Eastern Africa: Humanitarian Snapshot (December 2020)
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Conflict and violence in the Greater Horn of Africa continue to cause widespread displacement and drive humanitarian needs. In Ethiopia, conflict since early November in the Tigray Region has forcibly displaced tens of thousands of people internally, while more than 50,300 refugees have fled across the border into Sudan. In Sudan, pockets of violence in Darfur region, Kassala and Red Sea State earlier this year led to displacement and increased humanitarian needs. In South Sudan, fighting continues in multiple locations, especially in the Greater Equatoria region, while Jonglei experienced devastating sub-national violence earlier in 2020. Severe food insecurity (IPC 3 and above) is affecting at least 28.5 million people across Eastern Africa. Despite a slight improvement in recent months in line with seasonal trends, below-average rains are forecast through December 2020, together with substantial and widespread breeding
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South Sudan Price Bulletin, December 2020
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The Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) monitors trends in staple food prices in countries vulnerable to food insecurity. For each FEWS NET country and region, the Price Bulletin provides a set of charts showing monthly prices in the current marketing year in selected urban centers and allowing users to compare current trends with both five-year average prices, indicative of seasonal trends, and prices in the previous year.
Maize, sorghum, and groundnuts are the most important food commodities for poor rural households in South Sudan. flour and wheat (as bread) are more important for middle income and rich households in urban areas.