The State of the Political Instability and Its Impact on Trade in South Sudan: A Critical Assessment -------------------------------------------------------------------- In December 2013, South Sudan descended into a civil war following the long feud between the president and his vice president that has caused huge humanitarian crisis, not only in the country, but in the region. Close to two million South Sudanese are currently residing in neighbouring Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia, and Sudan as refugees and asylum seekers.

HESPI NEWSLETTER, Volume X/No.1/2020, December 2020 -------------------------------------------------------------------- The Covid pandemic has hit the HoA region on top of the problems of many fragile states, such as prevalent conflicts and difficult transitions, wide spread poverty and food insecurity, and large numbers of vulnerable displaced people and refugees. In addition, most HoA countries have been marked by persistent fiscal and balance of payment deficits, high inflation, foreign exchange shortages, and high unemployment in the absence of social

The COVID-19 Pandemic in the IGAD region: Impact on the Health and Economy Vol. I -------------------------------------------------------------------- The Covid crisis has cast its dark shadow in the IGAD region at the worst time as it came on top of the problems of weak or fragile states, lack of capacity, wide spread poverty and food insecurity, conflicts, and the desert locust invasion. Many of the member countries are also under major economic difficulties and have significant vulnerable

Country Case Studies of the Impact of COVID-19 in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, and Sudan Vol. II -------------------------------------------------------------------- This review has addressed the impacts of COVID-19 on the health system with measures being taken based on the pillars adopted from the WHO preparedness strategy with additional cross cutting issues. Data sources such as WHO, CDC, ECDC, UNICEF, MoH/EPHI website, PubMed, humanitarian partner website and press releases were searched for relevant documents and articles then thematic analysis has been