The war’s effects are spilling across borders. In Adré, Chad – a town of 12,000 – 150,000 refugees have come as a result of the conflict. Nearly 90% are women and children who crossed the border painfully on foot, fleeing brutal violence. In Boro Medina, South Sudan, thousands more have settled in a town that had only 5,000 residents before, many in poor health and traumatized by what they have escaped from.

Displacement, resource scarcity, and inflation are causing increasing instability in the region. Without additional international support, the humanitarian situation risks spiraling further out of control.