Objective: To mitigate the impact of desert locust on food security and livelihoods through emergency response to curb the spread of the pest by treating affected areas, and improving coordination...
Current Nutrition Situation The median Global Acute Malnutrition (GAM) prevalence has remained Serious (10–14.9%) for the past consecutive seasons (11.8 Post Deyr 2020/2021, 11.8 in Gu 2020, 13.1% in...
Nairobi -- Nearly 9 million Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), 4.7 million refugees and asylum-seekers, and hundreds of thousands of migrants in East and Horn of Africa are suffering some of the...
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Somalia’s prolonged humanitarian crisis is characterized by ongoing conflicts, climate-related shocks, communicable disease outbreaks and weak social protection mechanisms. Since...
NEW SWARMS FORMING IN SOMALIA OVERVIEW. New immature swarms are forming from hopper band infestations in northwest Somalia; however, the number and sizes of the swarms remain low so far. Hopper bands...
2020 IN REVIEW This Annual Report presents information on the achievements of the Yemen Humanitarian Fund during the 2020 calendar year. However, because grant allocation, project implementation and...
This annual report provides an overview of the work of World Vision in Ethiopia from October 2019 to September 2020. 2020 was in many ways the most challenging year since World Vision began...
On the 17th of June 2021, IGAD held a Ministerial Conference on the Sustainable Management of Desert Locust and other Transboundary Pests. The meeting brought together Ministers of Agriculture from...
FOOD SECURITY SNAPSHOT Erratic seasonal rains affecting 2021 secondary season “Belg” crops Severity of desert locust upsurge declining in recent months Erratic precipitation affecting rangelands and...
HIGHLIGHTS • The Gu’ rains, which is usually received between April and June, have ended in May with no more rains expected until the next rainy season (October-December). Mild to moderate drought...