AGP Executive Report
Last update: 9 hours agoPandemic Preparedness: IGAD launched a $31.9m PREPARE project to strengthen cross-border disease surveillance, lab capacity, and health workforce readiness across Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, and Uganda, backed by WHO and IFRC. Offshore Energy & Mining: Somalia says Türkiye-led offshore drilling is moving into deepwater well work after seismic surveys, with “positive outcomes” expected by year-end, while also pushing Türkiye for cooperation on uranium and other critical minerals. Humanitarian Pressure: Aid agencies and Catholic Church leaders warn Somalia’s crisis is worsening, citing 6.5m people facing acute food insecurity and over 1.8m children with acute malnutrition. Maritime Security: IMO and regional states warn Somali piracy is resurging in the Gulf of Aden and western Indian Ocean, while India’s INS Kolkata foiled a suspected piracy attempt near MV Mashallah 1. Regional Trade & Connectivity: The EAC is advancing a harmonised mobile roaming framework to cut cross-border communication costs for Somalia and other member states. Red Sea Risk Spillover: Analysts link the wider Iran conflict to renewed piracy pressure along the Hormuz-to-Horn corridor, raising costs and disruption risks for shipping.
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