Press releases and statements

The crisis at a glance • On 20 July, a famine was declared in southern Bakool and Lower Shabelle regions of Somalia. • Eight other regions of southern Somalia are at risk of famine in the coming 1-2 months unless aid response increases in proportion to needs. • 11.6 million people are in need...

(New York, 22 July 2011): In response to the intensifying crisis in the Horn of Africa, Emergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Amos has allocated US$51.3 million from the Central Emergency Response...

(Jerusalem, 21 July 2011): Today, Mr Maxwell Gaylard, United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) visited the Bedouin village of Khan Al Ahmar, together with...

Watch the Webcast (Nairobi, 20 July 2011): The United Nations declared today that famine exists in two regions of southern Somalia: southern Bakool and Lower Shabelle. Across the country, nearly half of the Somali population – 3.7 million people – are now in crisis, of whom an estimated 2.8...

14 July 2010: The CERF has allocated $14.6 million to provide urgent life-saving assistance to more than 475,000 people affected by severe drought in southern Ethiopia. Successive seasons of failed...