HIGHLIGHTS

• Crisis levels of food insecurity to persist in eastern Horn due to below-average rains

• UN scales up response to food insecurity and malnutrition crisis in Burundi

• WFP reports critical food situation in rural Djibouti

• Registration exercise ongoing in Dadaab refugee camp

• Food security worsens in southern Somalia

• Tanzania begins closure of Mtabila refugee camp hosting some 32,000 Burundians

• Resource-based conflicts simmer in Tanzania’s Rufiji Valley

• Durable solutions for IDPs in Uganda sought, as funding shortfalls hamper the reintegration of ex-combatants

• Rwanda opens new camp for DRC refugees