The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with the Government of Sudan, has launched the 2025 national livestock vaccination campaign to safeguard livelihoods of over three million pastoralists and agro-pastoralists across the country gripped by a major food crisis.
August has brought much wetter conditions across the country, improving crop and pasture conditions but also increasing flood risk and leading to expansion of flood areas.
South Sudan faces an escalating food crisis, driven by ongoing conflict, frequent climate shocks and economic instability. These overlapping challenges have deepened food insecurity across the country, putting millions at risk and straining already limited resources.
The objective is to strengthen the resilience of conflict-affected communities to external shocks, thereby reducing their vulnerability to further shocks and food insecurity.
Food inflation eased in 2024 and 2025, reaching about 6 percent in July 2025. The year‑on‑year increase in July was driven by higher prices of fresh vegetables, ovine meat and fresh fruits, up 25.3, 19.1 and 15.1 percent, respectively.
Since early August, torrential rains and violent windstorms have devastated communities across Yemen, destroying homes, sweeping away livelihoods, and displacing thousands of families already living in precarious conditions.
In August, Yemen reaches the peak of the Kharif rainy season, with heavy rains mainly over the western and central highlands and occasional spillover to the coastal lowlands.
Yemen is entering the peak of its summer rainy season, a period typically characterized by moderate to heavy showers in the highlands. This rainfall is crucial for supporting rainfed crops like sorghum and millet, regenerating pastures for livestock, and replenishing wadis and seasonal streams.
In June 2025, WFP assisted an estimated 3.6 million people across all activities. Of those assisted, 1.6 million people were in famine and risk of famine (RoF) areas in Sudan.
Amid heightened regional tensions in June, the risk of conflict spillover into Lebanon remained high. Despite Israel’s partial withdrawal, it still occupies five border positions, and ceasefire violations persist
Just after the Gaza ceasefire came into effect on 19 January 2025, Israeli forces launched on 21 January a major militarized operation in the West Bank, dubbed “Iron Wall”. The operation began in Jenin, but soon expanded across the northern West Bank, with the refugee camps of Jenin, Tulkarm and Nur Shams being at the centre of operations.
The Migration, Environment, and Climate Change (MECC) Country Report on Yemen by IOM explores the complex links between climate change, environmental degradation, and human mobility in Yemen.
The food security situation across all available outcome indicators (see below) deteriorated markedly in the four governorates (Aden, Lahj, Marib, and Taizz), with IDPs in camps experiencing a disproportionate level of hardship compared to those living within host communities.
Agrometeorological conditions are anticipated to improve with the onset of July, particularly in the highlands, due to increased seasonal rainfall. However, the ongoing hot and dry conditions in eastern and coastal areas will present significant challenges to pasture and irrigated agriculture, making this a transitional period with varied outlooks across different areas.
UNOCHA reports that over 9.3 million children are expected to suffer from high levels of acute malnutrition between June 2024 and May 2025 in Burundi, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan and Uganda.
Since the start of 2025, 493 EO incidents took place across Syria resulting in 390 deaths including 108 children and the injury of 536 civilians including 205 children.
Following thirteen years of conflict, water scarcity is prevalent in northeastern Syria (NES) due to climate change, heavy water abstraction from its aquifers, limited water management and damaged infrastructures.
In May 2025, Yemen experienced widespread dry conditions and high temperatures, with localized rainfall primarily in the southern uplands, notably in Ibb. Most eastern and coastal areas remained dry throughout the month.
