NAIROBI, KENYA - The government has stepped up efforts to mitigate the desert locust invasion that has affected eight counties.
In a statement, Government Spokesman Col(Rtd) Cyrus Oguna said the infestation has caused serious damage to vegetation in the affected...
By Judith Akolo, KCB Channel/ NECJOGHA
IGAD - The Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) says the severe Desert Locust outbreak in the region is threatening rural food security across East Africa.
IGAD Executive Secretary Dr. Workneh Gebeyehu while calling on Member...
By Judith Akolo and Adan Ibrahim, KBC/NECJOGHA
NAIROBI, Kenya - Experts in insect physiology known as entomologists are attributing the desert locust invasion in the country to the favorable conditions brought about by the heavy rains experienced during the short...
ADDIS ABABA - Locusts are now affecting air travel in the Greater Horn of Africa after an Ethiopian Airlines flight destined for Dire Dawa had to abort landing today morning due to a locusts swarm and returned to Addis...
BY David Luganda, AFMC/NECJOGHA
Nairobi, Kenya - The Fifty Fourth Greater Horn of Africa Climate Outlook Forum (GHACOF 54) will be held in Mombasa, Kenya from 27 – 29 January 2020.
GHACOF 54 will convene under the theme, "Managing Climate-Related Risks...
By Andrew Kaggwa, NECJOGHA
Kampala, Uganda - The Uganda National Meteorological Authority (UNMA) has said that the current rains are likely to spill into January 2020 for most parts of the country.
In a statement released by UNMA early this month...
As 2019 draws to a close, it remains on track to be the second or third warmest year on record. The final ranking will be confirmed in January by the World Meteorological Organization, which consolidates leading international temperature datasets.
More...
By Padili Mikomangwa, Daily News/NECJOGHA
The Tanzania Meteorological Authority (TMA) which has a mandate to issue weather and information services in the United Republic of Tanzania was founded 18 years ago and was previously known as the Directorate of Meteorology.
Tanzania’s...
Countries, and non-state actors, including youth, expressed strong support and called for raising ambition and mobilizing commitments for Action for Climate Empowerment (ACE) at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP25) in Madrid.
ACE in the context of the international climate...
Africa is more vulnerable than any other region to the world's changing weather patterns, explains climate specialist Richard Washington.
The African continent will be hardest hit by climate change.
There are four key reasons for this:
First, African society is very...
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