FAO/GIEWS: Africa Report No.2, August 1998

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MAP OF COUNTRIES FACING
EXCEPTIONAL FOOD EMERGENCIES

Mauritania Senegal Guinea Bissau Sierra Leone Liberia Guinea Mali Cote d'Ivoire Ghana Burkina Faso Togo Benin Niger Nigeria Chad Sudan Central African Republic Cameroon Djibouti Eritrea Somalia Kenya Ethiopia Comoros Madagascar Burundi Rwanda Uganda Tanzania Gabon Congo Dem. Rep. of Congo Malawi Angola Zambia Botswana Namibia Zimbabwe Mozambique Seychelles Swaziland Lesotho South Africa  Equatorial Guinea
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Map of Africa

Countries facing exceptional food emergencies: 
Angola, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Dem. Rep. of Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, The Gambia, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Uganda, Zambia.

 


COUNTRIES FACING EXCEPTIONAL FOOD EMERGENCIES


Country

Reasons for emergency

Angola

Population displacement

Burkina Faso

Localized deficits

Burundi

Civil strife, below-normal production, economic sanctions

Congo, Dem.Rep. of

Refugees, civil strife and adverse weather affecting food production and distribution

Eritrea

Reduced harvest, large number of vulnerable people

Ethiopia

Large number of vulnerable people, localized weather adversities

The Gambia

Unfavourable weather

Guinea-Bissau

Civil strife, population displacements

Liberia

Impact of past civil disturbances, shortage of farm inputs

Mauritania

Localized deficits

Niger

Localized food deficits

Rwanda

Below normal production, insecurity, large number of vulnerable population

Senegal

Localized deficits

Sierra Leone

Civil strife, population displacement

Somalia

Poor harvest, civil strife

Sudan

Localized food deficits, civil strife

Uganda

Civil disturbances in parts

Zambia

Unfavourable weather, reduced harvest



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