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Somalia: Floods - Oct 2011 — 134 found

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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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

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.

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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.

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This report is produced by OCHA Somalia in collaboration with humanitarian partners. It was issued by OCHA in New York. It covers the period from 21 December to 28 December 2011. The next report will be issued on 4 January 2012.

I. HIGHLIGHTS/KEY PRIORITIES

  • Three aid workers on a monitoring mission in Mataban, Hiran province died when a gunman opened fire on 23 December.

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Deyr season crop performance in South and Central Somalia

Key messages

  • Despite on‐going, large‐scale humanitarian intervention, food insecurity remains at Emergency and Famine levels across most of southern Somalia.

  • Crop production in southern and central Somalia is expected to be mixed. In Juba and Gedo below average harvests are expected, in Bay, Bakool, Hiran and the central agropastoral areas below‐average to average harvests are expected, and in the Shabelle regions average to above‐average crop harvests are likely.

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.

I. HIGHLIGHTS/KEY PRIORITIES

· Tensions remain high in North Eastern Province of Kenya following a series of explosive attacks targeting military and police convoys in the area.

· Aid workers have further reduced operations in the Dadaab refugee camps following heightened insecurity.

· WHO has called on health partners to intensify cholera preventative activities in Mogadishu following an increase in cases.

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