Igad warns 42m face acute hunger across East Africa, Horn
An internally displaced elderly woman from Kadugli shows roots she resorted to eating to survive at an IDP Camp within the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) controlled area in Boram County, Nuba Mountains, South Kordofan, Sudan June 22, 2024. Reuters
About 42 million people are estimated to face high levels of acute food insecurity this year across Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan and Uganda, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (Igad) said in a report released Tuesday.
In its Regional Focus of the 2025 Global Report on Food Crises, Igad said hunger levels in the six countries remain alarmingly high.
