Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Country: Democratic Republic of the Congo (the), Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan (the), Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania (the), South Sudan (Republic of)
HIGHLIGHTS
- African Union IDP Convention enters into force
- Possible crop yield reductions in parts of Kenya, Somalia and Tanzania due to reduced rains
- Staple food prices on decline in most eastern African countries due to second harvest
- Humanitarian appeals launched for Sudan, South Sudan and Somalia
- Increasing number of Somali refugees cross into Ethiopia fleeing insecurity
- Humanitarian community in Kenya tests the contingency plan for 2013 general elections
- Food security improvements in Somalia remain fragile
- Humanitarian needs in DRC remain dire, as appeal is only half-funded
- At least 240,000 students in North and South Kivu have missed school since conflict started in April
- Refugee influx from DRC into Rwanda and Uganda on the decline
