SOUTHERN AFRICA: Weekly Report (28th October to 3rd November 2014) UGANDA Regional Overview GABON KENYA CONGO Mozambique RWANDA ^ Mozambique's ruling party Frelimo won the 15 October presidential elections, BURUNDI with their candidate, Filipe Nyusi, recieving 57.3 per cent of the votes. In the DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO ^ SEYCHELLES simultaneous parliamentary elections, Frelimo won 144 seats, Renamo won UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA 89 seats and the Democratic Movement of Mozambique (MDM) 17 seats. ^ Voter turnout was estimated at about 49 per cent. ^ Botswana ANGOLA Botswana's president Ian Khama was sworn in for his second term on 28 COMOROS ^ October after winning the re-election. Khama's party won 37 of the 57 elected MOZAMBIQUE seats in parliament in Friday’s vote. A newly formed coalition, Umbrella for ^ Democratic Change, took 17 seats to become the main opposition group ZAMBIA ^ MALAWI Zambia MADAGASCAR^ Zambian President Sata died in London last week aged 77 while undergoing ^ treatment for an undisclosed illness. Vice President Guy Scott has taken over ZIMBABWE Mozambique Channel NAMIBIA MAURITIUS as acting president until an election is held within 90 days. ^ BOTSWANA^ REUNION Comoros Mass demonstrations last week saw the closure of schools and shops as ^ ^ ^ citizens protest against current conditions, including power outages and water shortages. ^ SWAZILAND Number of Events per Country SOUTH AFRICA LESOTHO 0 In Focus: Malawi ATLANTIC OCEAN INDIAN OCEAN 1 The Malawi Vulnerability Assessment committee released the 2014/2015 2-3 national food security forecast. According to the report, a total of 640,009 people (4% of the projected total population) will not be able to meet their >3 annual food requirement during this consumption period. The total humanitar- Earthquake Flooding Cyclone/Storm Health Drought Political Crisis Locust Infestation Early Recovery Food Insecurity Mass Demonstrations ian food required to support the vulnerable population is estimated at 15,830 mt maize equivalent and a cash equivalent of USD 4,054,602. Regional Indicators Expenditure on health * Access to improved water supply* Gross Domestic Product per Country* Zambia Zimbabwe $2,0 Billion Madagascar 41% Tanzania 3.0% 1.5% 3.7% Botswana 42.6% Swaziland Angola $1,5 Billion 0.6% 15.8% Mozambique Botswana 2.8% 47% Lesotho 0.4% Madagascar 1.6% Angola 53% Comoros Mauritius 1.8% $1,0 Billion 0.1% Malawi Mozambique 2.0% Zambia 60% 0.9% Namibia 1.9% Seychelles 0.2% $0,5 Billion Swaziland 67% Zimbabwe 82% South Africa 63.8% $ 0 Lesotho 82.3% Total GDP for Southern Lesotho Zimbabwe Swaziland Zambia Angola Mozambique Botswana Madagascar Africa $639,746,061,252 * RVAA Synthesis Report 2011 *http://hdrstats.undp.org/ *http://hdrstats.undp.org/ *Graphics show data for 8 out of 15 SADC countries The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations. Creation date: 02 November 2014 Map No.:220v105 Sources:RVAA, WFP, FAO, UNDP, HDR, SADC, MVAC, Feedback: [email protected] www.unocha.org/rosa www.reliefweb.int rosa.humanitarianresponse.info.