IPC Alerts
Haiti: Gang activity, climatic shocks drive 4.35 million people into high levels of acute food insecurity
Gang activity and climatic shocks continue to have a detrimental effect on Haiti’s food security situation. In the latest analysis, 4.35 million people are experiencing high levels of acute food insecurity between August 2023 and February 2024
Somalia: Nearly 4.3 million people likely to experience high levels of acute food insecurity, 1.5 million children expected to be acutely malnourished
Despite the positive impact of the 2023 Gu rains and sustained humanitarian assistance, the levels of acute food insecurity are projected to remain high. Between October to December 2023, 4.3 million people are expected to face Crisis (IPC Phase 3) or worse outcomes.
SOUTHERN MADAGASCAR: over one million people face high acute food insecurity. Risk of acute malnutrition threatens about 458,660 children under five through April 2024
Since late 2022, Madagascar's Grand Sud region has seen a significant improvement in food security, surpassing expectations due to emergency measures; however, persistent vulnerabilities have left over a million individuals facing with high acute food insecurity, despite favorable harvests.
SUDAN: Over 20 million people experience high levels of acute food insecurity between July and September 2023 driven by conflict, mass displacement and economic decline
Conflict and economic decline have driven about 20.3 million people across Sudan (over 42 percent of the country’s population) into high levels of acute food insecurity, classified in IPC Phase 3 or above (Crisis or worse) between July and September 2023.
Pakistan - Severe monsoon rains, flooding driving 10.5 million people into high levels of acute food insecurity
Nearly 10.5 million people (29 percent of the population analysed) are experiencing high levels of acute food insecurity (IPC Phase 3 or above) between April to October 2023.
Bangladesh: nearly 9 million people experience high levels of acute food insecurity between March and April 2023 driven by repeated climatic shocks and high food prices
Bangladesh is a riverine and fertile country and the main livelihood activities of the majority of the population are predominantly agriculture, including crop, livestock and fisheries along with other economic activities.
Somalia: Nearly 6.6 million people likely to experience high levels of acute food insecurity, 1.8 million children expected to be acutely malnourished
Approximately 6.6 million people across Somalia are projected to experience high levels of acute food insecurity classified in Crisis (IPC Phase 3) or above through June 2023, despite some improvements in the country’s humanitarian crisis.
Somalia: Nearly 6.5 million people likely to experience high levels of acute food insecurity between April and June, 1.8 million children will likely be acutely malnourished
Significant efforts in the scale-up of multi-sectoral humanitarian assistance, supported by slightly more favourable than previously foreseen rainfall performance, have contributed to a moderate improvement in food security and nutrition outcomes. However, the situation remains at critical levels.
KENYA: Over 5.4 million people will likely experience acute food insecurity in March and June, about 970,200 children likely to suffer from acute malnutrition through 2023
Latest data shows a likely unprecedented deterioration in Kenya's food security situation, with over 5.4 million people experiencing acute food insecurity between March and June this year and likely to deepen in the following months.
TIMOR LESTE: High food prices, reduced purchasing power, persistent impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, and floods drive 300,000 people into high acute food insecurity
Timor-Leste ranks 16th according to the World Risk Index, which indicates the country’s severe exposure, vulnerability, and susceptibility to shocks – as well as the lack of coping and adaptive capacities.
AFGHANISTAN: About 4 million children under 5 and pregnant and lactating women likely suffering from acute malnutrition
An estimated 4 million children under five and pregnant and lactating women in Afghanistan are likely suffering from acute malnutrition through April 2023 and need urgent malnutrition intervention.
Somalia: Nearly 5.6 million people experiencing high levels of acute food insecurity, Famine projected in parts of south central regions from April to June 2023
In the period October - December 2022, about 5.6 million people across Somalia are experiencing high levels of acute food insecurity, classified in Crisis or worse (IPC Phase 3 or above).
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