KEY MESSAGES • In West Africa, staple food prices increased in June due to the early depletion of stocks from the below-average 2021/22 agricultural season, national restrictions on grain exports,...
Overview: In East Africa, harvest finalized for secondary Belg crops in Ethiopia under poor conditions, and conditions are mixed for Meher season cereals due to rainfall deficits, flooding, and...
Last week in Europe, Caucasus, and Central Asia, the Russian military invasion of Ukraine continued, while over 50 Ukrainian prisoners of war were killed during an explosion at a prison building in...
Situation Update The current global food crisis is heightening inequalities and vulnerabilities in a world still confronting the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The key factors contributing to...
The Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) monitors trends in staple food prices in countries vulnerable to food security. ForeachFEWSNETcountry and region, the Price Bulletin provides a set...
Heavy rainfall triggers flooding in parts of Niger, Nigeria, and Sudan Africa Weather Hazards A lack of rainfall since May has resulted in moderate to large thirty-day moisture deficits, leading to...
In the United Kingdom, anti-racist demonstrations against the government’s Rwandan asylum plan resurfaced. In France, marches continued to be organized by the Tibetan community to demand justice...
REGIONAL OVERVIEW The total number of persons of concern in Asia and the Pacific by the end of 2021 stood at 11.3 million, a 15 per cent increase from 2020. The region hosts 12 per cent of the global...
Last week in Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia, the Russian military invasion of Ukraine continued, with incidents of sabotage and cross-border shelling also reported in Russia. Relatives of...
KEY MESSAGES ↗ International wheat and maize prices decreased in June, reflecting seasonally increased availabilities of wheat in Northern Hemisphere exporters and of maize in Southern Hemisphere...