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This seismic risk profile of Eritrea, produced by the Global Earthquake Model (GEM) Foundation summarizes key metrics of seismic risk, allowing stakeholders in risk management to get an overview of the risk in the country.

The Greater Horn of Africa is finally emerging from three years of devastating drought, with above average rainfall predicted for the forthcoming season. But it is accompanied by the risk that flooding will impact local communities and livelihoods.

The Horn of Africa, on the eastern coast of the continent, is currently being battered by an intense drought thanks to which around 20 million people are going hungry. Safely getting nutritious food to these hungry people has become even more challenging.

The Greater Horn of Africa Climate Outlook Forum has issued its forecast for March, April, May, which is an important rainfall season for large parts of the region.

FAO seeks funds for control operations to safeguard agricultural production and livelihoods.

This paper argues that there is a need for a new policy framing that Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) investment is imperative that will generate dividends for governments and society at large. Under the auspice of the Sendai Framework for disaster risk

UN to test drones with mapping sensors and atomizers to spray pesticides in parts of east Africa. The infestation threatens to increase food shortages in the region.

This climate change profile provides a brief analysis of climate change vulnerability and adaptive capacity in the countries in the Greater Horn of Africa region (GHA)