August 1, 2025 (Djibouti, Djibouti): The IGAD Secretariat’s participated in the 9th Africa Animal Welfare Conference – Action 2025, that took place 28-30 July 2025 in Yaunde, Cameroon. Experts from the …
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IGAD Youth Peace and Security Conference to Highlight Youth as Peacebuilders Nairobi, Kenya — The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) is set to host a landmark Youth Peace and Security …
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Climate & Health
WHO urges urgent action ahead of COP30 at global climate and health conference in Brasília
The World Health Organization (WHO), together with the Government of Brazil and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), will host the 2025 Global Conference on Climate and Health in Brasília, …
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Climate change is a global crisis with profound and far-reaching impacts on human well-being and the environment. It presents one of the most pressing public health challenges of our time …
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Every morning, Awadia Yassin joins the familiar flow of people heading to a refurbished solar-powered water point in Doro Refugee Camp, Maban County in South Sudan. As a refugee from …
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Climate & Agriculture
Sowing seeds of change: How governance and investment can transform South Sudan’s agrifood sector
Despite its protracted crisis, South Sudan’s agricultural sector is bursting with potential—and strengthened governance could be the key to unlocking it. A recent assessment by the Food and Agriculture Organization …
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Climate & Agriculture
Two years since the start of the conflict, Sudan is facing a severe food security catastrophe
In April 2023, violent conflict broke out between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces in the capital city, Khartoum. Two years on, the crisis has spiraled into …
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Climate & Agriculture
Sudan’s Sorghum Joins FAO’s One Country One Priority Product (OCOP) Global Initiative
20/07/2025 In a significant step towards rural transformation, Sudan has officially joined FAO’s “One Country One Priority Product” (OCOP) global initiative as its 95th member. Its traditional crop, sorghum, has …
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Climate & Agriculture
Sudan: FAO scales up emergency response with seed distribution campaign targeting 7.5 million people
Rome/Port Sudan – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has launched a large-scale emergency seed distribution campaign targeting 1.5 million farming households – or approximately 7.5 million …
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Climate & Agriculture
IGAD Concludes High-Level Training with Launch of Parliamentarians Working Group on Agrifood Systems
July 28-31, 2025 (NAIROBI, Kenya): The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), through its Food Systems Resilience Programme (FSRP) and in partnership with the IGAD Foreign Service Institute (IFSI), successfully concluded …
