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March to May 2024 Seasonal Forecast: Wetter than normal Conditions Predicted for most parts of the Greater Horn of Africa
21st February 2024, Kampala, Uganda: The IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Centre (ICPAC) released the March to May 2024 seasonal forecast which indicates a higher probability of wetter-than-normal conditions across most parts of the Greater Horn of Africa. Notably, the areas expected to experience these wetter conditions include Kenya, Somalia, southern Ethiopia, South Sudan, Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda, and north-western Tanzania.
The highest probabilities for wetter than usual conditions are indicated in central to western Kenya and in the cross-border areas of Ethiopia, Kenya, and Uganda. The expected enhanced rainfall is likely to positively impact agriculture, water resources, and overall …
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IGAD and FAO call for urgent actions to mitigate the impacts of drought across the Horn of Africa
18 November 2021, Nairobi – Vulnerable communities in the IGAD region continue to experience a complex mix of re-enforcing shocks and stresses that are eroding their resilience to food and nutrition insecurity. As of October …
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 …