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Key Highlights
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An escalated clan conflict in Luuq, Gedo Region of Somalia, has resulted in the deaths of three people and the displacement of 30,000 individuals to nearby villages, including Dogob, Dhuycaley, Shadillay, Kulmiye, Yurkud,
Bashiiro, and Xaano-Weyn. This displacement has disproportionately affected vulnerable groups such as women, children, the elderly, and persons with disabilities. Many are currently sheltering in overcrowded, open areas with limited to no access to essential services like food, shelter, non-food items (NFIs), and WASH, exacerbating the already dire humanitarian situation. -
Humanity & Inclusion (HI) conducted three days of training sessions and a one-day technical support meeting to strengthen the technical capacity of 36 members of the Disability Inclusion Working Group (DIWG) within the Protction Cluster. These trainings enabled participants to provide technical support on disability-inclusive humanitarian programming to various humanitarian actors, thereby reinforcing the localization of inter-agency disability inclusion technical support mechanisms.
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In September 2024, three explosive ordnance-related accidents were reported in the Gedo, Lower Shabelle, and Galgaduud regions, involving six individuals—two girls, three boys, and one man. Tragically, two boys were killed in these incidents, while the remaining four individuals sustained injuries.
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In a concerning development, HLP AoR documented over 9,544 internally displaced persons (IDPs) have been forcibly evicted from various camps in Somalia between September and early October 2024. Of these, 8,628 evictions took place in IDP camps located in Garasbaaleey, Hodan, and Kahda districts in Banadir, with the remainder occurring in Kismayo and Bosaso. The affected families are predominantly long-term IDPs, with 77% being protracted cases and 23% newly displaced individuals from districts like Shalanbood, Buulo Mareer, and Qoryoleey in the Lower Shabelle region, who originally fled their homes due to insecurity, drought, and climate-related disasters such as floods. Many of these families had been living in temporary shelters and now face the devastating reality of homelessness once again.