• In five countries with comparable data since 2016 (Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, the Sudan and Uganda), the number of people in Crisis or worse (IPC Phase 3 or above) has tripled from 13.9 million in 2016 to 41.7 million in 2025.
• The Sudan remains the region’s largest and most severe food crisis with Famine (IPC Phase 5) in multiple areas. From December 2024 to May 2025, 24.6 million people or 51 percent of the population were projected in IPC Phase 3 or above due to the devastating impacts of conflict.
• South Sudan continues to have the region’s highest share of its population in IPC Phase 3 or above, at 57 percent from April to July 2025.
• Acute malnutrition remains at alarming levels with 8.7 million children aged 6-59 months estimated to be acutely malnourished in six IGAD members states. Of them, 2.2 million suffer the most severe form of acute malnutrition.
• The region continues to have more forcibly displaced people than any other in the Global Report on Food Crises. As of July 2025, an estimated 22.3 million people were living in forced displacement across six IGAD member states, including 16.9 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) and 5.4 million refugees and asylum-seekers.
• The Sudan remains the world’s largest internal displacement crisis and accounts for more than half of the region’s IDPs.

The IGAD Regional Focus is a by-product of the annual Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC) – an initiative of the Global Network Against Food Crises (GNAFC), facilitated by the Food Security Information Network (FSIN) and its partners.

This 2025 edition is the result of a strong collaboration with organisations working in the region, including FAO, IOM, IPC, UNHCR, UNICEF and WFP.