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A locust plague is threatening the livelihoods of 13 million people in Madagascar, nine million of whom earn a living from agriculture. Locust infestations, if untreated, could wipe out food ...read more

This year’s Consolidated Appeals Process (CAP) draws attention to acute humanitarian needs in 16 countries, calling for financial support to help save the lives and livelihoods of some of the ...read more

The combined threat of drought, high food prices, displacement and chronic poverty is affecting millions of people in 2012 across the Sahel Region. Food insecurity and malnutrition are recurrent in ...read more

Today’s food and nutrition security challenges in the Horn of Africa range from a deepening drought affecting nearly 12 million people and conflict to peace transitions, to rising staple and ...read more

On 12 January 2010, Haiti was hit by a 7.3-magnitude earthquake that devastated the country and caused massive loss of life. The earthquake was an unprecedented urban tragedy that had ...read more