Reports

Description of the crisis Tanzania Meteorological Authority (TMA) in October 2023, predicted heavy rainfall caused by the dipole system of El Niño and the Indian Ocean. Heavy rains, floods, and landslides have occurred in more than 14…

The Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) monitors trends in staple food prices in countries vulnerable to food insecurity. For each FEWS NET country and region, the Price Bulletin provides a set of charts showing…

Despite the growing availability of climate information services (CIS), which could help pastoralists adapt to climate change, their use remains limited among pastoralists in the Horn of Africa. Why is this the case? Why do pastoralists not…

Land tenure in pastoral areas is typically vested in the collective, where the rights of individuals and households to graze and water their animals exist alongside rights of the collective as a whole. The collective sets…

Pastoralists in Sudan face insecurity of land tenure. Land acquisition has historically triggered regional conflict and injustice. Pastoralists also grapple with pervasive insecurity from diverse conflicts; the blockage or disappearance of livestock routes; limited mobility owing…

Drought is the most significant climatic shock faced by pastoralists and agro-pastoralists in the drylands of sub-Saharan Africa. Early warning information can help households better prepare and respond to drought. However, providing precise early warning information…

Since May, the Islamic State (IS) in Somalia has been increasingly active in the semi-autonomous region of Puntland. After airstrikes by the United States in May targeted IS positions and threatened the life of its leader,…

KEY FINDINGS Compounded shocks in South Sudan over the past decade have included conflict, displacement and climate shocks – and most recently, protracted flooding. These shocks have precipitated a steep decline in communities’ livestock holdings, which has…

This brief recommends that the Ethiopia Disaster Risk Management Commission, supported by international partners, establish a specialist ENSO–IOD facility to plan for the impact of a drought in 2024. El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and Indian Ocean Dipole…

Introduction SOAS Centre for Human Rights Law, ACCESS, and REDRESS submit this report to the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission for the Sudan (‘Sudan FFM’). The report addresses four interrelated points contained in the Call for Submissions and…