Overview:
The peoples of the Horn of Africa are linked by thousands of years of shared history, trade networks, and cultural exchange, yet exhibit significant diversity in language, politics, and religion. The region's complexities reflect many of the major challenges and dynamics shaping contemporary global affairs, including questions of governance, religious identity, conflict resolution, and development.
The heartland of this affinity bloc includes Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, and Djibouti, with related populations extending into neighboring Kenya, Sudan, South Sudan, and Egypt. Some related people groups are also found in Tanzania.
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People clusters:
Afar-Saho; Agau; Beja; Ethio-Semitic; Omotic; Oromo; Rift; Sidama; Somali
Countries where they are found:
Canada; Djibouti; Egypt; Eritrea; Ethiopia; Germany; Italy; Kenya; Netherlands; Saudi Arabia; Somalia; South Sudan; Sudan; Sweden; Tanzania; United Arab Emirates; United Kingdom; United States; Yemen
People groups:
155
Population:
165,881,275
Unreached people groups:
127
UPG population:
145,304,275
Unengaged UPGs:
69
UUPG population:
16,803,175
Number of clusters:
9
Number of countries:
19