By Wendy Williams March 27, 2023 Cutting off al Shabaab’s estimated $100 million in extortion-generated annual revenue will require restoring the integrity of Somalia’s compromised financial,...
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Weathering shocks: the effects of weather shocks on farm input use in sub-Saharan Africa
There has been much discussion on climate change and its adverse effects on agriculture, including excessive loss of food production. In regions such as sub-Saharan Africa, where agriculture is the...
Towards an improved understanding of vulnerability and resilience in Somalia - June 2019
Vulnerability and resilience in Somalia The 2011 famine and 2016 severe drought conditions in Somalia drew the attention of development actors to issues and options for addressing recurrent shocks...
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Greater Horn of Africa Climate Risk and Food Security Atlas
SUMMARY The Heads of State and Governments at the Summit on the Horn of Africa Crisis in Nairobi in September 2011 declared their commitment to end drought emergencies and vulnerabilities in the IGAD...
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mark Lowcock: Opening Remarks at the Launch of the 2018 Somalia Humanitarian Response Plan and the Resilience and Recovery Framework
Mogadishu, 30 January 2018 I was last here in Somalia in January and May last year - just before taking the position as Emergency Relief Coordinator - when this country was one of the four countries...
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Humanitarian Assistance in Review: East and Central Africa | Fiscal Year (FY) 2008 – 2017
A variety of natural hazards—including cyclical drought, floods, and environmental degradation—are endemic to the East and Central Africa (ECA) region, where conflict, rapid population growth, and...
Surviving drought with new farming techniques
Amun Osman | “Working on the farm reminds me of my father. I used to help him and he taught me everything I know,” says Bishara Abdi, a 74-year-old farmer in Bonkay village in south-central Somalia. ...
Looking back to move forward: Building on learning from 2011 to strengthen the 2017 drought response in Somalia: Report from an inter-agency reflection workshop
This report provides a summary of the discussions that took place during a half-day reflection workshop in May 2017. More than 40 people from national and international NGOs, the UN, donors and...
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Lesson learned? An urgent call for action in the Horn of Africa, January 2017
This paper was produced for a meeting of the Inter-Governmental Authority for Development (IGAD) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 19-21 January 2017 SUMMARY – KEY MESSAGES • The failure of the 2016...
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Learning from experience: a summarised review of early warning systems
Executive Summary During the Horn of Africa famine in 2011, agencies, donors and the international community failed to prepare and respond early enough to prevent massive suffering. 1 Retrospective...
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The Global Climate in 2011–2015
Extreme weather increasingly linked to global warming The World Meteorological Organization has published a detailed analysis of the global climate 2011-2015 – the hottest five-year period on record...
Stories of Impact: Building Capacity for Drought Resilience in Tanzania
Project Description In many regions of central and northern Tanzania, lives and livelihoods suffer from periodic weather-related stress, particularly from below-normal rainfall. The resulting crop...
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Le climat mondial 2011–2015
Le climat mondial 2011-2015: chaud et fantasque L’Organisation météorologique mondiale (OMM) vient de publier une analyse détaillée du climat mondial de 2011 à 2015 – période quinquennale la plus...
Famine in Somalia: Competing Imperatives, Collective Failures, 2011-12
On Wednesday 19 October 2016, the Rift Valley Forum and the University of Hargeysa’s Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS) hosted a public forum to discuss the key findings of the book,...
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Humanitarian Assistance in Review: East and Central Africa | Fiscal Year (FY) 2007 – 2016
A variety of natural hazards—including cyclical drought, floods, and environmental degradation—are endemic to the East and Central Africa (ECA) region, where conflict, rapid population growth, and...
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Armed and insecure: An overview of arms transfers and armed violence in the Horn of Africa (2010-2015)
A large number of people in the Horn of Africa have grown up in the midst of armed conflict. They are never far from violence and danger. The abundance of weapons in the region and the constant...
Ethiopia hit by drought and food shortages
Every day is a struggle to survive for Rahel, 34, and her family in Sebeya, a village in one of the worst drought-affected areas on the Ethiopian border with Eritrea. Her husband is a soldier and...
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IOM Contributions to Progressively Resolve Displacement Situations: Compendium of activities and good practice
Description: The number and scale of crises are forcing record numbers of people to flee their homes seeking relative safety within or across international borders. However, the growing complexity...
Situation Analysis of Children in Somalia 2016
Situation Analysis of Children – A call for action to realize the rights of all Somali children MOGADISHU, Somalia, 1 August 2016 – UNICEF, together with the Federal Government of Somalia, donors and...
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Review of durable solutions initiatives in East and Horn of Africa: Good practices, challenges and opportunities in the search of durable solutions
INTRODUCTION On the displacement crises in the East and Horn of Africa. 11.7 million people were displaced in the region at the end of February 2016, mostly in Sudan, South Sudan, Somalia and...