New developments

Registration resumed

On 8 May, the Department of Refugee Affairs (DRA) reopened registration of asylum seekers. This means that some 4,000 persons who have arrived to Dadaab since the closure of the latest two-week registration window on 30 November 2012 will now be registered and get access to services.

Security

Suite au lancement en mars 2013 des plates-formes Open Data dans 30 pays africains, la Banque africaine de développement (BAD) vient de lancer des plates-formes additionnelles Open Data pour les 10 pays africains suivants : Burkina Faso, Burundi, République centrafricaine, Tchad, Gabon, Mali, Madagascar, Niger, Somalie, Soudan. Cela porte à quarante (40) le nombre de pays africains déjà connectés au réseau Open Data.

Over one million people in Somalia are currently food insecure. IRIN asks experts and analysts whether the conditions that led to the famine are still in place, and whether another famine could occur.

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Djibouti

Events /trends/ data / analysis

New Arrivals: In April 2013, an estimated 4,615 migrants arrived on Yemen’s shores via Djibouti, a 46% decrease from March. 80% of these migrants were Ethiopians while the rest were Somali.

Boats: A total of 66 vessels left via the Red Sea for Yemen carrying an average of 69 passengers per trip in the month of April.

Cross border movements to/from Somalia and major movements within Gedo, Middle and Lower Juba

When WFP launched Special Operation 105780 in 2007, there was one main objective: to promote the uninterrupted and timely supply of relief items to vulnerable populations across Somalia. At the time, humanitarian access was very limited; port infrastructures in Somalia were in urgent need of repair and these challenges, coupled with large security risks, impeded the safe delivery of humanitarian assistance. In addition, WFP aimed to reduce operational costs, while building local capacity and supporting a larger framework of economic development.

Summary: 21 May 2013, Brussels - The EU will provide some €37 million to strengthen the fight against piracy in several Eastern and Southern African countries through support for the Programme to promote Regional Maritime Security (MASE).

In the past decade, the level of maritime insecurity in the region's waters has become the highest in the world, undermining development and affecting the well being of millions of people.

The Global Overview collates information from a range of sources and displays it in a manner that allows for quick comparison of different humanitarian crises.

Mogadishu, April 2013 – MERCY Malaysia’s Head of Relief Operations Department, Hew Cheong Yew visited Somalia once again to observe and assess the progress of the Tawfiq Clinic, a project by MERCY Malaysia. The Tawfiq Clinic is located in Yaqshid district, the biggest district in Mogadishu with a population of more than 300,000. There is no general hospital in the district and only a handful of NGOs are working in the newly claimed safe area.

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