Humanitarian agencies call for action as more than 15 million people in Somalia, south-eastern Ethiopia, and northern and eastern Kenya are facing food and water shortages.
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Humanitarian agencies call for action as more than 15 million people in Somalia, south-eastern Ethiopia, and northern and eastern Kenya are facing food and water shortages.
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As extreme drought continues to hit much of Sub-Saharan Africa, a report led by the World Bank focuses on interventions that could increase long term resilience to drought.
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FAO analysed post-disaster needs assessments in 48 developing countries between 2003 and 2013, and found that nearly a quarter of damages were borne by the agricultural sector.
Djibouti built a vulnerability and risk assessment communication platform, the first in Africa, with hydrological early warning systems as well as assessment of seismic and flooding events.
Despite slightly better rainfall at the end of 2014, Seven years of drought have put Djibouti’s population under severe stress, 152,000 Children Affected.
Several indicators are worse or as bad as they were one year before the famine declaration of July 2011. Early action to avert a further deterioration of the situation is critical.
After gradual rebuilding of livelihoods since the 2011 famine that cost over a quarter of a million lives, fragile gains are now being eroded and malnutrition rates are again on the rise, says UNRC.
A new paper highlights several findings of an on-going study of the 2011-12 famine in the region that are relevant to the current humanitarian situation in Somalia, and provides several policy considerations.
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Strategic Response Plan to respond to the needs of 250,000 people. Of these, 162,500 are Djibouti nationals, 27,500 are refugees and 60,000 are migrants mainly from Somalia and Ethiopia.
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The Middle East and North Africa is the most water scarce region in the world, and its water stress is likely to worsen. Governments are now under pressure to implement disaster risk management plans.
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The Global Overview collates information from a range of sources and displays it in a manner that allows for quick comparison of different humanitarian crises.
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The Global Overview collates information from a range of sources and displays it in a manner that allows for quick comparison of different humanitarian crises.
Drawn from over 80 interviews with former Al-Shabaab officials, aid workers and civilians, a new paper details difficulties faced by aid agencies attempting to operate in Al-Shabaab controlled areas in 2011.
For Hiraan in particular, which received poor rains from April to June, the situation could be worse as the harvest was only 35 per cent of the expected production.
An estimated 870,000 people will be in Crisis and Emergency (IPC Phase 3 and Phase 4) from August to December 2013 while nearly 2.3 million people are classified as Stressed (IPC Phase 2).
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The Global Overview collates information from a range of sources and displays it in a manner that allows for quick comparison of different humanitarian crises.
The inability and unwillingness of the authorities to investigate these crimes leaves survivors of sexual violence even more isolated and contributes to a climate of impunity.
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Since mid-August, China has experienced two typhoons in the south and extremely severe flooding in the north. Authorities estimate the total number of people affected by the disasters to be over 10 million.
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Typhoon Utor, locally known as Labuyo, struck the Philippines in the mountainous north of Luzon. While information to date remains limited, some 22 people are reportedly missing and an estimated 935 are affected.
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IOM highlights a shortfall of US$233.2 million for 2013, including underfunded humanitarian responses in Chad, Djibouti, Kenya, Mauritania, Niger, Yemen and Zimbabwe.