The acute food insecurity and malnutrition situation in South Sudan is deteriorating as a result of the economic crisis, repeated climatic shocks – primarily widespread flooding – and conflict and insecurity. The inflow of returnees and refugees fleeing the conflict in Sudan is exacerbating the [...]

Between October and December 2024, over a quarter of the population analysed (26 percent), representing 23.3 million Bangladeshis and 300,000 Forcibly Displaced Myanmar Nationals (FDMN), are projected to experience high levels of acute food insecurity, classified IPC Phase 3 or above, and are in urg [...]

The first IPC Acute Food Insecurity analysis in Ecuador has covered all 24 provinces, revealing that approximately 2.7 million people are expected to face high levels of acute food insecurity (IPC Phase 3 or higher) during the projection period (September 2024 - March 2025). These people will requir [...]

Armed violence and conflict continue to affect the livelihoods of people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This, combined with soaring food prices and the prolonged effects of various epidemics have left approximately 25.6 million in high levels of acute food insecurity, classified as IPC [...]

One year into the conflict, the risk of Famine persists across the whole Gaza Strip. Given the recent surge in hostilities, there are growing concerns that this worst-case scenario may materialize. Violence has displaced nearly 2 million people, decimated livelihoods, crippled food systems, destroy [...]

Acute malnutrition is expected to worsen in all governorates, driven by seasonal diseases in high-density population settings alongside reduced assistance to children and pregnant and breastfeeding women. In Rafah, the deterioration is expected to reach critical level (IPC AMN Phase 4). Prioritizing [...]

Nearly half of the population (4.7 million people) in the Government of Yemen (GoY) controlled areas experienced high levels of acute food between July and September 2024, classified as IPC Phase 3 or above (Crisis or worse). This included 1.2 million people who experienced critical levels of f [...]

An estimated 5.8 million people (33 percent of the analysed population) will likely experience heightened hunger between October 2024 and March 2025. The IPC projects that nearly 5.6 million people will likely experience IPC Phase 3 (Crisis) and 236,000 people IPC Phase 4 (Emergency). Seven addition [...]

Haiti continues to face a worsening humanitarian crisis, with alarming rates of armed gang violence disrupting daily life, forcing more people to flee their homes and levels of acute food insecurity to rise. Nearly half of the population (48 percent) are facing high levels of acute food insecurity, [...]

An estimated 1.6 million cases of children aged 6 to 59 months are expected to experience acute malnutrition between August 2024 and July 2025. This includes approximately 403,000 children likely to suffer from severe acute malnutrition (SAM). Compared to the same season last year, this represents a [...]