SITUATION REPORT – HORN OF AFRICA No. 527 – 18 March 2024

Five sugar factory workers killed in Oromia after being kidnapped; Schools in South Sudan forced to close due to heatwave; Al-Shabaab attacks in Mogadishu

AU-led review of Cessation of Hostilities Agreement; Sudan re-opens routes for aid delivery; Libyan coast guard blocks rescue operation

A strategic review of the implementation of the Cessation of Hostilities Agreement led by African Union; Attack on high power transmission line causes outage in Amhara, Afar and Tigray; Supply routes in Sudan will be reopened for delivery of humanitarian aid; Continuation of Sudan’s conflict risks creating the world’s largest hunger crisis; The Libyan coast guard accused of interfering with and threatening the rescue ship in the Mediterranean sea.