Somalia: Food Security Outlook, Jan – June 2012 [FEWS Net]
SOMALIA Food Security Outlook January to June 2012 Key Messages * Famine has ended in southern Somalia. However, nearly a…
Wednesday, March 28, 2012 @ 9:18 pm
Horn of Africa drought 2011-2012
The drought of 2011-2012 affected more than 13 million people in the Horn of Africa Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya and Djibouti.
In parts of Somalia, the United Nations declared Famine.
Read posts related to the humanitarian crisis below.
Time to take early action before another Horn of Africa drought
A discussion on the possibility of a third consecutive year of drought in the Horn of Africa was held this…
Sunday, March 4, 2012 @ 4:25 am
Ethiopia: Humanitarian Requirements 2012
Humanitarian Requirements 2012 Joint Government and Humanitarian Partners’ Document (Extracts) ********** Executive Summary The overall good performance of the 2011…
Saturday, February 25, 2012 @ 1:40 am
South Sudan: Warnings of looming food catastrophe
An already dire food situation in South Sudan could deteriorate amid growing economic problems, food shortages and a mass influx…
Saturday, February 25, 2012 @ 1:34 am
Somalia: Al-Shabaab forces ICRC to suspend service [Press release]
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) announced its decision to suspend aid deliveries on January 12, 2012. The…
Friday, January 13, 2012 @ 4:31 am
Somalia: Two aid workers killed in Mogadishu [MSF Press statement]
Two aid workers were shot dead in Somalia capital, Mogadishu, according to a press statement from Medecins Sans Frontieres. The…
Sunday, January 1, 2012 @ 11:42 pm
Horn of Africa: Drought highlights of year 2011
Severe drought, exacerbated by poverty and conflict, hit at least four countries in 2011 - Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia…
Sunday, January 1, 2012 @ 11:37 pm
Britain’s Christmas gift for the Horn of Africa
In a press release yesterday, Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell announced the ‘British-funded food supplies and lifesaving medicines [that] will arrive…
Friday, December 23, 2011 @ 5:40 am
Consolidated Appeal for Somalia 2012 – UN OCHA
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Consolidated Appeal for Somalia 2012 Updated Date: 14 December 2011 Increased emergency…
Sunday, December 18, 2011 @ 6:10 am
Sudan-South Sudan: Refugees stream into Upper Nile state
At least 1,000 refugees are arriving daily in South Sudan's Upper Nile state, fleeing conflict in Blue Nile state across…
Saturday, December 17, 2011 @ 12:20 pm