Prioritising Water Management in the Horn of Africa
Water scarcity is a global scourge that threatens the livelihoods of four billion people around the world today. It is astonishing that entire populations continue to face ancient problems in the 21stcentury, parallel to extraordinary modern progress in human development and technological advances. This is both a testament to shared global challenges and existing disparities among nations…
Water, climate and stability
The UN says that recurrent drought conditions linked to the El Nino phenomenon has disrupted local livelihoods and created conditions for 20 million “food insecure” people in the region, including Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, and Sudan. The drought has affected virtually every aspect of life. In Ethiopia, for example, where agriculture accounts for 45% of GDP, “crop…