IFRC [to 16 April 2016]
http://www.ifrc.org/en/news-and-media/press-releases/

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16 April 2016
Red Cross: Without immediate support, the worst is yet to come for food insecure families across southern Africa
Nairobi, 16 April 2016 – With another season of inadequate rainfall, missed plantings, and failed harvests, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is warning that the number of families dependent on food aid across southern Africa will most certainly increase in the coming months.

An estimated 28 million people are currently food insecure across the region. That figure is expected to increase to 49 million before the end of the year.

“These figures are quite conservative,” said Michael Charles, acting regional representative for IFRC, southern Africa. “Farmers have missed three seasons now, due to insufficient rains. Missed harvests mean there is no new food on the table, nor income in their pockets. To avoid a crisis of even larger proportions, we need to ramp up our interventions to ensure those most vulnerable get the support they need, now…
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15 April 2016
Red Cross partners agree on one-year recovery plan to support 65,000 people affected by Tropical Cyclone Winston
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7 April 2016
Families fleeing fighting in Nineveh receive Red Crescent assistance in Erbil
Recent fierce clashes in Iraq’s northern governorate of Nineveh have left at least 50 people dead, and led to a growing number of people fleeing the region to safer parts of the country.
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7 April 2016
Kuwait Red Crescent Society supports Jordan Red Crescent in Syrian refugee response
For more than five years now, Jordan has been home for thousands of Syrian refugees who fled the neighbouring country’s fighting.
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6 April 2016
Displaced Mongolian herders destined for a life of deprivation in urban slums
Lack of occupational skills in an urban setting are forcing herders to live in extreme deprivation and unhealthy living conditions