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Floods in Kenya in April/May 2024 led to the deaths of over 250 people and caused damage estimated at 4 billion Kenya shillings (US$35 million).

The revised IGAD Treaty, adopted during the 14th Ordinary Session of the IGAD Summit held in Djibouti on June 12, 2023, aims to expand and strengthen cooperation among member states and with the international community in various areas. - Kenya breaking news | Kenya news today | Capitalfm.co.ke

African countries on Wednesday launched an ambitious initiative to help African countries cope with health emergencies that have escalated on the continent due to climate change. The Health Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Resilience Program (HEPRR) project for Eastern and Southern Africa, worth 1 billion U.S. dollars, is expected to transform…

Kenya is among the five countries that have signed up for a new regional health emergency preparedness programme.

NAIROBI, May 16 (Xinhua) -- Countries in the greater Horn of Africa region should invest in robust early warning systems to boost the resilience of local communities on the frontlines of the climate crisis, experts said Thursday at a virtual forum in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital.

Kenya, Uganda Sign Agreements to Strengthen Ties

In February, President Ruto appointed former army commander Lazurus Sumbeiywo to lead the talks

The Climate Prediction and Application Center of Igad said that Kenya is the among countries in Horn of Africa experiencing abnormally heavy rains this season.

A series of consultations that have been going on in Kenya to bring the state of South Sudan and hold-out groups to the negotiation table, seems to have broken the impasse.

Since April 15, 2023, the Sudanese people have borne the brunt of the country’s civil war. According to the Norwegian Refugee Council, more than 9 million people have been internally displaced over the past year, and another 1.7 million have been forced to flee to neighboring states. Peace remains a distant prospect, as a result of the failure of diplomatic efforts to date to convince both Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, commander of the Sudanese Armed Forces, and Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, commander of t...