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“We truly are in an unprecedented crisis. Food pricing is our number one problem right now, as a result of all this perfect storm for 2022. But by 2023 it very well will be a food availability problem.

Most districts in the South are in the grip of a nutrition emergency with Global Acute Malnutrition (GAM) in children under five almost doubling over the last four months, touching an alarming 16.5 percent, as per a recent assessment conducted by the Ministry of Health. Worst affected is the district of Ambovombe where GAM has crossed 27 percent, putting the lives of many children at risk.

When supply chains break, the most vulnerable still need food to survive. As the COVID-19 pandemic causes border closures, travel restrictions and supply chain complexities never faced before, the World Food Programme (WFP) must find ways to continue saving and changing the lives of the most vulnerable.

The world faces a global food crisis of unprecedented proportions with 345 million people in 82 countries facing worsening food insecurity.

Here is an update on the situation across conflict and drought-affected areas of Ethiopia:   96 trucks have transported over 2,400 metric tons of food – enough to feed around 170,000 people - and 100,000 litres of fuel into Tigray since November 15 when WFP resumed operations using all four reopened road corridors.   The WFP-led Logistics Cluster has facilitated the transpor

Severe hunger has touched over 1.1 million people with 14,000 of them one step away from famine. The situation, already alarming, is set to worsen by the end of year with the number of people in famine-like conditions expected to double. “The changing climate has meant that many families who were able to live off the land 15 years ago have now fallen into severe hunger.

More than 31 million people in the region are expected to be food insecure and unable to feed themselves during the coming June-August lean season – the period when food is scarce before the next harvest.

Following El Niño and the failure of two consecutive rainy seasons, Southern Africa has experienced the worst drought in 35 years.

Highlights Assistance for over 4 million people was dispatched during the September cycle, including food for 690,750 people delivered through WFP’s cross-border modality from Turkey and Jordan. In addition, over 61,600 people were assisted through cross-line deliveries to non-government held areas in Rural Damascus, Hama and Homs through a combination of WFP