| Country | Reasons for emergency |
| Angola | Population displacement |
| Burundi | Civil strife, reduced harvests, economic sanctions |
| Chad | Localized unfavourable weather |
| Eritrea | Reduced harvest, large number of vulnerable people |
| Ethiopia | Large number of vulnerable people, localized weather hazards |
| Kenya | Unfavourable weather for second season crops |
| Liberia | Civil disturbances, population displacement, shortage of farm inputs |
| Mauritania | Localized unfavourable weather |
| Mozambique | Displacement of rural population |
| Niger | Localized unfavourable weather |
| Rwanda | Returning refugees, reduced harvest |
| Sierra Leone | Population displacement |
| Somalia | Civil strife, poor harvest |
| Sudan | Localized food deficits, civil strife in southern parts |
| Tanzania | Unfavourable weather for second season crops |
| Uganda | Localized weather hazards and civil disturbances |
| Zaire | Rwandan refugees, civil disturbances affecting food distribution |