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Horn of Africa - Complex Emergency Fact Sheet #9, Fiscal Year (FY) 2023

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SITUATION AT A GLANCE

MILLION Number of People in Need of Assistance in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia in 2023

4.4 MILLION Number of People Targeted for Non-Food Assistance in Ethiopia

4.4 MILLION Number of People Currently Facing IPC 3+ in Kenya

6.6 MILLION Number of People Projected to Face IPC 3+ Between April and June in Somalia

1.5 MILLION Number of Refugees and Asylum Seekers Hosted by Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia

• More than 55 million people experienced acute food insecurity across seven East African countries in 2022, with Kenya and Somalia seeing the highest increases in acute food insecurity between 2021 and 2022.

• Drought-affected populations in southern and southeastern Ethiopia are projected to experience Crisis—IPC 3—or worse levels of acute food insecurity through September 2023.

• Kenya experienced favorable rains between March and May; however, drought-affected populations in the ASALs continue to experience aboveaverage levels of malnutrition, high prices, and limited food availability.

• Conflict, drought conditions, and large-scale flooding displaced more than 1 million people across Somalia between January 1 and May 10.