1. INTRODUCTION

Les différents travaux sur la sécurité des acteurs humanitaires classent la Somalie parmi les contextes opérationnels les plus dangereux du Monde avec l’Afghanistan, le Darfour et, depuis peu, le Tchad.

Le danger est en effet permanent pour les acteurs et ces derniers ont payé un prix élevé pour leur engagement auprès des populations somaliennes. Si le nombre d’incidents a diminué entre 2009 et 2008, passant d’environ 120 incidents sérieux à 70, c’est essentiellement lié à la diminution très forte de la présence des humanitaires sur le terrain.

Grants to five countries put under closer Global Fund control

GENEVA - The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has suspended funding of two malaria grants in Mali with immediate effect and has terminated a third grant for tuberculosis (TB) after it found evidence of misappropriation and unjustified expenditure. Management of the two suspended grants will be transferred to a new Principal Recipient.

The government of Mali has condemned

In 2011, tens of millions of people will need emergency aid to survive. Conflicts and natural disasters have cut them off from their homes, their livelihoods, and access to essentials like drinking water and health care. They already suffer or are imminently threatened by malnourishment, disease, or violence. Most are poor people who have few if any means to cope with these traumas. This Appeal asks for the resources needed to deliver to these people the best possible help, in time.

Humanitarian country teams - non-governmental

The meeting, on 1st and 2nd December in Djibouti will also look at ways of improving cross-border cooperation between the four countries through better information sharing.

Every year, tens of thousands of people make the hazardous journey from their place of origin through Somalia and Djibouti and onwards across the Gulf of Aden to Yemen and the Gulf states.

Key messages

- The weak onset of heys/dada rains (October to March), coupled with forecast normal to below?normal rainfall conditions in the region resulting from La Niña , does not bode well for the performance of this rainy season. November rains, which have to date been below normal, are particularly critical for the timely regeneration of rangeland in support of the early stages of pregnancy for livestock, especially goats. Given that these rains are just beginning, however, most

Le petit état de la Corne de l'Afrique fait l'objet d'un appel visant à mobiliser 38,9 millions de dollars pour l'aide alimentaire (16,2 millions), l'agriculture et le bétail (6,5 millions), la santé et la nutrition (7,4 millions), l'eau et l'assainissement et la préparation aux urgences et l'assainissement (6,4 millions).

This section summarizes FEWS NET's most forward-looking analysis of projected external emergency food assistance needs, six months from now, in countries where FEWS NET has a staff presence. Overall needs at a national level are compared to typical needs at this time of year during the last five years and categorized as Above-average, Average, and Below-average/No need. A star (*) indicates new information this month. Projected lean season months that are highlighted in red indicate

Four consecutive years of insufficient rainfall has led to large-scale hunger and increased malnutrition, especially among children under five years of age in rural areas of the country. Approximately

More than 800 police officers will be trained in Kenya and Djibouti to help bring peace in war-torn Somalia.

Two hundred cadets will undergo a three-month training in Manyani, Kenya, while 600 others will be trained in Djibouti.

The African Union Commission deputy special representative, Wafula Wamunyinyi, said 80 senior officers will be trained in South Africa and Rwanda from January, next year.

Mr Wamunyinyi who was accompanied by African Union Mission to Somalia Police Commissioner, Hudson Benzu, said