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. Intercommunal violence, resource-based conflicts and/