Executive Summary Malnutrition in Somalia is a huge public health problem, negatively affecting growth, development and survival of the population. Situational analysis shows a long term nutrition...
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UNHCR Operation in Somalia Factsheet - January 2011
UNHCR Operational Highlights - Somalia is the country generating the highest number of refugees in the world, after Afghanistan and Iraq - Somali people are facing one of the worst humanitarian...
Somalia: 19 Killed in Mogadishu Clashes, Govt Forces Mutiny
At least 19 people were killed during heavy clashes on Saturday, with government forces staging a violent mutiny in a separate incident, Radio Garowe reports. The fighting sparked overnight Friday...
UNHCR SOMALIA BRIEFING SHEET, January 2011
General Situation Somalia is the country generating the highest number of refugees in the world, after Afghanistan and Iraq. As of the end of December 2010 there were 658,773 Somali refugees, mainly...
Somalia Health Cluster Bulletin #42 - December 2010
HIGHLIGHTS - In 2010, a total of 7,634 weapon-related injuries were reported from three hospitals in Mogadishu. - Of 2,522 cases of suspected malaria in December (in Banadir, Lower and Middle...
Somalia: Weekly Humanitarian Bulletin Issue #51, 23-31 December 2010
Impending Drought Situation The harsh dry season continues to affected many parts of Somalia, including Somaliland and Puntland. According to media reports, the impending drought situation has...
Minimum guidelines for agricultural and livelihood interventions in humanitarian settings
The guidelines presented in this document represent a common cluster approach towards livestock related activities in Somalia, based on best practice, cultural, social and environmental...
Price Monitoring and Analysis Country Brief: Somalia, September-December 2010
Key Messages Cereal prices increased dramatically in recent months. Market disruptions due to ongoing conflict and insecurity continue to limit market access. Persistent armed conflict is still a...
Emergency Education Response for Baidoa IDPs
Introduction Since the ousted government 1991, the all community infrastructures has been out of hand in whole entire country on reasoning absent of the legitimate central administration that return...
OCHA Somalia - Humanitarian Access Update 01 to 31 December 2010
MAIN ISSUES DURING THE REPORTING PERIOD The security situation throughout Somalia remained tense during the reporting period. Sporadic fighting between TFG/AMISOM and Al Shabaab forces continued in...
Report of the Secretary-General on Somalia (S/2010/675)
I. Introduction 1. The present report is submitted pursuant to the statement by the President of the Security Council of 31 October 2001 (S/PRST/2001/30) and Security Council resolution 1872 (2009),...
Letter to the members of the Somali Diaspora (No. 28)
Dear Friends, My warmest New Year greetings to all of you. At the very outset, I must say that the last few months have been turbulent and trying ones, regrettably leaving little time to pursue my...
In Somalia, UNICEF-supported programme treats malnutrition before it becomes life-threatening
By Mike Pflanz HARGEISA, Somalia, 30 December 2010 - Salman Haji, 4, stands in the corner of a tin-walled hut, solemnly staring at the man in the white coat as he searches through an impressive...
Somalia/MOGADISHU: SECOND NIGHT OF FIGHTING
For the second night in a row there was intense fighting in Mogadishu said local media, noting that the African Union (AMISOM) backed government troops engaged insurgents between Tuesday and...
Somalia: WHO and partners responding to the immediate needs of the population
Monthly Highlights - December 2010 Up to 2 million people in Somalia, 1.46 million of whom are displaced, are in need of humanitarian assistance. South Central Somalia is the area most affected by...
SOMALIA/MOGADISHU: NIGHT OF FIGHTING, AU PEACEKEEPING BASES ATTACKED
At least five people were killed and ten injured in a series of attacks by insurgents against bases set up by the African Union peacekeeping mission (AMISOM) in Mogadishu. According to local sources,...
Somali rebel leader backs merger with al Shabaab
Hizbul Islam leader welcomes merger with al Shabaab * Urges Islamists to "double" jihad MOGADISHU, Dec 27 (Reuters) - The leader of Somali rebel group Hizbul Islam said on Monday he backed the...
SOMALIA: Pick of the year 2010
NAIROBI, 27 December 2010 (IRIN) - Few countries generate such a volume and breadth of coverage by IRIN as Somalia. Here are some of the year's highlights, including stories that give a voice to...
As Al Shabab Looms, Somali Government Running Out of Time
Michael Onyiego | Nairobi 24 December 2010 It has been another violent year in Somalia with al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab militants establishing itself as a terrorist group that can strike beyond Somali...
Somalia: China donates over 4 million USD worth of aid to AMISOM
Addis Ababa, December 24, 2010 (Addis Ababa) The Commissioner for Peace and Security of the African Union (AU), Amb. Ramtane Lamamra, and the Ambassador of the People's Republic of China in Ethiopia,...