Tag: Somalia
Eastern and Southern Africa’s COMESA is a Major Market Place for Internal and External Trading
By Abdi Ali Published March 30, 2024 The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) is a regional economic community in Africa with twenty-one member states stretching from Tunisia in the north to Eswatini in the south. COMESA was formed in December 1994, replacing a Preferential Trade Area which had existed since 1981. Djibouti,…
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Use Groundwater Access Facility to Boost to Tackle Drought in Eastern Africa
By United Nations Development Programme Published May 14, 2023 Ethiopia and The Netherlands in partnership with World Bank Group, United Nations Development Programme, United Nations Children Fund and Children Investment Funds Foundation have called for the creation of a Groundwater Access Facility (GaFa) to sustainably use millions of cubic kilometers of untapped groundwater reservoirs in…
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Cross-Border Campaign Needed to Combat Locust Upsurge in Eastern Africa
By Abdi Ali Published January 21, 2020 Unprecedented swarms of destructive desert locust in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia could swell exponentially and spill over into more countries in eastern Africa if efforts to combat the pest are not scaled up across the region. Heavy rains that have been experienced since October 2019, are said to…
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