FAO/GIEWS: Africa Report, August 1997

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MAP OF COUNTRIES FACING EXCEPTIONAL FOOD EMERGENCIES

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 Sensitive Map of Affected countries
 
Countries facing exceptional food emergencies:
Angola, Burundi, Chad, Congo Dem. Rep., Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Liberia, Mauritania, Mozambique, Niger, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda.

COUNTRIES FACING EXCEPTIONAL FOOD EMERGENCIES

 
Country  Reasons for emergency
Angola  Population displacement
Burundi  Civil strife, below-normal production, economic sanctions
Chad  Localized unfavourable weather, national security stock exhausted
Congo, Dem.Rep.  Refugees, civil strife affecting food distribution
Eritrea  Reduced harvest, large number of vulnerable people
Ethiopia  Large number of vulnerable people, localized weather hazards
Kenya  Unfavourable weather for first season crops
Liberia  Impact of past civil disturbances, shortage of farm inputs
Mauritania  Localized unfavourable weather 
Mozambique  Displacement of rural population
Niger  Localized unfavourable weather
Rwanda  Returning refugees, below-normal harvest
Sierra Leone  Civil strife, population displacement
Somalia  Civil strife, poor harvest
Sudan  Localized food deficits, civil strife
Tanzania  Unfavourable weather
Uganda  Localized weather hazards and civil disturbances

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