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IOM East, Horn and Southern Africa 🇺🇳

@iom_ehsa

Official account of @UNMigration’s regional office for East, Horn, and Southern Africa.

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IOM at African Union (@iomatau) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Successfully wrapped up an inspiring #ACS2 event with AU Agriculture, RuralDev't BlueEconomy Environment, youth advocates & entrepreneurs! Focused on resilience, better livelihoods & empowering youth & women to unlock the potential of migration. Proud to see such passion & innovation in action! 👏 #AfricaClimateSummit

Successfully wrapped up an inspiring #ACS2 event with <a href="/AU_DARBE/">AU Agriculture, RuralDev't BlueEconomy Environment</a>, youth advocates &amp; entrepreneurs!  Focused on resilience, better livelihoods &amp; empowering youth &amp; women to unlock the potential of migration. Proud to see such passion &amp; innovation in action! 👏 #AfricaClimateSummit
IOM - UN Migration 🇺🇳 (@unmigration) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Poliovirus remains a threat in #DRCongo, with severe cases of poliovirus recorded. IOM is doing door-to-door visits to reach communities in the most remote regions, including displacement sites, and disaster-hit areas to ensure that no one is left behind. #HealthForAll

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At today’s #ACS2 Partners HL Event, leaders tackled urgent challenges: 🔹Climate change fuels conflict 🔹Mobility drives development 🔹Solidarity, smart policies & 💵 climate finance 🗝️to peace & sustainability 🔹Migration is a lifeline, not a crisis. Let’s act! 💚 #ClimateAction

At today’s #ACS2 Partners HL Event, leaders tackled urgent challenges:
🔹Climate change fuels conflict
🔹Mobility drives development
🔹Solidarity, smart policies &amp; 💵 climate finance 🗝️to peace &amp; sustainability
🔹Migration is a lifeline, not a crisis.
Let’s act! 💚 #ClimateAction
IOM Burundi 🇺🇳 (@iomburundi) 's Twitter Profile Photo

#HappeningToday:📍Addis Ababa Join IOM - UN Migration 🇺🇳 at the Africa Climate Summit 2, starting at 12 PM (GMT+3), for a side event on Climate-Induced Mobility in African Cities, featuring insights from Burundi 🇧🇮, Ethiopia 🇪🇹, and Ghana🇬🇭. ➡tinyurl.com/ACS2IOM or scan the QR code below.

#HappeningToday:📍Addis Ababa

Join <a href="/UNmigration/">IOM - UN Migration 🇺🇳</a> at the <a href="/ACS2ET/">Africa Climate Summit 2</a>, starting at 12 PM (GMT+3), for a side event on Climate-Induced Mobility in African Cities, featuring insights from Burundi 🇧🇮, Ethiopia 🇪🇹, and Ghana🇬🇭.

➡tinyurl.com/ACS2IOM or scan the QR code below.
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Are you at the Africa Climate Summit 2 today? Join us at the IGAD Pavilion for a side event showcasing how the Kampala Declaration on Migration, Environment and Climate Change (#KDMECC) is driving climate & migration solutions across Uganda, Djibouti and Somalia.

Are you at the Africa Climate Summit 2 today?

Join us at the IGAD Pavilion for  a side event showcasing how the Kampala Declaration on Migration, Environment and Climate Change (#KDMECC) is driving climate &amp; migration solutions across Uganda, Djibouti and Somalia.
IOM Ghana (@iomghana) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🚨 LIVE from #ACS2: IOM side event on Climate-Induced Mobility in African Cities is underway in Addis Ababa, highlighting the urgent need to integrate #ClimateMobility into urban resilience planning. Case studies from 🇧🇮 Burundi, 🇪🇹 Ethiopia, 🇬🇭 Ghana being presented now.

🚨 LIVE from #ACS2:
IOM side event on Climate-Induced Mobility in African Cities is underway in Addis Ababa, highlighting the urgent need to integrate #ClimateMobility into urban resilience planning. 

Case studies from 🇧🇮 Burundi, 🇪🇹 Ethiopia, 🇬🇭 Ghana being presented now.
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A job offer abroad turned into a trap for Fatima*. Trafficked & exploited, she found freedom through IOM’s support. Today she runs her own business in #Comoros & raises awareness to protect others. Read more: bit.ly/4gnI91Q

A job offer abroad turned into a trap for Fatima*. Trafficked &amp; exploited, she found freedom through IOM’s support. Today she runs her own business in #Comoros &amp; raises awareness to protect others.

Read more: bit.ly/4gnI91Q
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In Dewele, #Ethiopia, nearly 15,000 migrants returned between April–June after walking for days across harsh terrain. At IOM’s Migration Response Centre, they find food, water, and dignity. A vital lifeline on their journey home. Read more 👉 bit.ly/4glzltn

In Dewele, #Ethiopia, nearly 15,000 migrants returned between April–June after walking for days across harsh terrain. 

At IOM’s Migration Response Centre, they find food, water, and dignity. A vital lifeline on their journey home.

Read more 👉 bit.ly/4glzltn
Mohammed Abdiker (@abdikerm) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Wrapped up a successful week at the #AfricaClimateSummit in Addis Ababa! Truly thankful for the chance to connect with changemakers to explore meaningful solutions. United, we're paving the way for a better tomorrow.

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In Cabo Delgado, #Mozambique displaced men are finding strength in sewing. With IOM’s support, they’re stitching school uniforms, rebuilding livelihoods, and creating safe spaces to heal from conflict and displacement. Read more: bit.ly/3JWoeLp

In Cabo Delgado, #Mozambique displaced men are finding strength in sewing.

With IOM’s support, they’re stitching school uniforms, rebuilding livelihoods, and creating safe spaces to heal from conflict and displacement.

Read more: bit.ly/3JWoeLp
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IOM+ COMESA Secretariat Joint Senior Management Retreat is taking place in Mombasa, Kenya. The retreat focuses on strengthening cooperation, identifying synergies, and advancing an action plan to address migration challenges and harness opportunities for regional integration.

IOM+ <a href="/COMESA_HQ/">COMESA Secretariat</a> Joint Senior Management Retreat is taking place in Mombasa, Kenya. 

The retreat focuses on strengthening cooperation, identifying synergies, and advancing an action plan to address migration challenges and harness opportunities for regional integration.
IOM - UN Migration 🇺🇳 (@unmigration) 's Twitter Profile Photo

In #Ethiopia, these women are taking charge – not only nurturing the crops and crafting products by hand but also by shaping the lives they deserve. All with the hope of one day returning to their land. Read more here: iom.int/Zgm

In #Ethiopia, these women are taking charge – not only nurturing the crops and crafting products by hand but also by shaping the lives they deserve.  

All with the hope of one day returning to their land. 

Read more here: iom.int/Zgm
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Rwanda becomes a foundation member of IOM’s Resilience Fund, providing flexible funding that helps IOM respond faster to crises & deliver for people on the move. Read more: bit.ly/4pgEQ0m

Rwanda becomes a foundation member of IOM’s Resilience Fund, providing flexible funding that helps IOM respond faster to crises &amp; deliver for people on the move.

Read more: bit.ly/4pgEQ0m
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IOM and Children & Youth Major Group to UNEP are advancing platforms for youth to influence policymaking ahead of UNEA-7. Join us for an interesting session on human mobility and its link to environmental challenges, and how youth can promote sustainable solutions. Zoom: lnkd.in/dCj7BnKT

IOM and <a href="/cymgunep/">Children & Youth Major Group to UNEP</a> are advancing platforms for youth to influence policymaking ahead of UNEA-7.

Join us for an interesting session on human mobility and its link to environmental challenges, and how youth can promote sustainable solutions.

Zoom: lnkd.in/dCj7BnKT
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The IOM–COMESA Senior Management Retreat concluded in Mombasa, Kenya, today. A joint workplan was agreed, focused on priorities including migration governance, regional integration, capacity building, and institutional collaboration to drive impactful action.

The IOM–COMESA Senior Management Retreat concluded in Mombasa, Kenya, today. 

A joint workplan was agreed, focused on priorities including migration governance, regional integration, capacity building, and institutional collaboration to drive impactful action.
IOM - UN Migration 🇺🇳 (@unmigration) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Let’s begin today with a reminder: we all have a role in stopping the spread of mis- and disinformation. Too often, migrants pay the price of harmful stereotypes. Pause, cross-check, and fact-check before you share.

Let’s begin today with a reminder: we all have a role in stopping the spread of mis- and disinformation. 

Too often, migrants pay the price of harmful stereotypes. 

Pause, cross-check, and fact-check before you share.
IOM Burundi 🇺🇳 (@iomburundi) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🩺 Health care isn’t a privilege—it’s a fundamental right. In Burundi 🇧🇮, access to essential services is vital for communities to live safely and with dignity. Yet for many displaced and host communities, that access remains limited. At IOM Burundi 🇺🇳, we champion

🩺 Health care isn’t a privilege—it’s a fundamental right.

In Burundi 🇧🇮, access to essential services is vital for communities to live safely and with dignity.

Yet for many displaced and host communities, that access remains limited.

At <a href="/IOMBurundi/">IOM Burundi 🇺🇳</a>, we champion
IOM - UN Migration 🇺🇳 (@unmigration) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Despite the destruction & ongoing conflict in #Sudan, families are returning to scarred homes by shelling, houses without roofs, & taps without water. Communities that never left are sharing what little they have. They are resilient but even that has limits. Sudan needs us now.