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📣 7 Days Left! | #IGADMediaAwards2025 Are you a journalist, influencer, or storyteller in the IGAD region? ⏳ Time is running out — just 7 days remain to submit your entry for the IGAD Media Awards 2025! 🎯 Theme: 🎙️ “Storytelling for Climate Action: For a Secure, Resilient,…

🔔 1️⃣ Day to Go Tomorrow, the conversations begin. A gathering of Olympians and elders, poets and peacemakers, will offer not speeches — but truths. 🌍 What can tradition teach a fractured world? 🌿 How do we carry peace across generations? 🎙️ What happens when we listen —…

📣 7 Days Left! | #IGADMediaAwards2025 Are you a journalist, influencer, or storyteller in the IGAD region? ⏳ Time is running out — just 7 days remain to submit your entry for the IGAD Media Awards 2025! 🎯 Theme: 🎙️ “Storytelling for Climate Action: For a Secure, Resilient,…

#IGADHealth The Head of the Health Unit at the @IGADSecretariat, Dr. @EldumaElduma has been part of a panel discussion at the inaugural Triple Elimination Conference Africa 2025, happening in #Kampala, Uganda. The high-level global delegates conference - including Ministers of…

📢 Weekly rainfall forecast 23 - 30 July 2025 🌧️⛈️🌧️Heavy rainfall (above 200mm) expected over parts of central and northern #Ethiopia, and south-western #Sudan. Read more 👉🏾 shorturl.at/jZJnj #rainfall #forecast

Nairobi, Kenya | July 21–23, 2025 With a powerful focus on advancing women’s leadership in peace and security, IGAD has officially opened the regional workshop on “Enhancing the Role of Women in Peace Processes through the Implementation of UNSCR 1325 and Related Instruments.”…

#IGADEducation 📍IGAD Regional Capacity Building Training on IGAD Qualifications Framework, #Machakos, Kenya 🇰🇪 📣 #Day2 | Ongoing Member State engagement to assess current status, gaps, and needs for tailored support. To strengthen implementation, there is need for national…

🌍 The Horn of Africa is caught in a cycle of climate disasters, from severe droughts to El Niño floods, leaving little recovery time for communities. 👉🏾 To #AnticipatePrepareReduce risks, we're hosting a vital Regional Training for IGAD Member States in Nairobi, 🇰🇪Kenya (July…

A strong health system is key to unlocking the region’s economic potential and #IGAD Member States are making important strides, IGAD annual report says. From improving maternal and newborn care to expanding Universal Health Coverage (UHC), countries like Kenya and Uganda are…

Day 1 Highlights of the Workshop The opening sessions focused on: ✅ A comprehensive overview of UNSCR 1325 and its related resolutions ✅ Strategies to strengthen collaboration with the African Union and IGAD ✅ Insights into IGAD’s Gender, Peace, and Security…

Health Investments Fuel Economic Development in the IGAD Region 💼🌍 A strong health system is key to unlocking the region’s economic potential and #IGAD Member States are making important strides. From improving maternal and newborn care to expanding Universal Health Coverage…

In a dynamic global economic & political context, building a resilient market system is key to navigating the development of the #livestock sector. With #IGAD countries being home to more than 470 million heads of large & small domestic ruminants, @IGAD_CPALD continues to…

Day 2 and final day of the National Workshop on Voluntary Carbon Market Guidelines in Hargeisa. IGAD Sheikh Technical Veterinary School @IGAD_STVS proudly participated, contributing to discussions on climate action, carbon integrity, and sustainability. A meaningful step toward…

#IGADHealth 𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐑𝐇 𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐆𝐀𝐃 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧. 🗓️21-25 July, 2025 | #Entebbe, Uganda The…

The #IGAD Deputy Executive Secretary, H.E. @MAWareSO, on behalf of the Executive Secretary, will participate in a High-Level Panel on ‘Mobilising Investment for SDG2: The Role of Public Partnerships’ at the UN Food Systems Summit planned in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 27–29 July…

🕊️ 3️⃣ Days to Go In just three days, the IGAD’s most revered voices will gather in Nairobi for the IGAD Eminent Personalities Forum — a space where heritage meets hope. From village elders to global icons, each guest arrives not only with a name, but with a story that shaped a…

IGAD Region Strengthens Trade for Peace and Integration The #IGAD region is making steady progress in deepening regional integration through trade. Intra-regional exports have risen from 12.8% in 2015 to over 15% in 2023, reflecting growing economic collaboration among Member…

Glad to join this High Level Panel on ‘Mobilizing Investment for SDG2: The Role of Public Partnerships’ at the UN Food Systems Summit, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 27-29 July 2025. @AGFUNDProgram Join us!

The nexus of climate and migration is one of the most pressing issues in the IGAD region. This call to action for journalists is fantastic – media is a lifeline for bringing these complex human stories to the forefront and encouraging regional solidarity.