Key Overall Developments The worsening security situation in South-Central Somalia continues to jeopardize the work of local and international aid agencies trying to assist millions of Somalis who...
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Key Overall Developments The worsening security situation in South-Central Somalia continues to jeopardize the work of local and international aid agencies trying to assist millions of Somalis who...
Key Overall Developments According to Famine Early Warning Network (FEWSNET), above-average rainfall was forecasted for the ongoing Deyr rains (October-December) in Somalia due to the current El NiƱo...
Key Overall Developments The 2010 Somalia Humanitarian Appeal was launched on 3 December, requesting for US$689 million to respond to the most serious humanitarian crisis in 18 years of civil war...
Key Overall Developments The Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Unit's Nutrition Update issued on 19 November states that urban households' access to food has begun to improve in most regions, with...
Key Overall Developments WHO has confirmed the Pandemic A (H1N1) 2009 for the first time in Somalia. Two out of 10 samples tested positive for novel H1N1 (pandemic strain) on 3 November 2009 in a...
Key Overall Developments The Flood Information Group (FIG) estimates that at least 16,000 people have been displaced by flooding in Hiraan, Gedo and Lower Shabelle regions. The floods have damaged...
Key Overall Developments The Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWSNET) says the general performance of the ongoing Deyr (October - December) rains throughout the country have so far been good...
Key Overall Developments According the Famine Early Warning Network (FEWSNET), the 2009 Deyr rains (October - December) began in late September/early October in many pastoral areas in the north,...
Key Overall Developments Three aid workers with Action Against Hunger (ACF) were released on 3 October in Somalia. The three were captured in Kenya's border town of Mandera and taken into Somalia on...
Key Overall Developments Low donor funding and continuing fighting and conflict, have placed millions of Somalis, including women and children at risk and is jeopardising health interventions such as...
Key Overall Developments The Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia, Mark Bowden, this week said that the scale of the crisis in Somalia continues to deteriorate with more than 3.6 million...
Key Overall Developments The Somali Water and Land Information Management (SWALIM) unit of FAO Somalia says that much of the country is likely to experience near-normal to above-normal (enhanced)...
Key Overall Developments In light of the precarious pipeline, and as part of an ongoing strategic review, WFP Somalia has started to phase out support to Maternal and Child Health Nutrition...
Key Overall Developments Half the Somali population, 3.8 million people, are in need of livelihood and humanitarian support. This is an 18 percent increase from 3.2 million since January, according...
Key Overall Developments The WFP compound in Waajid, Bakool region, was attacked by armed militia on 16 August. This is the fourth UN compound deliberately targeted in Somalia within two months. The...
Key Overall Developments Four aid workers and two pilots held hostage since November 2008 were released on 11 August. The four aid workers from Action Against Hunger/Action Contre la Faim (ACF) were...
Key Overall Developments During the week, some humanitarian operations in Middle Juba region, Somalia were halted. This followed forced entry into the compounds of several international NGOs by Al...
Key Overall Developments During the week, 10 cooked meal sites out of 16 reopened in Mogadishu following closure for over a month due to intense fighting in the city. An average of 80,000 vulnerable...
Key Overall Developments On 20 July, three United Nations agencies - UN Development Programme (UNDP), UN Department of Safety and Security (UNDSS) and UN Political Office for Somalia (UNPOS) -...
Key Overall Developments This week, the Health and Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH) clusters issued donor alerts for urgent funding for activities in Somalia. The two clusters are below 20 percent...