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IPCC report presents a harrowing catalogue of climate impacts

As the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) releases its hard-hitting report on climate impacts, ActionAid is calling for a global system to support climate vulnerable countries to rebuild

Carcasses of livestock scatter the drought-ridden landscape in Garissa County, Kenya

Climate crisis fuels drought and severe hunger across East Africa

The climate crisis is fuelling one of the worst droughts on record across the Horn of Africa, with up to 13 million people in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia facing severe hunger. Find out more about the

Carcasses of livestock scatter the drought-ridden landscape in Garissa County, Kenya

Aid workers on frontline of drought in East Africa respond to FCDO funding announcement

The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) in the UK has today announced £36 million in UK humanitarian funding to help people in Ukraine, East Africa and Syria. Countries in East Africa

Dead livestock found inside/outside the community of Ceel-Dheere, Somaliland.

Horn of Africa Pledging Conference: “Disappointing results with a devastating impact on women and girls.” 

In response to the funds pledged at the High-Level Horn of Africa event in New York on Wednesday, Tinebeb Berhane, Country Director at ActionAid Ethiopia, said: 

Halimo Ahmed Yusuf, a pregnant mother from Ceel-Dheere, Somaliland
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Kenya's IMF woes highlight the need for new and sustainable economic pathway, says ActionAid

ActionAid International Kenya’s Programs and Strategy Lead, Samson Orao, said:

"It is deeply concerning that Kenya finds itself in this recurring cycle of failing to meet IMF program conditions and

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