Overview of Acute Food Insecurity in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Approximately 26.4 million people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are experiencing high levels of Acute Food Insecurity (IPC Phase 3 or above). The causes are widespread poverty, conflict and displacement as w [...]

Overview of the current situation The latest IPC analysis shows a significant increase in the severity of Haiti's food crisis, with 4.7 million people, nearly half of the population, experiencing high levels of acute food insecurity, including 19,000 classified in Catastrophe (IPC Phase 5), a class [...]

The current period of analysis, from June to September 2022, coincides with the harvest and post-harvest period of the main growing season marked by a relatively good food availability and accessibility. For this period, approximately 1.2 million people are in high acute food insecurity (IPC Phases [...]

According to the most recent analysis, from July to September 2022 (lean season), about 3.5 million people (24% of the ASAL population) are facing high levels of acute food insecurity – IPC Phase 3 or above, with about 2.7 million people in IPC Phase 3 (Crisis) and 785,000 people in IPC Phase 4 (E [...]

Approximately 6.7 million people across Somalia are expected to face high levels of acute food insecurity (IPC Phase 3 or above) between October and December 2022. This includes 2.2 million people who are expected to be in Emergency (IPC Phase 4) and at least 300,000 people in Catastrophe (IPC Phase [...]

Tropical cyclones Emnati and Batsirai hit southern  Madagascar in February 2022, destroying areas in the districts of the Grand Sud Est, including Ifanadiana, Ikongo, Vondrozo, Midongy Atsimo and Befotaka. In the current period, from August to October 2022, nearly 191,000 people in these districts [...]

Based on integrated food security, nutrition and mortality surveys conducted in June and July 2022 and subsequent IPC analysis, agropastoral populations in Baidoa and Burhakaba districts and displaced populations in Baidoa town of Bay Region in Somalia are projected to face Famine (IPC Phase 5) betw [...]

Over 1.35 million Zambians (10% of the analysed population) are experiencing severe food insecurity (IPC Phase 3 - Crisis) between July and September 2022, due to high food prices and climatic shocks. This population requires urgent humanitarian action to reduce food gaps, protect and restore liveli [...]

According to the latest results of an IPC Acute Food Insecurity analysis, an estimated of 229,000 people representing 15% of the population in rural areas of Lesotho are classified in IPC Phase 3 (Crisis) in the current period from July to September 2022, and will require urgent action to reduce foo [...]

Since several months have passed since the second projection of the November 2021 analysis in the Rio Lempa Trinatonal Region, it is considered necessary to verify the accuracy of the assumptions; therefore, the present analysis of acute food insecurity is an update of the projected classification f [...]