Countries In Focus
SUDAN: Significant deterioration expected as Famine-affected areas face the lean season
Intense fighting in Sudan continues to drive dire food security, health and nutrition conditions in North Darfur and Greater Kordofan as the conflict enters its third year.
BANGLADESH: First IPC Acute Malnutrition (AMN) analysis finds 1.6 million children suffering acute malnutrition
Findings from Bangladesh's first IPC Acute Malnutrition analysis show that approximately 1.6 million children aged 6 to 59 months are suffering or expected to suffer acute malnutrition between January and December 2025
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: Conflict and insecurity drive one in three people into high levels of acute food insecurity
Approximately 2.2 million people - or one in three people - are facing high levels of acute food insecurity between April and August 2025.
YEMEN: More than 17 million people facing high levels of acute food insecurity; projected pockets of populations in IPC Phase 5 (Catastrophe)
Yemen is facing alarmingly high levels of food insecurity, with pockets of the population projected to face IPC Phase 5 (Catastrophe) by September 2025.
YEMEN: Nearly half the population in Government-controlled areas facing high levels of acute food insecurity
Nearly half of the population in government-controlled areas of Yemen are facing high levels of acute food insecurity, classified in IPC Phase 3 or above, between May and August 2025.
SOUTH SUDAN: Conflict increases the risk of Famine in parts of South Sudan with 7.7 million people experiencing high levels of acute food insecurity, 2.3 million children acutely malnourished
The impact of conflict and civil insecurity is deepening food insecurity in South Sudan, with over half of the population facing high levels of acute food insecurity IPC AFI Phase 3 or above between April and July 2025.
AFGHANISTAN: More than 9.5 million people experiencing high levels of acute food insecurity despite improving situation
An estimated 9.5 million people in Afghanistan (21 percent of the population) are classified in IPC Phase 3 or above between May and October 2025.
LEBANON: Nearly 1.2 million people experiencing high levels of acute food insecurity despite ceasefire
Approximately 1.17 million people in Lebanon (including Lebanese residents, Syrian refugees and Palestine refugees) continue facing high levels of acute food insecurity (IPC Phase 3 or above) between April and June 2025.
The Gaza Strip is still confronted with a critical risk of Famine amid ongoing conflict, aid blockade
Nineteen months into the conflict, the Gaza Strip is still confronted with a critical risk of Famine. Over 60 days have passed since all humanitarian aid and commercial supplies were blocked from entering the territory.
HAITI: Relentless gang violence, economic collapse leave one in two Haitians in high levels of acute food insecurity
More than half of Haiti’s population - approximately 5.7 million people - are facing high levels of acute food insecurity
SOMALIA: Updated projection shows 4.6 million people likely to face high levels of acute food insecurity, 1.8 million children likely to suffer acute malnutrition
In late March, the IPC Technical Working Group in Somalia conducted an update of their analysis released in February 2025.
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO: Escalating conflict, economic shocks drive 27.7 million people into high levels of acute food insecurity
Escalating conflict in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo has exacerbated the food crisis, leaving an estimated 27.7 million Congolese facing high levels of acute food insecurity between January and June 2025.
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