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Extreme heat and drought have ravaged the Horn of Africa with devastating consequences. For many in Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia, it continues today. For others, the spectre of drought looms ever near.
The region recently suffered its worst drought in almost half a century and experienced six consecutive failed rainfall seasons. Adaptive capacities are low and humanitarian impacts confronting: 50 million people were directly affected; 100 million more indirectly affected; 20 million risked acute food insecurity and potential famine; more than 4.4 million required humanitarian aid; and refugees numbered in the hundreds of thousands.
In response, relief agencies and governments struggle to support water and food insecure displaced persons and affected host communities. In 2022, the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) received less than half the required financial resources to respond to regional droughts. And although drought forecasting capacities are increasing, it is the delivery of tangible and sustainable drought resiliency outcomes on-the-ground that matters most.
