HIGHLIGHTS

• Over 170 people have died and 225,000 displaced as a result of flash flooding

• Food Security: Aid agencies urged to adopt ‘no regrets response’ to build on regional food security gains

• Renewed attempts made to address cross border and incountry insecurity in eastern Africa, namely in Somalia, DRC and Kenya.

• Regional Migration: An estimated 9.15 million people are currently displaced in the region: 2,012,531 are refugees and 7,141,442 are IDPs

DRC, Sudan and Somalia continue to host the highest number of IDPs and persons severely affected by conflict. A new report provides in-depth analysis of the situation in 12 countries.

Food security levels are generally better than a year earlier in East Africa and the Sahel, with most areas facing either IPC phase 1 ‘minimal’ or phase 2 ‘stressed’ conditions, thanks to favorable agro-climatic conditions in 2012.

KEY DEVELOPMENTS

· Although the recent good performance of seasonal rainfall has enhanced water and pasture availability in most drought-prone areas of Ethiopia, populations in some belg-producing parts of eastern Ethiopia will likely continue to experience Crisis—Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) 3—level food insecurity through June due to delayed and poorly distributed February-to-May 2013 belg rains and resulting planting disruptions.

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.

This month’s update highlights children and armed conflict concerns and provides recommendations for the protection of children in the situations of the Central African Region (LRA), Central African Republic, Somalia, and Sudan/South Sudan. It includes recommendations in particular concerning Myanmar which is expected to be taken up by the Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict.

Flood Update Localized flooding continued to cause damages across the country over the past two weeks. In SNNPR, overflow of the Blate River affected three additional villages in Loka Abaya woreda (Sidama zone) and displaced some 1,200 people from the area. Regional authorities requested the Federal Disaster Risk Management and Food Security Sector (DRMFSS) for additional Non Food Item (NFI) support to assist the affected population. Previous flooding, in April, affected more than 2,500 people in Loka Abaya woreda and Humbo woreda (Wolayita zone). At that time,

This document provides an overview of developments in the Mediterranean Basin and other regions of interest from 16 – 29 April 2013, with hyperlinks to source material highlighted and underlined in the text. For more information on the topics below or other issues pertaining to the region, please contact the members of the Med Basin Team, or visit our website at www.cimicweb.org.

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

In Focus 1
North Africa 2
Northeast Africa 4
Horn of Africa 5