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42 million people in six IGAD member states face high levels of acute hunger in 2025
The IGAD Regional Focus of the 2025 Global Report on Food Crises sounds the alarm on widespread food insecurity and malnutrition in the region
Nairobi, Kenya, 16 September 2025: 42 million people face high levels of acute food insecurity (IPC Phase 3 or above*) this year across six IGAD member states (Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, the Sudan and Uganda), according to the IGAD Regional Focus of the 2025 Global Report on Food Crises released today.
In five countries with comparable data since 2016 (Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, the Sudan and Uganda), the number of people facing high levels of …
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Flood Alert - 10 Days Forecast 21 to 30 April 2020
Flood Alert: Shebele River
Communities along the Shebele River in Mustahil (Ethiopia) and Beletwein (Somalia) and downstream towns are advised to take precautions due to the high level of flood risk in the coming two …
Desert Locust Prediction 16-30 April
The most infested areas are rangelands of Kenya and Ethiopia.
- Wind direction, which greatly determine swarm movement, forecasted to be generally southerly (blowing from south to north) in Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and Tanzania.
- Sudan and …
Desert Locust Invasion in Eastern Africa
Lead Authors: Jasper Batureine Mwesigwa and Kenneth Kemucie Mwangi. Contributions by ICPAC Climate Change Technical Working Group
The 2019–2020 Desert Locust Invasion
Approximately 70% of the rural populations in Sub Saharan Africa rely mainly on …
Desert Locust Prediction 15-25 March
Crop season: Highest risk of destruction in South Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea and Sudan crop areas. Most of the region falls under high risk due to favourable forecasted temperatures and vegetation, suitable for Desert Locust reproduction …
Eastern Africa: Why the normally dry January and February are suddenly wet in 2020?
Lead Author: Eunice Koech
Contributions by ICPAC Climate Change Technical Working Group
The globe is warming and new temperature records keep being made. July 2019 was classified as the hottest July since record keeping began …
Desert Locust Prediction 5-15 March
Areas of very high risk for Desert Locust invasion are southern Somalia, northern and western Kenya, northern and central Uganda, southwestern Ethiopia and southeastern South Sudan.
Most of the region falls …