Groundwater and the Horn’s Climate Security Future: From Technical Resource to Strategic Asset

Feb 27, 2026 | Kidus Tesfaye
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The Horn of Africa’s climate debate is often framed above ground: failed rains, drying rivers, shrinking pastures, emergency relief corridors, and displacement flows. But one of the region’s most consequential climate-security questions now lies below the surface. As rainfall becomes more erratic and surface water more volatile, groundwater is no longer merely a technical adaptation issue. It is increasingly becoming a strategic resource tied to pastoral stability, local legitimacy, and cross-border security.