On average, schools in the Eastern and Southern African region have been fully closed for 22 weeks, as of 28 February 2022, according to the UNESCO Global Monitoring of School Closures. By the end of...
Originally published on state.gov To mark the conclusion of the 66th session of the Commission on the Status of Women, the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and UN Women...
Abnormal dryness and drought persist in parts of Southern Africa Africa Weather Hazards Southwest Madagascar continues to experience long-term dryness, and poor rainfall has led to severe drought...
SUMMARY The Season So Far Although rainfall performance improved in January, many areas were still seeing below average conditions when another prolonged dry spell hit in February. Parts of central...
Grace Oluwasanya, Duminda Perera, Manzoor Qadir and Vladimir Smakhtin EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report summarizes the results of a preliminary assessment of water security in 54 countries in Africa...
Parts of Southern Africa and Ethiopia remain abnormally dry due to prolonged below-average rainfall Africa Weather Hazards Parts of southwest Madagascar remain dry. Continued poor rainfall has caused...
Regional Bureau Johannesburg KEY POINTS The onset of the Ukraine conflict came at a time when global food and fertilizer prices were already hitting record highs. As a net importer and price-taker of...
IOM works with national and local authorities in order to gain a better understanding of population movements throughout Southern Africa. Through the setup of Flow Monitoring Points (FMPs), IOM seeks...
Abstract: This statistical report contains a subset of CCBS data and presents updated cereal supply and demand balances for all sub-Saharan African countries. It complements the information of the...
Botswana is an upper-middle-income country with a population of about 2.2 million people. About 35 per cent of the total population is under the age of 15 and the percentage of females aged 15 to 49...