Highlights:

• Between July and September 2019, 2.2 million people, almost 18 percent of the total population, are expected to face severe food insecurity.
• The projected food insecure caseload is 40 percent higher than the estimate at the beginning of 2019, as drought conditions are severely affecting crop and livestock production and disrupting livelihoods.
• Household resilience has been undermined by recurrent climatic shocks, overstretched social support networks and declining humanitarian assistance.
• Urgent life saving and livelihood support, including cash and food assistance, are needed to prevent a further worsening of the current humanitarian situation.