While Mali has seen some improvement in acute malnutrition rates in recent months, levels remain alarmingly high, according to an IPC alert released last month. The country’s nutrition situation is expected to deteriorate in the latter half of the year. The alert cites a 29 percent decline in acute malnutrition rates in 2026 compared to 2025. However, more than 1 million children under the age of 5 are forecast to suffer from acute malnutrition by October 2026, with 227,000 children suffering from severe acute malnutrition.

Acute food insecurity continues to rise in Somalia, according to a new IPC alert. From early 2025 to February 2026, the number of people in IPC Phase 3 (Crisis) or above food insecurity has nearly doubled, with as many as 6.5 million people now classified as acutely food insecure. Worsening drought, combined with conflict and rising food prices, is largely to blame for the severity of the country’s food and nutrition security crisis.

As of September 2025, as many as 3.4 million people in Somalia were experiencing acute food insecurity, according to the latest IPC country-level alert. While this represents a reduction from 3.6 million in September 2024, that number could reach as high as 4.4 million by December 2025 unless urgent action is taken.

Due largely to conflict and subsequent instability in South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda is currently home to more than 1.9 million refugees. This is the sixth largest refugee population in the world. According to a new IPC alert released this week, despite Uganda’s welcome of people fleeing neighboring countries, the rapid growth of the refugee population has placed significant strain on the country’s systems. As a result, an estimated 37% population is expected to experience high levels of acute food insecurity through February 2026.

Drought, unpredictable rainfall patterns, high and rising food prices, and continued conflict and internal displacement are driving acute food insecurity in Mozambique. A new IPC alert released last week reports that between April and September 2025, more than 2 million people have experienced IPC Level 3 food insecurity and 143,000 people have experienced IPC Phase 4 food insecurity and malnutrition.

As the conflict in Sudan enters its twentieth month, acute food insecurity in the country is spreading rapidly. According to a new alert from the IPC Famine Review Committee, Famine conditions have been identified in five areas of the country, with an additional five areas expected to face Famine between December 2024 and March 2025. As many as 17 additional areas are at risk of Famine, and half the country’s population—24.6 million people—is currently experiencing high levels of acute food insecurity.

More than 30 million people in southern Africa will need significant food aid through the upcoming lean season, according to a new report from FEWS Net. This represents an increase of 50 percent from the 2023-2024 lean season. Conflict and extreme weather are the major drivers of the region’s growing humanitarian needs.

As conflict worsens in Sudan, the country is facing unprecedented levels of acute food insecurity and malnutrition, according to a new alerts from both Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) and FEWS Net.