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ICPAC forecasts drier, warmer conditions for Eastern Africa as 2025 ends
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Aug 26, 2025

Regions including south-western Ethiopia, north-western Kenya, central to northern Uganda, most of Rwanda, and western Burundi are expected to have eq...

East Africa must prepare for more extreme rainfall during short rains season –  study
The Conversation  |  Mar 13, 2024

In the last few months of 2023, the rainy season was much wetter than normal, bringing severe flooding to Kenya, Somalia, and Tanzania.

IGAD warns of heavier rains in East Africa from March to May
Barack Oduor  |  Feb 24, 2024

The highest probabilities are for Central and Western Kenya and the border areas of Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda.

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