Source:
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Country:
Kenya, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo (the), Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan (Republic of), Sudan (the), Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania (the)
HIGHLIGHTS
-Regional El Niño Taskforce to coordinate mitigation measures
-Neutral regional force on DRC to be headed by AU and UN
-Kenya deploys military personnel to strife-torn Tana River district
-Insecurity and flooding hamper access to conflict areas in Sudan and South Sudan
-Water trucking still required in Oromia and Somali Regions of Ethiopia
-Severe food shortages reported in Bakool region of southern Somalia