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June to September 2025 Seasonal Forecast: Above-Normal Rainfall Expected Across Most Parts of the Greater Horn of Africa

20th May 2025, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: The IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Centre (ICPAC) has released the official seasonal climate outlook for the June to September (JJAS) 2025 rainfall season over the Greater Horn of Africa (GHA). The forecast indicates a high likelihood of above-normal rainfall across much of the northern parts of the region. The forecast was issued during the 70th Greater Horn of Africa Climate Outlook Forum (GHACOF 70).
JJAS is a critical rainy season for countries in the northern and western parts of the GHA. It contributes to over 50% of annual rainfall over the northern parts …
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Risk of significant impact to both crops and rangelands is high in Ethiopia and Somalia

Locations with reported swarms and adult locusts
- Ethiopia: between October and early November, the desert locust swarms were reported mostly in Afar zone 1. Recently swarms have been reported in Somali region of Ethiopia. …

IGAD’s Climate Center officially opened

27 October 2021, Nairobi: The IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Centre (ICPAC) was officially opened by Kenyan President H.E. Uhuru Kenyatta in Ngong', near the Kenyan capital Nairobi on Wednesday. ICPAC is a designated regional …

Kenyan President Kenyatta to officially launch IGAD's Climate Center

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta will on Wednesday officially launch the IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Centre (ICPAC) in Ngong, out of the capital Nairobi, Kenya.
ICPAC is a regional climate center designated by the World …

Winners of the Climate Action Awards East Africa by categories
ICPAC’s Action Awards East Africa for this year came to a close on September 8, 2021 with the winners of each categories announced.
The competition, which recognized people and institutions with disruptive innovations and ideas …

Co-production in Climate Services: What, Why, and How?

What does co-production mean? Just by looking at the word, one can probably tell that it has something to do with producing something as well as cooperating. But how does it work? …