| Country | Reasons for emergency |
| Angola | Population displacement |
| Burundi | Civil strife and insecurity |
| Congo, Dem.Rep. of | Civil strife and refugees |
| Congo, Rep. Of | Civil strife |
| Eritrea | IDPs and returnees |
| Ethiopia | Large number of vulnerable people, IDPs, localized weather adversities |
| Guinea-Bissau | Civil strife, population displacements |
| Kenya | Food shortages in central and eastern parts |
| Liberia | Impact of past civil strife, shortage of farm inputs |
| Mauritania | Localized deficits |
| Rwanda | Insecurity in parts |
| Sierra Leone | Civil strife, population displacement |
| Somalia | Poor harvest, civil strife |
| Sudan | Civil strife |
| Tanzania | Localized food deficits |
| Uganda | Civil strife in parts |
| Zambia | Unfavourable weather in 1998 |
