Heavy rain and mudslides has been affecting south Peru and west Bolivia, leading to casualties. In Peru, the worst affected area is Fajardo Province (Ayacucho Department, south-east Peru), where one...
The ICRC has been present in Sudan since 1978 helping people affected by the conflict in Darfur, Blue Nile and South Kordofan, and promoting International Humanitarian Law. In 2019, the ICRC provided...
FOOD SECURITY SNAPSHOT National cereal production in 2020 expected to decrease from high outturn in 2019, but remain at near-average level Paddy harvest in 2019 estimated at above-average level,...
Planting of the 2020 winter cereal crops, mainly wheat, for harvest in June/July, took place between November 2019 and mid‑January 2020. The area planted is estimated at a slightly above‑average...
Drought doesn’t necessarily translate to food insecurity – poor governance and failing infrastructure do. Zimbabwe is teetering on the edge of a large-scale humanitarian crisis and South Africa and...
1. BACKGROUND 1.1. Context Multiple disasters hit the Philippines in the past 4 months affecting about 5.8 million people across eight out of its 17 administrative regions. The consecutive disasters...
KEY MESSAGES The desert locust is considered the most dangerous migratory pest in the world. According to FAO, the current upsurge in East Africa is the worst in 25 years in Ethiopia and Somalia and...
The security situation in Nigeria remains precarious with the evolution of the armed conflict in the northeast and the complex nature of communal violence in many states of the North Central and...
FOOD SECURITY AND AGRICULTURE Blue Nile Overall food security improved across Blue Nile because of the main harvest in far farms. White sorghum, in particular, has improved food security in Blue...
OVERVIEW Over the last four decades, millions of Afghans have been driven out of their homes and their country by conflict, violence and poverty. The vast majority of them are in the Islamic...