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The link between food insecurity and peace and security has become one of the centres of academic policy and political discourses. Particularly, in the Horn of Africa, there is a close link...

Delegations will find attached the Council conclusions on the Horn of Africa: a geo-strategic priority for the EU as approved at the 3792nd meeting of the Council on 10 May 2021.

The East and Horn of Africa region is already home to some of the most food insecure populations in the world. Now, with countries such as Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia currently facing...

As part of FAO’s accountability framework, this first quarterly desert locust upsurge progress report sets out the Organization’s immediate response so far and the livelihoods support...

The Greater Horn of Africa region increasingly experiences high risk of water scarcity. A combination of frequent droughts, rapid population growth and rising urbanization have reduced...

The Early Warning Early Action (EWEA) Report on FoodSecurity and Agriculture is produced by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). It provides a quarterly forward-looking analysis...

The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) was created in 1996 to succeed the Intergovernmental Authority on Drought and Development that was founded in 1986 to deal with issues related to drought and desertification...

A science update has been published on the latest (May) edition of the Anomaly Hotspots of Agricultural Production (ASAP) assessment, which reports that the partial failure of the first 2019...

Monitoring vegetation conditions is a critical activity for assessing food security in the Horn of Africa. Remote sensing from space offers a unique opportunity to obtain consistent and timely information...