A statement issued by Stephen Jackson, United Nations Resident Coordinator in Kenya, ahead of the Africa Climate Summit in Nairobi, Kenya (4-6 September)
Amid acute and persistent drought, pastoralists in Northern Kenya—and other arid regions of Africa—are in dire straits and hinge hope on potential compensation for loss and damage.
He called for political cohesion that strengthens public confidence in institutions and provides people with the sense that the State fully embraces diversity.
Burkina Faso, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, C?te d’Ivoire, Ethiopia and Kenya participated in the AU's?Africa Amnesty Month in September.