and central blocks, more stable but very landlocked, developing rates of chronic malnutrition above [...]
Mar 2016 / Mar 2021
Acute Food Insecurity Classification
The 13th IPC acute food insecurity analysis in DRC covered the rural areas of North Kivu, South Kivu, Maniema, Central Kongo and former provinces of Orientale, Katanga and Equateur. 7 territories in emergency situation for some localized areas (IPC Phase 4) in the provinces of Maniema (Punia), th [...]
Sep 2015 / Mar 2016
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