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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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Desert Locust Prediction 25 February - 5 March
- Highly suitable climatic and ecological conditions for Desert Locust to thrive in crop areas of western Kenya, northern and central Uganda, Somalia, southern South Sudan, coastal Eritrea, northern Tanzania, central and southern Ethiopia.
- Wind speed …
Desert Locust: Upcoming cropping season at risk across East Africa
Eggs laid along migratory path expected to hatch in the coming weeks, giving ground to second round of invasion
18th February 2020, Nairobi: March to May is the main cropping season for many countries in …
Wetter and hotter than usual season expected in most of the region
Mombasa, 29 of January, 2020: The Fifty-Fourth Greater Horn of Africa Climate Outlook Forum (GHACOF54) was convened from 27 to 29 January 2020 by the IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Centre (ICPAC) in collaboration with …
Desert Locust outbreak continues to threaten food security and livelihoods in East Africa
Nairobi, 24th of January 2020. The current Desert Locust situation poses a serious threat to food security and livelihoods. Large and numerous swarms continue to destroy crops and pastures across parts of Ethiopia, Somalia, …
October to December 2019 Extreme Floods in Eastern Africa, Climate Variability or Change?
By Dr Linda Ogallo
Contributions by ICPAC Climate Change Technical Working Group
Many parts of the tropical Eastern Africa have two distinct rainfall seasons, centred around March-May (MAM) and October-December (OND) months. The March-May and …
Improved seasonal forecast for Eastern Africa
A big change has taken place “back stage” in the way the IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Centre (ICPAC) makes its seasonal forecasts since May 2019. The change improves the quality and usefulness of the …