SITUATION OVERVIEW
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Four million people are in urgent need of humanitarian aid in Somalia while most of southern Somalia is in humanitarian emergency.
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Malnutrition and mortality remain at unacceptable levels in many regions and needs are expected to remain high until the third quarter of 2012.
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Rains subsided in early December in most parts of Somalia, resulting in improved road and port conditions.
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Fighting between Al Shabaab militants and Kenyan forces in southern Somalia continued through December causing displacement and affecting agricultural activities. The most affected regions were Lower Juba and Gedo.
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Response operations were severely affected by the Al Shabaab ban on the operations of 16 UN agencies and international NGOs from areas under their control in southern Somalia.
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Limited access remains the most critical issue affecting humanitarian activities in southern Somalia.
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UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, visited Mogadishu in a show of solidarity of the United Nations and the broader international community.
Disclaimer
- UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
- To learn more about OCHA's activities, please visit https://www.unocha.org/.