Djibouti

Total 2012 figures of migrants between Djibouti and Yemen: In 2012, a total of 107,532 persons arrived on the shores of Yemen. The number of migrants arriving in Yemen in 2012; were a 4 per cent increase from the 103,532 persons who arrived in Yemen in 2011, and more than double the 53,382 migrants who arrived in Yemen in 2010. 75 per cent or 80,465 persons who arrived in Yemen in 2012 travelled via Djibouti.

Beans, cassava, sweet potatoes, maize and rice constitute the basic staple foods for the majority of the Burundian population. Beans are the main staple crop in Burundi; cassava, sweet potatoes, maize and rice are also very important, the former constituting the main source of protein for most low‐ and middle‐income households. Bujumbura, the capital and largest urban center in the country, functions as an assembly, wholesale and retail and main consumer market.

Abstract

The Joint Assessment Mission (JAM) conducted in September 2012 aimed at obtaining a better understanding of the situation, needs, risks, capacities and vulnerabilities of refugees in Malawi with regard to food, livelihood, their nutritional/health situation and related matters. The current programme is coming to an end, and this JAM Report aims to provide information for further assistance through the design of a new programme cycle for both WFP (the PRRO) and UNHCR. The last JAM was carried out in 2009 in coordination with the GoM and other stakeholders.

Reporting Period: 01 October 2012 – 31 October 2012 Summary of outputs:

• Collection of 1,025 weapons, 6,900 magazines, 2,331 items of ammunition, 491,328 Small Arms Ammunition (SAA), 95.8 kg of explosives and 12,740 miscellaneous items obsolete or unserviceable from the FDN stocks.

• Destruction of 1,144 weapons, 6,900 magazines, 1,488 items of ammunition, 500,254 SAA, 394 kg of explosives and 292 miscellaneous items obsolete or unserviceable from the FDN stocks.

By Orton Kiishweko

DAR ES SALAAM, Dec 19 2012 (IPS) - From January 2013, Tanzania will start restricting the size of land that single large-scale foreign and local investors can “lease” for agricultural use. The decision follows both local and international criticism that major investors are grabbing large chunks of land here, often displacing small-scale farmers and local communities.

Suite à une entente tripartite entre le HCR et les gouvernements tanzanien et burundais, le rapatriement massif de 35.000 burundais installés dans le camp de réfugiés de Mutabila débuté au mois d’octobre est entré aujourd’hui dans sa phase finale. Arrivés au Burundi, ils sont conduits dans leurs zones de provenance. Ceux qui n’ont plus de référence seront à terme installés dans des villages ruraux intégrés. Parmi ces personnes, beaucoup sont nés en l’exil et aimeraient retrouver la terre de leurs ancêtres.

Introduction

Tropical cyclone Evan hit Samoa and Fiji on 13 and 16 December. As a category 4 storm, Evan caused significant damage to homes and infrastructure on both islands.