The East Africa region will experience drier-than-usual conditions between January and March 2025, the Climate Prediction and Applications Center of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), a regional bloc, said on Monday.
The center said in a forecast that the drier conditions will affect mainly Ethiopia, Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya, Burundi, and Tanzania.
The region will also record warmer-than-usual temperatures during the January-to-March 2025 season. "Normal temperatures are likely to be recorded in a few areas of northern Uganda and western Sudan," it said.
The center observed that across the region, only southern Tanzania and southwestern Uganda would experience wetter-than-usual conditions during the period, an indication of increased climate variability in the region due to climate change.
