Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Country: Burundi, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Yemen, South Sudan (Republic of)
Highlights
- Amid overall food security improvements in the region, some 12.9 million people remained food insecure as of June 2013.
- Prevalence of malnutrition in Djibouti and Somalia is still above the 15 per cent emergency threshold.
- Thousands of civilians are cut off from life-saving assistance due to insecurity in Pibor County, South Sudan.
- MSF pulls out of Somalia due to insecurity.
- Thousands of Rwandans to lose refugee status following the entry into force of the Rwandan cessation clause.
- Proposed repatriation of Somali refugees from Kenya to be conducted in safety and dignity.
- 118 cases of polio confirmed in the Horn of Africa region