Moroto, Uganda | URN | The 2026 Regional Focus of the Global Report on Food Crises, published by the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) estimates that 2.1 million people in Uganda faced high levels of acute food insecurity during the assessment period from August 2025 to February 2026. This …
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | Uganda is emerging as an increasingly important destination and transit country for migrants in the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) region, with more than 1.2 million people arriving in the country and 1.3 million departing in 2022, according to a regional migration report. The …
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NEWS ANALYSIS | URN | For more than three decades, African peace mediation rested on a framework that became familiar across the continent. Wars were to be stopped through ceasefires and security arrangements, followed by negotiations over power-sharing, wealth-sharing, transitional justice and, eventually, national dialogue. The approach helped resolve some …
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | As conflicts multiply across the Horn of Africa and external powers deepen their involvement in the continent’s crises, African mediation is facing searching questions about its future. Diplomats and peace negotiators who helped end some of the region’s past wars are increasingly asking whether the …
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NAIROBI | Xinhua | The Greater Horn of Africa (GHA) will experience wetter-than-normal rainfall conditions between April and June, the Climate Prediction and Application Center (ICPAC) of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), an East African bloc, said on Tuesday. ICPAC said in a statement issued in Nairobi, Kenya’s capital, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on Friday hosted Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) commander, Gen. Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, at State House Entebbe, in a high-stakes diplomatic engagement aimed at exploring pathways to end Sudan’s devastating civil war. The meeting comes nearly three years after conflict …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s peak dry season has taken an unexpected turn, with intensifying February rains sweeping across much of the country and prompting a nationwide flood and landslide alert. Traditionally marked by hot, dry, and sunny conditions, February signals the tail end of the December–February dry …
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Millions in East and Horn of Africa face hunger, thirst, and debt as rich nations fail to honour climate commitments NEWS ANALYSIS | RONALD MUSOKE | At dawn in Lokitoeang’aber, a village in Turkana County in northwestern Kenya, the air is dry, still, and heavy with dust. The cracked earth beneath …
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Why bloc is banking on Uganda to build a health security buffer for the East and Horn of Africa region Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | On Aug.29, health officials and regional leaders from the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) gathered in Kampala to mark a turning point in Africa’s fight …
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KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | Countries in the IGAD region, which include Uganda, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South, and Sudan, Sudan continue facing a deepening food insecurity crisis threatening the lives and livelihoods of the people in rural and urban areas. The food insecurity and nutritional threats associated with …
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