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Central African Republic: Persistent acute food insecurity and malnutrition caused by insecurity

Sharp increase in food assistance needs following major earthquake

The report describes that food insecurity is on the rise worldwide. In the report, Rob Vos, division director of markets, trade and institutions at the International Food Policy Research Institute, states, “People thought there would be shortages and new food price spikes and volatility [during the pandemic], but it didn’t happen because there were plenty of stocks of the basic staple crops."

Somalia: Approximately 3.5 million people in Somalia face high acute food insecurity in late 2021, with 1.2 million children likely acutely malnourished

Kenya: About 2.1 million people in Kenya's ASAL region are highly food insecure due to failed rains, low agricultural production and high food prices. Over 650,000 children under 5 and over 96,000 pregnant or lactating women are acutely malnourished.

South-West Angola: Severe drought drives some 1.3 million Angolans to high levels of acute food insecurity

Haiti: 4.3 million people facing high acute food insecurity linked to earthquake, tropical storm and political instability