Somalia: Food Security Outlook, Jan – June 2012 [FEWS Net]
SOMALIA Food Security Outlook January to June 2012 Key Messages * Famine has ended in southern Somalia. However, nearly a third of the population remain in crisis, unable to fully meet essential food and non‐food needs. As of February 3, 2.34 million people remain in crisis, with 73 percent (1.7 million people) living in the … Read more
Somalia: Al-Shabaab forces ICRC to suspend service [Press release]
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) announced its decision to suspend aid deliveries on January 12, 2012. The decision came after Al-Shabaab officials blocked the delivery of food intended for 240,000 people last month. ICRC called for ‘the cooperation of the local authorities to restore conditions that will allow the resumption of the … Read more
Horn of Africa: Drought highlights of year 2011
Severe drought, exacerbated by poverty and conflict, hit at least four countries in 2011 – Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia – displacing hundreds of thousands of people. Thousands in Somalia and Ethiopia began the year by making the dangerous journey to Yemen. Others from these two countries headed for South Africa where they faced arrest, … Read more
Somalia: Rape on the rise amid "climate of fear" in Mogadishu IDP camps
The number of reported rapes in camps for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Mogadishu, the Somali capital, has risen sharply, creating "a climate of fear", according to a civil society source. "We have had the problem of rape in the city but what we are witnessing now is on a scale never seen before," said … Read more
Consolidated Appeal for Somalia 2012 – UN OCHA
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Consolidated Appeal for Somalia 2012 Updated Date: 14 December 2011 Increased emergency humanitarian aid in the latter half of 2011 proved to have a significant impact in Somalia, where the number of people living in crisis conditions had jumped from 2.4 million at the start of the … Read more
Somalia: UNHCR concerned about new restrictions on humanitarian work in Somalia
GENEVA, November 29 (UNHCR) – The UN refugee agency expressed concern on Tuesday at the decision earlier this week by Somalia’s Al Shabaab militia to revoke permission for UNHCR and other UN aid organizations to work in areas controlled by the group. "This comes at the time of a dire humanitarian crisis in southern and … Read more
Somalia: Al-Shabab ban on 16 aid agencies threatens aid
The main Islamist insurgent group in Somalia, which is still in the throes of a major food crisis classified as famine in some regions, has banned 16 aid agencies, including several UN bodies, from operating in areas under its control, accusing them of "illicit activities and misconduct". The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), UN Children’s Fund … Read more
USAID: Horn of Africa drought fact sheet – Fiscal Year 2012
HORN OF AFRICA – DROUGHT FACT SHEET #4, FISCAL YEAR (FY) 2012 Oct. 27, 2011 KEY DEVELOPMENTS During the week of October 24, fighting continued between the Somalia Transitional Federal Government, supported by the African Union Mission in Somalia, and al-Shabaab in Somalia. In addition, the Government of Kenya (GoK) continues to target al-Shabaab forces … Read more
UN: Communiqué on Somalia mini-summit [full text]
The following communiqué was issued after the mini-summit on Somalia, held in New York, 23 September: The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, convened a high-level meeting on Somalia in New York on 23 September 2011. Participants included representatives of Burundi, China, Denmark, Djibouti, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Norway, Russian Federation, Saudi … Read more
East African drought: Projections for Oct. to Dec. 2011 [full text]
Highlights: * Somalia – 4 million people are in crisis (IPC Phases 3, 4, and 5), of which 3 million are in southern Somalia, and 750,000 are experiencing famine‐level outcomes. * Food security is likely to improve [from Emergency] to Crisis (IPC Phase 3) levels in pastoral areas of Kenya and Ethiopia between October and … Read more
