Somalia
Overview
COVID-19 in Somalia
Key Figures
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People in Need 5,200,000 24% increase since January 20, 2019
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People Targeted for Assistance 3,000,000 12% decrease since January 20, 2019
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Children in Need 3,400,000 36% increase since January 29, 2019
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People in Food Crisis/Emergency (IPC phase 3+) 1,150,000 4% decrease since September 1, 2019
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Acutely Malnourished Children Below 5 962,885 7% increase since February 3, 2019
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IDPs 2,650,000 2% increase since August 31, 2018
Key Content
- UN HRC: Report of the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Somalia (A/HRC/45/52)
- IFRC: Polio program transition in Somalia: An assessment of risks and opportunities - Leveraging civil society resources to scale up immunization
- FAO: Flood Update and Trend Analysis at Belet Weyne, Shabelle River
Appeals & Response plans
- OCHA: Somalia Humanitarian Response Plan 2020: HRP Revision – COVID-19 (July 2020)
- OCHA: Somalia: Flood Response Plan (June 2020)
- OCHA: Somalia Country Preparedness and Response Plan (CPRP) COVID-19 (August 2020)
- OCHA: Somalia Humanitarian Response Plan 2020 (January 2020)
- UNHCR: Coronavirus emergency appeal: UNHCR’s preparedness and response plan (REVISED) 5 August 2020
- FAO: Desert Locust Crisis: Appeal for rapid response and anticipatory action in the Greater Horn of Africa (January–July 2020)
- IOM: IOM Somalia Preparedness and Response Plan - COVID-19 (April 2020)
- UNICEF: Humanitarian Action for Children 2020 - Somalia
- UNCT Somalia: UN Strategic Framework Somalia 2017-2020
Latest Updates
- UNICEF: WHO, UNICEF urge caregivers in south and central parts of Somalia to vaccinate children against polio, while observing health and safety measures for COVID-19
- NRC: Downward Spiral: the economic impact of Covid-19 on refugees and displaced people
- Nutrition Cluster: Somalia: Nutrition Cluster Snapshot (Jan - Aug 2020)
- UNHCR: Democratic Republic of the Congo: Monthly Refugee Statistics Update (Situation as of August 31, 2020)
- UNHCR: Democratic Republic of the Congo: DRC at a glance (as of 31 August 2020)
Useful Links
- Humanitarian InSight: Somalia 2019
- Somalia 2019 | Financial Tracking Service
- HR.Info Somalia
- OCHA Somalia
- OCHA Southern & Eastern Africa (ROSEA)
- UNHCR Information Sharing Portal: Refugees in the Horn of Africa: Somali Displacement Crisis
- UNHCR Global Focus
- FSNAU (FAO Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Unit Somalia)
- SWALIM (Somalia Water and Land Information Management)
- UNSOM (UN Assistance Mission in Somalia)
- Food Security Cluster: Somalia
- Logistics Cluster: Somalia
- Human Rights Watch: World Report 2019: Somalia