Highlights

The Secretary-General condemned in the strongest possible terms the suicide attack against a United Nations convoy in southern Afghanistan on 15 September. The attack, in Kandahar Province, killed two doctors working for WHO, as well as their driver, all of whom were Afghan nationals. The doctors, traveling in clearly marked United Nations vehicles, were carrying out a polio vaccination campaign. A number of bystanders were also injured in the attack, which came one day after another suicide bombing near Kabul that killed the Governor of Logar Province.

Le Groupe de la Banque mondiale a lancé un mécanisme de financement rapide doté de 1,2 milliard de dollars - le Programme d'intervention en réponse à la crise alimentaire mondiale (GFRP) - afin d'accélérer les apports d'aide aux pays qui en ont le plus besoin. Le GFRP a approuvé et commencé à décaisser, en date du 26 septembre 2008, 152 millions de dollars pour des projets dans 18 pays. Un projet de 36 millions est en cours d'approbation. 393 millions de dollars supplémentaires sont en cours d'affectation pour des programmes dans 12 autres pays.

Le GFRP décaisse des fonds dans les pays

SANAA, 24 September 2008 (IRIN) - The UN World Food Programme (WFP) office in Yemen is launching a programme to offset the high prices of food staples, which are hitting millions of food-insecure Yemenis.

The budget is US$30 million and the operation is set to start within a few weeks in eight out of Yemen's 21 governorates.

"We have now a new emergency programme to address specifically the problem of food prices. It addresses the needs of about 700,000 people, with the focus on children between two and five and pregnant women. These are the categories of people considered most

Key Overall Developments

Canadian naval escorts for World Food Programme's (WFP) food shipments end on 27 September 2008. No country has yet pledged to take over at this critical period when more Somalis than ever need life-saving food aid at a time when there has been a sharp increase in piracy off the Somali coast (a total of seven hijackings in August alone and more than 50 so far this year). About 90% of WFP food shipment to Somalia goes by sea. On Monday 15 September, the European Union agreed to set-up a coordination unit in Brussels to support European surveillance activities

Sana'a, Yemen_(dpa) _ More than 50 African migrants are feared dead after smugglers forced them from a crowded boat off the coast of Yemen on Monday, local officials said.

The officials told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa that nine bodies, including two of women, were recovered after the accident.

They said 47 people made it to shore of the al-Masani area in the southern Yemeni province of Abayn on the Gulf of Aden.

Forty-two people went missing and were feared dead by Monday evening, they added. In total, 98 Somali and Ethiopian refuge-seekers were onboard.

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA)
OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA)

Note: The last situation report was dated August 13, 2008.

BACKGROUND

Since 1991, widespread violence, endemic poverty, and recurrent droughts and floods have generated a complex emergency in Somalia. Continued civil strife and inter-clan conflicts have complicated the humanitarian situation and limited access to affected areas. In addition, ongoing fighting since late December 2006 between the Somalia Transitional

ICRC water engineer Johannes Bruwer is just back from a 14-month assignment in Sa'ada, Yemen. He explains why access to safe water is crucial to Yemenis affected by the conflict and how the ICRC has responded to some of the most urgent needs.

Which part of Yemen is most affected by water shortages?

The entire country is affected by water shortages. Because diesel fuel is in short supply, many water pumps are not operating, and using trucks to transport water is becoming so expensive that safe drinking water could soon be unaffordable for most Yemenis. The

SANAA, 9 September 2008 (IRIN) - Hundreds of African migrants, mostly Somalis, have taken advantage of calm seas to make the perilous journey from Somalia to Yemen in the first week of September and more are expected, Hussein Hajji, the Somali consul in Aden, said.

Hajji told IRIN on 7 September that more than 2,000 Africans, mostly Somalis, landed on Yemeni shores after crossing the Gulf of Aden. "Between three and five boats arrive at Yemeni shores on a daily basis," he said.

Almost all the new migrants had arrived

Situation Générale en août 2008

Prévision jusqu'à'mi-octobre 2008

La situation relative au Criquet pèlerin est restée calme en août. Une reproduction à petite échelle a commencé dans les zones de reproduction estivale en Mauritanie et est probablement en cours au Mali, au Niger, au Tchad, au Soudan et en érythrée, o=F9 de bonnes pluies sont tombées pendant le mois. Les prospections n'ont pas pu être réalisées au Mali et au Niger en raison de l'insécurité. Une reproduction à petite échelle a également eu lieu le long de la frontière indopakistanaise.