The IGAD Food Security, Nutrition and Resilience Analysis Hub (IFRAH), in collaboration with the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification Global Support Unit (IPC-GSU) for East and Central Africa, convened the eighth IGAD Bi-annual Meeting on Food Security and Nutrition from 27-28 November 2023 in Naivasha, Republic of Kenya.

The meeting brought together IGAD member states (Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, and Uganda) and partners (Action Against Hunger (ACF), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET), the International Organization for Migration (IOM), and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to jointly discuss the food security and nutrition situation in the region, and outline the immediate, medium and long-term actions needed to address it.