Regional Focus on the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Member States: 2024 Global Report on Food Crises
Imprint
Rome (Italy): FSIN/GNAFC, 2024.
Language Note
English
Description
77 p.
ISBN/LRC Code
WFPELR2619_2
Summary
The IGAD Regional Focus of the 2024 Global Report on Food Crises underscores a deepening food insecurity crisis impacting the IGAD region, encompassing Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, and Uganda. This report highlights a persistent increase in acute food insecurity for the past five years, indicating an urgent need for concerted efforts to address the mounting humanitarian needs. Key Findings Approximately 62.9 million people, or 25% of the analysed population in seven IGAD countries, are experiencing high levels of acute food insecurity in 2024. This figure represents an increase from 61.9 million in 2023 In 2024, the number of people projected to be in Catastrophe (IPC Phase 5) increased in the Sudan and South Sudan since the same periods in 2023. Acute malnutrition has generally worsened across the region since 2023: 11.4M acutely malnourished children under 5 years in seven countries with 2.8M of them suffering the most severe form of wasting. The number of forcibly displaced people was the highest on record by mid-2024: 25M forcibly displaced people by mid-2024, consisting of 20M IDPs in six countries and 5M refugees and asylum seekers. Conflict in the Sudan has devastated livelihoods, disrupted basic services, and triggered the world’s largest internal displacement crisis.
