Source:
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Country:
Democratic Republic of the Congo (the), Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan (Republic of), Sudan (the), Uganda
HIGHLIGHTS
Localized heavy rain showers impact Somalia and Kenya
Food security in the region has improved as harvests start to reach the markets
DRC Crisis: more than 772,450 people have been displaced in North Kivu since January 2009
Ethiopia: number of severely malnourished children declines for third straight month in August
Up to 3,000 IDP families in need of humanitarian support in Luuq, Somalia
South Sudan: health situation in Upper Nile refugee camps remains fragile
Marburg hemorrhagic fever outbreak kills five in Uganda
