U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE FACT SHEET The U.S. government is leading the world’s humanitarian and health assistance response to the COVID-19 pandemic. We are mobilizing all necessary resources to...
Poor and erratic rainfall coupled with crop and livestock losses continue to compromise the food security of Zambia. Ongoing conflict in the neighboring Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has...
After more than six years of conflict, South Sudan remains one of the most food-insecure countries in the world. Ongoing violence, flooding, resultant population displacement, and disrupted trade,...
Lake Chad Basin - Complex Emergency Fact Sheet #2, Fiscal Year (FY) 2020
HIGHLIGHTS At least 7.9 million people in Nigeria required humanitarian assistance as of early March Ongoing conflict across the Lake Chad Basin continues to exacerbate food insecurity Heightened...
South Sudan - Crisis Fact Sheet #5, Fiscal Year (FY) 2020
HIGHLIGHTS Effects of 2019 floods contribute to deteriorating food security conditions Desert locusts invade southeastern South Sudan, threaten food security Health actors respond to Hepatitis E...
**BANGKOK, THAILAND, March 20, 2020 — **The United States Government announced nearly $2 million in funding from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to expand U.S. support for...
Wednesday, March 18, 2020 Office of Press Relations Telephone: +1.202.712.4320 | Email: press@usaid.gov The U.S. Government announced today the release of $62 million from the Emergency Reserve Fund...
By Louise Sarant, IWMI consultant, MENAdrought The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has been plagued with a water deficit for centuries, and is recognized as the driest region in the world...