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East and Horn of Africa and the Great Lakes

Over 2,000 internally displaced people live in this secondary school in Tigray's capital Mekele.
Over 2,000 internally displaced people live in this secondary school in Tigray's capital Mekele.   © UNHCR

Global Appeal 2023 | Regional summary

East and Horn of Africa and Great Lakes
22 November 2022
Rose helps her son and niece with their studies at their home in Magwi village, South Sudan. After returning from a decade as a refugee in Uganda, she founded Magwi’s Women’s Association, which now has 35 members.

Millions of people who have fled their homes in the East and Horn of Africa and the Great Lakes region due to conflict, climate-related events and political violence face worsening prospects in 2023. The global economic downturn, repercussions from the Ukraine war and the pandemic, and floods and droughts stoked by climate change will exacerbate existing difficulties in finding livelihood activities, feeding families and educating children. However, some forcibly displaced people may be able to return home to Burundi and areas of Somalia and South Sudan.

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Global report 2021 | Regional summary

East and Horn of Africa and Great Lakes
16 June 2022
A man selling in a shop

By the end of 2021, the East and Horn of Africa and the Great Lakes region hosted 4.9 million refugees and asylum seekers, as well as 12 million internally displaced people. Nearly 200,000 people became refugees, driven by conflict, drought, flooding, food shortages, insecurity and localized violence. 

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Latest updates

EHAGL: Drought situation response update
February 2023
published 1 day ago
EHAGL: Drought response in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia
February 2023
published 1 day ago
East Horn and Great Lakes Funding Update - 2023
East Horn and Great Lakes Funding Update - 2023
28-Mar-23
published 2 days ago
East Horn and Great Lakes Funding Update - 2022
East Horn and Great Lakes Funding Update - 2022
28-Feb-23
published 1 month ago
The Horn of Africa drought situation appeal
January - December 2023
published 1 month ago
EHAGL: Somalia situation - population of concern
December 2022
published 1 month ago
EHAGL: Refugees, asylum-seekers, refugee returnees and IDPs
December 2022
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EHAGL: Population by country of asylum
December 2022
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EHAGL: IDP dashboard
December 2022
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