Disaster

Relevant information, maps and updates related to this disaster.

Overview

Heavy rains and flooding in southern Somalia starting in Oct 2011 displaced 1,000 households and impeded delivery of humanitarian aid (OCHA, 18 Oct 2011).

By the end of Dec 2011, the Deyr rains had subsided in many parts of the Lower and Middle Juba regions. However, flooding continued to affect many settlements along the Juba River. (OCHA, 21 Dec 2011)

Affected countries

Somalia
Somalia: Floods - Oct 2011 — 139 found
04 May 2012
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Somalia
MAASO001 Annual report 2011

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IFRC
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This report covers the period 1 January to 31 December 2011

In brief

Programme outcome:

In line with the aims of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies’ (IFRC) Strategy 2020, the Somali Red Crescent Society’s (SRCS’) 2011 support programme aims at contributing to saving lives, protecting livelihoods and strengthening recovery from disasters (drought) through scaling up health and nutrition services, rehabilitating water sources and distributing non-food items to drought affected populations.

Programme summary:

11 Apr 2012
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Somalia
and 3 others
Response to the Horn of Africa Emergency: A continuing crisis threatens hard-won gains - Regional six-month Progress Report

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UN Children's Fund
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UNICEF report: despite recent improvements, outlook for the Horn of Africa increasingly worrisome

More than 8 million people need emergency assistance

NAIROBI, 11 April 2012 – The massive humanitarian response in the Horn of Africa in 2011 reversed the spread of famine and saved tens of thousands of children’s lives, but the outlook is increasingly worrisome, threatening the tentative gains achieved to date, according to a new UNICEF report.

09 Mar 2012
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Somalia
FSNAU Technical Series Report No VI. 44: Nutrition Analysis Post Deyr 2011/12

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Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Unit
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  1. Executive Summary

Nutrition Situation Overview

A significant scale-up of emergency response since September/October 2011, in combination with the off season harvest and the Deyr (October-December) 2011 harvest has had a significant impact on improving food access, acute malnutrition, and mortality levels in the southern Somali population. As a result, famine outcomes characterized by evidence of of all three of the following outcomes, based on the Integrated Phase Classification (IPC) version 2.0, are no longer existent in Southern Somalia:

02 Mar 2012
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Somalia
Humanitarian Dashboard - Somalia, January 2012

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UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
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SITUATION OVERVIEW

  • While the famine situation has eased, approximately 2.34 million people (31%of the population) still need life-saving assistance in Somalia, according to FSNAU report of 3 February 2012.

  • 1.7 million people (73 % of people in crisis) are in southern Somalia. They need food, clean water, shelter, and other assistance to survive.

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs:

To learn more about OCHA's activities, please visit http://unocha.org/.

02 Feb 2012
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Somalia
ICRC remains fully committed to helping Somalis

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ICRC

Geneva/Nairobi (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) regrets the decision of the Office for Supervising the Affairs of Foreign Agencies of the Harakat Al-Shabaab Al Mujahideen to terminate the agreement under which the ICRC was allowed to deliver emergency food aid in Al-Shabaab administered areas of Somalia.

26 Jan 2012
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Somalia
Somalia Deyr 2011/12 Analysis, Gedo Region

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Famine Early Warning System Network, Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Unit
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Main Livelihood Groups

Sources of Food and Income

Livelihood Groups & Main Sources of Food and Income

2 Pastoral Livelihoods (Southern Inland and DawoPastoralists)

  • Primary sources of income of poor: sale of livestock & livestock products

  • Primary sources of food of poor: purchase and own production

  • Primary livelihood assets of poor: camel, cattle and sheep/goat

26 Jan 2012
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Somalia
Somalia Deyr 2011/12 Analysis, Juba Regions

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Famine Early Warning System Network, Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Unit
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Deyr 2011-12 Seasonal Assessment Coverage

Field Access and Field Data Locations

Assessment was entirely carried out via teleconferencing with enumerators and key informants due to insecurity

20 Jan 2012
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Somalia
and 3 others
6 Months Later: CARE’s Response to the Horn of Africa Crisis

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CARE

In the last six months CARE has reached over 1.8 million affected people throughout the region /Long-term recovery efforts aim at building resilience to food insecurity

On July 20th, 2011, the United Nations declared a state of famine in two areas of southern Somalia: the Bakool agropastoral livelihood zones and all areas of Lower Shabelle. Subsequently, four more Somali areas have been declared as a famine. At that point, the whole region of the Horn of Africa was suffering from the worst drought in more than 60 years, affecting Somalia, Ethiopia, Djibouti and Kenya.

12 Jan 2012
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Somalia
Food insecurity remains at emergency and famine levels across South Somalia

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Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development

NAIROBI [ACTED News] – Food insecurity remains at emergency and famine levels across much of South Somalia, in spite of recent gains in food availability and falling prices, the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWSNET) has reported. While three regions (Bay, Bakool and Lower Shabelle) were reclassified as being in Emergency from Famine-level conditions in November, famine conditions persist in Middle Shabelle, and among internally displaced populations in and around Mogadishu.

05 Jan 2012
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Somalia
Protection Cluster Update Weekly Report, 30th December 2011

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Inter-Agency Standing Committee Somalia
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This update provides information on the protection environment in Somalia, including apparent violations of Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law as reported during the last two weeks through the IASC Somalia Protection Cluster monitoring systems. Incidents mentioned in this report are not exhaustive. They are intended to highlight credible reports in order to inform and prompt programming and advocacy initiatives by the humanitarian community and national authorities.

General Overview

04 Jan 2012
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Somalia
Somalia Famine & Drought Situation Report No. 29

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UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
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I. HIGHLIGHTS/KEY PRIORITIES

· Two humanitarian aid workers were shot dead in Mogadishu on 29 December.

· Banadir Hospital reported a reduction in the number of cases of acute watery diarrhoea and measles in November/December compared to September/October.

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs:

To learn more about OCHA's activities, please visit http://unocha.org/.

30 Dec 2011
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Somalia
and 4 others
Horn of Africa Crisis Situation Report No. 29

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UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
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I. HIGHLIGHTS/KEY PRIORITIES

· Three aid workers on a monitoring mission in Mataban, Hirran Province, Somalia died when a gunman opened fire on 23 December.

· Latest reports from UNICEF and KRCS indicate that flood waters in Kenya are subsiding, with most displaced communities returning to their homes.

· Inter-communal conflict in Moyale leaves 37 people dead, thousands displaced.

· Two grenades thrown at a club in Wajir district in north-eastern Kenya near the Somali border wounded at least seven people on 24 December.

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs:

To learn more about OCHA's activities, please visit http://unocha.org/.

30 Dec 2011
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Somalia
and 5 others
Horn & Eastern Africa: Drought highlights in 2011

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Integrated Regional Information Networks

NAIROB I, 30 December 2011 (IRIN) - Severe drought, [ http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=93426 ] exacerbated by poverty and conflict, hit at least four countries in 2011 - Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia - displacing hundreds of thousands of people.

Integrated Regional Information Networks:

A selection of IRIN reports are posted on ReliefWeb. Find more IRIN news and analysis at http://www.irinnews.org

Une sélection d'articles d'IRIN sont publiés sur ReliefWeb. Trouvez d'autres articles et analyses d'IRIN sur http://www.irinnews.org

This article does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations or its agencies. Refer to the IRIN copyright page for conditions of use.

Cet article ne reflète pas nécessairement les vues des Nations Unies. Voir IRIN droits d'auteur pour les conditions d'utilisation.

28 Dec 2011
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Somalia
Special report: Market functioning in southern Somalia

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Famine Early Warning System Network, Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Unit
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Disclaimer: This paper addresses some of the issues related to the market feasibility of cash transfers and supply-side interventions. It does not consider issues related to the mechanism by which various forms of response could be provided nor does it explore other aspects of the local context, including security and conflict, which would affect the overall feasibility of continuing or expanding relief efforts. As with all information on southern Somalia, the situation is changing constantly and available information may not fully reflect current conditions.