HIGHLIGHTS Nearly 130 million people, including 65 million children, need humanitarian support in the region. The 10 countries directly covered in this regional appeal have approximately 30 million...
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) recognises the prevention and reduction of Gender Based Violence (GBV) as a catalyst for attaining an environment conducive for peace and security,...
Dryness continues to build across the Horn of Africa and southwestern Madagascar Africa Weather Hazards Locust swarms have formed in Eritrea, northern Somalia, southern Ethiopia, and Sudan. Abnormal...
COUNTRIES REQUIRING EXTERNAL ASSISTANCE FOR FOOD FAO assesses that globally 44 countries, including 33 in Africa, nine in Asia and two in Latin America and the Caribbean, are in need of external...
Overview: In East Africa, harvesting of main season cereals is underway in the north under mixed conditions. In the south, there is ongoing concern for second season cereals due to a third...
Brazzaville, Geneva, Nairobi, 2 December 2021 – Botswana has become the first high-burden country to be certified for achieving an important milestone on the path to eliminating mother-to-child...
Brazzaville, 2 December 2021 – African countries are stepping up measures to detect and control the spread of the Omicron variant as weekly new COVID-19 cases in the continent rise by 54% due to an...
The head of the UN health agency has criticized “blunt” and “blanket” measures taken by countries in the past few days to stop the spread of the Omicron variant. In a statement on Tuesday, the World...
Dry conditions continue in the Horn of Africa and southwestern Madagascar Africa Weather Hazards Locust swarms have formed in north-central Ethiopia, northern Somalia, and Sudan. Abnormal dryness...
GENEVA - The accuracy of existing molecular (PCR, NAAT) tests appears uncompromised by COVID-19 variant Omicron (B.1.1.529), designated a Variant of Concern by the World Health Organization (WHO) on...