The situation in Somalia is now rapidly deteriorating, according to the UN Humanitarian Coordinator (HC) for Somalia Mark Bowden, who gave a press conference in New York on 29 June. Calling on the international community to take action now, HC Bowden stressed that “If we are not able to respond rapidly and effectively...
Somalia is now experiencing the worst situation in 10 years due to drought, food shortages, soaring food prices, and conflict. Two consecutive seasons of significantly below-average rainfall have resulted in poor harvest. Food prices in some parts of south Somalia are 200 percent higher than during the same period last year....
2011 is the driest year in Eastern Africa in more than 15 years. According to the latest OCHA humanitarian report, drought remains a major threat in this area with no likelihood of improvement until early 2012. Worst-affected countries include Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia, and Djibouti.
Somalia, Kenya, and Ethiopia experienced...
Drought induced by the La Niña phenomenon in the Horn of Africa has left more than 2 million people in urgent need of humanitarian assistance in the southern and southeastern lowlands of Ethiopia. According to a special report from the Ethiopia Humanitarian Country Team (EHCT), emergency conditions are likely to...
The failure of the October to December 2010 rains in the Eastern Horn of Africa has left nearly 8.4 million people food insecure and requiring emergency assistance in Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and the Karamoja region in Uganda. Drought has led to substantial harvest failure, deteriorating pasture conditions,...
30 June 2011 - 10:01pmThe situation in Somalia is now rapidly deteriorating, according to the UN Humanitarian Coordinator (HC) for Somalia Mark Bowden, who gave a press conference in New York on 29 June. Calling on the international community to take action now, HC Bowden stressed that “If we are not able to respond rapidly and effectively...
27 June 2011 - 6:00pmSomalia is now experiencing the worst situation in 10 years due to drought, food shortages, soaring food prices, and conflict. Two consecutive seasons of significantly below-average rainfall have resulted in poor harvest. Food prices in some parts of south Somalia are 200 percent higher than during the same period last year....
16 June 2011 - 6:49pm2011 is the driest year in Eastern Africa in more than 15 years. According to the latest OCHA humanitarian report, drought remains a major threat in this area with no likelihood of improvement until early 2012. Worst-affected countries include Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia, and Djibouti. Somalia, Kenya, and Ethiopia experienced...
27 April 2011 - 7:56pmDrought induced by the La Niña phenomenon in the Horn of Africa has left more than 2 million people in urgent need of humanitarian assistance in the southern and southeastern lowlands of Ethiopia. According to a special report from the Ethiopia Humanitarian Country Team (EHCT), emergency conditions are likely to...
15 April 2011 - 7:47pmThe failure of the October to December 2010 rains in the Eastern Horn of Africa has left nearly 8.4 million people food insecure and requiring emergency assistance in Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and the Karamoja region in Uganda. Drought has led to substantial harvest failure, deteriorating pasture conditions,...