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A project is partnering with Uganda’s National Meteorology Authority to forecast climatic changes, disseminate timely weather information and prepare communities for impending drought and its impact.

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.

A new £1 million international project is set to provide research to better understand and predict flooding on the Nile River in Uganda and South Sudan.

This paper studies the long-run economic impacts of landslides in Uganda, where 300,000 people have been affected, and 65,000 displaced, over the past decade alone. Between 2008 and 2018, around 265 million people were displaced by disasters .

In Kasese District, Uganda, we discover the challenges the community faces as they strive to recover from the devastating impact of heavy rainfall. This is the seventh of the “Voices from the Frontline (Phase III)” stories.

Resurgence today announced the launch of the DARAJA East Africa Scale Up Programme, spanning cities in the East and Greater Horn of Africa, creating at a stroke Africa’s most ambitious and inclusive urban early warning initiative.

Government officials and humanitarian actors from Uganda and Kenya have concluded a three-day simulation exercise near the Mount Elgon ranges in Mbale, eastern Uganda.

Karamoja is not only one of the country’s most food-insecure regions but has also been plagued by communal violence and violent cattle rustling for decades.