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Months after devastating floods, Mozambique faces a new crisis: lost harvests, damaged infrastructure, and soaring food prices have pushed thousands of families into acute food insecurity. With climate shocks stacking up, communities are struggling to recover before the next disaster hits.
Uganda has launched an emergency food distribution program after at least 19 people died of hunger in the drought-hit eastern Karamoja region. The government plans to deliver 9,400 tonnes of relief food using an emergency budget of 45 billion shillings (about £9 million). The crisis has left 1.5 million people facing severe food shortages and malnutrition, with health facilities treating hundreds of children for severe hunger.
NGOs warn that soaring oil prices and blockades caused by the US-Israel-Iran conflict are preventing food, fuel, and medicine from reaching millions in need. Aid agencies are calling for a humanitarian corridor through the Strait of Hormuz as transport costs skyrocket. The disruption threatens to increase global hunger and worsen humanitarian crises in vulnerable regions.
