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IGAD Member States and Partners Strengthen Regional Preparedness Against Transboundary Pest Threats Amid El Niño Concerns

IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Centre (ICPAC), successfully convened the 9th Steering Committee and Technical Working Group meetings of the Inter-Regional Platform for the Sustainable Management of Desert Locust and Other Transboundary Pests from 3–5 November 2026 in Nairobi, Kenya.
The three-day meeting brought together representatives from seven IGAD Member States alongside regional and international technical partners, including the Desert Locust Control Organization for Eastern Africa (DLCO-EA), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International (CABI), CropLife Africa and Middle East and the Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD). …
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Based on the recently concluded 63rd Greater Horn of Africa Climate Outlook Forum (GHACOF 63), Eastern Africa is likely to be drier than normal during the March-May 2023 rainfall season. If …
Strengthening Adaptation for Small-scale Farmers in Eastern Africa

Climate extremes in the Horn of Africa continue to increase, both in frequency and severity, underlying the urgency to build climate resilience in the region. The sixth consecutive failed rainy season is looming, …
Drought in the Horn of Africa: IGAD Executive Secretary Appeals for Urgent Humanitarian Response

March 27, 2023, Nairobi (Kenya): For the past two years, the IGAD region has faced unprecedented challenges due to a persistent and prolonged drought, marked by five consecutive below average rainfall seasons. The heavy rainfall …
Dry conditions highly likely to continue over the Horn of Africa during the March to May 2023 rainfall season..

22 February 2023, Nairobi (Kenya) - After almost three years of persistent drought conditions, IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Centre (ICPAC) today announced that below-normal rainfall is expected in most parts of the Greater Horn …
Climate Reporting Awards for Female Journalists in East Africa

ICPAC and its partners want to encourage female journalists to cover the climate beat. We call on East African female reporters to submit work samples that reflect climate reporting in the IGAD region. Written articles, …
Living Climate Change Africa

London, Nairobi, 16 November 2022
BBC Media Action, the BBC’s international charity, has launched Living Climate Change Africa, a five-part podcast series featuring the voices of herders, farmers, fishers, and weather experts from across East …