Southern and Eastern Africa

28% of the global humanitarian caseload is in Eastern and Southern Africa The Eastern and Southern Africa region is experiencing severe and rapidly deteriorating humanitarian crises, driven by a complex mix of ongoing and emerging conflicts, the…

HIGHLIGHTS Nearly 340,000 people have been affected, and thousands displaced across Madagascar, Malawi and Mozambique after Tropical Storm Jude struck parts of Southern Africa between 6 and 16 March. The storm left a trail of destruction across several…

By the end of 2025, the Southern Africa region continued to face overlapping and intensifying humanitarian crises, leaving millions of people in need of assistance, including 1.6 million in Mozambique. Conflict, economic and political instability, and…

The Eastern Africa region is home to some of the world’s most severe and complex humanitarian crises, with an estimated 48.5 million people - around 20 per cent of the global caseload - in need of…