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Somalia: Monthly Water Price Updates (as of 14th April 2021) Format Key Findings of Water Prices Water scarcity condition still prevails in most parts of Somalia with the cost of water skyrocketing by 60% in some areas, forcing the most vulnerable households to travel long distances in search of safe water. As 14 April 2021, more than 50 districts across the country facing moderate to severe drought conditions. These districts are facing critical water shortages with Somaliland, Puntland, Galmu...

Somalia: Drought Conditions Situation Update (As of 14 April 2021) Format SITUATION OVERVIEW Most parts of the country are facing critical water shortages, with more than 50 districts facing moderate to severe drought conditions. The situation is particularly concerning as forecasts indicate a second consecutive season of below-average rainfall during the April to June 2021 Gu season. Current forecasts indicate little to no rainfall for most parts of Somalia through the third week of April. The...

Puntland Context Somalia has some of the lowest development and humanitarian indicators in the world, and inequalities across different social groups are a major driver of conflict. The absence of central governance during the civil war has seen the northern part of Somalia split into autonomous and semi-autonomous regions: the internationally unrecognized autonomous state of Somaliland and the semi-autonomous state of Puntland. Puntland has been relatively stable over the last decade, thereby ...

Reporting Sexual Violence Monthly News Brief - February 2021 Format Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo 02 February 2021: In Kihome village, Beni territory, North Kivu province, a two year-old girl was abducted, raped and killed by unidentified armed men. Source: ACLED 03 February 2021: In Charwika village, Rutshuru territory, North Kivu province, a woman was kidnapped and raped by the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda and affiliated the Abacunguzi Fighting Forces (FDLR-FOCA) w...

Somalia Humanitarian Bulletin, March 2021 Format • Drought conditions in many parts of Somalia results in livestock migration and rapid increase in water prices. • Cases of AWD/cholera cases reported following deteriorating water stress situation. • National COVID-19 vaccinations continue with at least 91,087 people having received the first does of the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine across the country as of 6 April. • Desert locust control operations underway following siting of newly ...

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Somalia Livestock Price Bulletin, March 2021 Format The Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) monitors trends in staple food prices in countries vulnerable to food insecurity. For each FEWS NET country and region, the Price Bulletin provides a set of charts showing monthly prices in the current marketing year in selected urban centers and allowing users to compare current trends with both five-year average prices, indicative of seasonal trends, and prices in the previous year. The liv...

THE STANDARD By Jael Mboga | March 14th 2021 at 13:30:11 GMT +0300 Kenya has pulled out of the maritime border case with Somalia just a few hours to the scheduled hearing at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands. On March 9, the ICJ, a principal judicial organ of the United Nations, stated it would hold public hearings in the case concerning Maritime Delimitation in the Indian Ocean from tomorrow to March 24. Kenya is expected to file a notice of non-participation in th...

THE STANDARD By Kamau Muthoni | March 15th 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300 The Foreign Affairs Ministry will today issue a statement on Kenya’s stand on the maritime dispute with Somalia that is before the International Court of Justice (ICJ). A senior government official yesterday told The Standard that the ministry will be expressing displeasure with how the court is handling the case. Kenya’s latest stand that it will not participate in the hearing today came after a week-long meeting held...

​​​Somalia: Authorities must end arbitrary arrests and persecution of journalists in Puntland By Amnesty International MAR 10, 2021 Authorities in Somalia’s Puntland regional state have escalated their attacks on media freedom by intimidating, harassing and arbitrarily arresting journalists ahead of presidential and parliamentary elections, Amnesty International said today. Four journalists have been arbitrarily arrested in Puntland’s capital Garowe and the sea-side town of Bosaso i...