Issue No. 5
01/05/2019
Since 2013, the region has been in the process of implementing the IGAD Drought Disaster Resilience and Sustainability Initiative (IDDRSI), aimed at ending drought emergencies by building resilience through investing in sustainable development. The resilience-enhancing projects being executed within the [...]
Dimitra Newsletter: Gender, Rural Women and Development n°30
29/04/2019
This special issue of gender newsletter presents a complete overview of the results achieved through the Dimitra clubs in local communities.
A Dimitra Club is a group of men, women, or both, who have decided to join together on a voluntary [...]
Severe dryness at the start of 2019 first rainy season and unfavourable weather forecasts raise food security concerns
23/04/2019
Highlights:
Severe dryness prevailed in March 2019 and in the first half of April in large parts of Eastern Africa, as the Tropical Cyclone “Idai” redirected precipitations away from the subregion.
Weather forecasts previously pointed to average to above-average March-May rains, but [...]
April - June 2019
12/04/2019
The Early Warning Early Action (EWEA) report on food security and agriculture is developed by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). It provides a quarterly forward-looking analysis of major disaster risks to food security and agriculture, [...]
02/04/2019
More than 113 million people across 53 countries experienced acute hunger requiring urgent food, nutrition and livelihoods assistance (IPC/CH Phase 3 or above). The worst food crises in 2018 were, in order of severity, Yemen, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, [...]