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INTRODUCTION
This is the last of three annual issues of this report prepared by the FAO Global Information and Early Warning System (GIEWS) on the food supply situation and cereal import and food aid requirements for all countries in sub-Saharan Africa. The report is designed to provide the latest analysis and information on the food situation in these countries to governments, international organizations and other institutions engaged in relief operations.

Part I focuses on the looming food crisis in Somalia and the deteriorating food supply situation in Burundi. It draws attention to the need for urgent assistance by millions of people in these countries and also in several eastern African countries, where drought this year has seriously affected crop production. It also highlights the grave humanitarian crisis that has intensified in Angola and the continuing need for international food assistance in Sierra Leone, Guinea-Bissau and Liberia.

Part II contains an assessment of crop prospects and the food supply situation by sub-region, giving the latest estimates of cereal import and food aid requirements of all four sub-regions of sub-Saharan Africa.

Part III presents the latest analysis and information on crop prospects and the food supply situation and outlook in each country. The information on food aid pledges, including triangular transactions and local purchases, and on expected arrivals, is based on data transmitted to GIEWS as of late November 1999 by the following donors: Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, Denmark, EC, Germany, France, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States as well as the World Food Programme. For other donors, data are based on field reports from various sources (see Tables 7 and 8).

Since conditions can change rapidly, and published information may not always represent the most up-to-date basis for action, further enquiries or corrections should be directed to Mr. Abdur Rashid, Chief, Global Information and Early Warning Service (ESCG), FAO, Rome (Fax: 39-06-5705-4495, E-mail: GIEWS1@FAO.ORG).

MAP OF COUNTRIES FACING EXCEPTIONAL FOOD EMERGENCIES

Countries facing exceptional food emergencies:

Angola, Burundi, Dem.Rep. of Congo, Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda

COUNTRIES FACING EXCEPTIONAL FOOD EMERGENCIES

Angola	Civil strife, population displacement
Burundi	Civil strife and insecurity
Congo, Dem.Rep. of	Civil strife, IDPs and refugees
Congo, Rep. of	Civil strife
Eritrea	IDPs and returnees
Ethiopia	Drought, large number of vulnerable people, IDPs
Guinea-Bissau	Impact of past civil strife
Kenya	Drought
Liberia	Impact of past civil strife, shortage of farm inputs
Rwanda	Insecurity in parts
Sierra Leone	Impact of past civil strife, population displacement
Somalia	Drought, civil strife
Sudan	Civil strife in the south
Tanzania	Food deficits in several regions
Uganda	Civil strife in parts, drought

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