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Somalia - Complex Emergency Fact Sheet #1, Fiscal Year (FY) 2019

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HIGHLIGHTS

• UN requests nearly $1.1 billion to assist 3.4 million of the most vulnerable Somalis
• Access constraints, bureaucratic impediments, and insecurity continue to hamper relief operations across Somalia
• Conflict displaces 320,000 Somalis in 2018

KEY DEVELOPMENTS

• Worsening dry conditions in Somalia have reduced pasture and water availability across Somalia’s northern regions, exacerbating food, health, and water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) needs. More than 1.5 million people will likely face Crisis—IPC 3—or worse levels of food insecurity through June as a result of below-average October-to-December deyr rainfall, higher than normal temperatures during the ongoing jilal dry season, protracted conflict, and residual effects from the 2016/2017 drought.
• On January 21, the Federal Government of Somalia (FGoS) and the UN launched the 2019 Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) for Somalia, requesting nearly $1.1 billion to deliver humanitarian assistance to 3.4 million people. The population in need of humanitarian assistance represents an approximately 30 percent decrease from 2018.
• Bureaucratic impediments and insecurity continue to constrain humanitarian access and disrupt relief operations in Somalia. The UN recorded more than 120 violent incidents affecting 65 humanitarian personnel in Somalia in 2018.