Countries In Focus
Sudan: High levels of acute food insecurity driven by currency devaluation, inflation and localized conflicts
Latest data shows that an estimated 7.3 million people in Sudan (16% of the population analyzed) are in high levels of acute food insecurity (IPC Phase 3 or above) between April and May (current period) and require urgent action.
Central African Republic: Nearly half of the population highly food insecure
The IPC projection update conducted in March 2021 indicates that, from April through August 2021, 2.29 million people in the Central African Republic will likely be in high levels of acute food insecurity (IPC Phase 3 or above), almost half of the population covered by the analysis.
Madagascar: Acute Malnutrition analysis confirms critical situation in southern Madagascar with one district at risk of Famine
A sustained deterioration in food insecurity is expected in Madagascar’s Grand South regions from April to December 2021. Over 1.1 million people are highly food insecure in Crisis (IPC Phase 3) or worse due to insufficient rainfall, rising food prices and sandstorms.
Afghanistan: high food prices, reduced income, conflict, COVID-19 impacts and expected impacts of La Niña condition are key drivers of food insecurity
Nearly 11 million people in Afghanistan are experiencing high levels of acute food insecurity (IPC Phase 3 or above) due to conflict, COVID-19, high food prices and rampant unemployment, between March and May 2021 (the lean season in most parts of the country)
Over 27 million people in DRC face high acute food insecurity due to conflict, COVID-19 and economic decline
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.
Nigeria: Over one million children acutely malnourished in North East Nigeria
Over one million children in North East Nigeria are expected to be acutely malnourished, including over 600,000 facing severe malnutrition, who may die if nothing is done.
SADC: COVID-19, dry spells and economic decline drive 45 million people into high levels of acute food insecurity in Southern Africa
Around 45 million people in ten countries of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region are facing high levels of acute food insecurity.
Yemen: Acute Malnutrition hits record levels in Yemen with a devastating toll on children under five
Over 2.25 million cases of children aged 0 to 59 months, and more than a million cases of pregnant and lactating women, are projected to suffer from acute malnutrition in the course of 2021 in Yemen.
Honduras: 3.3 million people are likely to face high levels of acute food insecurity during the lean season of April - July 2021
Through March 2021, at least 2.9 million people face high levels of acute food insecurity (IPC Phase 3 or above) and therefore require urgent action. Of these people, 614,000 are in Emergency (IPC Phase 4).
Up to 2.7 million people in Somalia face high levels of acute food insecurity through mid-2021
Up to 2.7 million people across Somalia are expected to face high levels of acute food insecurity (IPC Phase 3 or above) through mid-2021 in the absence of humanitarian assistance. These include 400,000 people in Emergency (IPC Phase 4) and 2.25 million people in Crisis (IPC Phase 4).
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