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
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Total Internal Displacements (per year) 893,000 16% increase since December 31, 2019
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Total Internal Displacements (per month) 60,000 62% decrease since July 31, 2020
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Internally Displaced due to Conflict/Insecurity (per year) 177,000 7% decrease since December 31, 2019
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Internally Displaced due to Conflict/Insecurity (per month) 7,000 63% decrease since July 31, 2020
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Internally Displaced due to Drought (per year) 71,000 52% decrease since December 31, 2019
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Internally Displaced due to Drought (per month) 8,000 11% decrease since July 31, 2020
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Internally Displaced due to Floods (per year) 633,000 52% increase since December 31, 2019
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Internally Displaced due to Floods (per month) 43,000 66% decrease since July 31, 2020
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Somali Refugee Returnees with assistance from UNHCR (since 2014) 91,828 No change since July 31, 2020
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Somali Refugee Returnees with Assistance from UNHCR (per year) 331 92% decrease since December 31, 2019
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Somali Refugee Returnees from Kenya (cumulative since 2014) 84,981 No change since July 31, 2020
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Voluntary Assisted Returns from Dadaab (since Dec 2014) 80,628 No change since June 30, 2019
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Somali Refugees Voluntary Repatriated from Yemen under the Assisted Spontaneous Return Programme (cumulative) 5,416 No change since July 31, 2020
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Somali Refugee Assisted Spontaneous Returns from Yemen (per year) 329 80% decrease since December 31, 2019
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Somali Refugees in the Horn of Africa & Yemen 764,106 No change since July 31, 2020
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Somali Refugees & Asylum-Seekers in Ethiopia 200,073 No change since June 30, 2020
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Somali Refugees & Asylum-Seekers in Kenya 265,911 1% increase since December 31, 2019
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Somali Refugees & Asylum-Seekers in Uganda 40,826 No change since July 31, 2020
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Somali Refugees & Asylum-Seekers in Yemen 250,860 No change since August 31, 2019
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Somali Refugees in Djibouti 13,242 1% increase since August 31, 2019
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Somali Refugees in Eritrea 78 7% increase since August 31, 2019
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Somali Refugees & Asylum-Seekers in Zambia 3,661 1% increase since January 31, 2020
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Registered Refugees & Asylum-Seekers in Somalia 30,269 1% increase since June 30, 2020
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Refugees & Asylum-Seeker Arrivals in Somalia (per year) 2,005 329% increase since June 30, 2019
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Ethiopian Refugees & Asylum-Seekers in Somalia 19,385 1% increase since June 30, 2020
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Yemeni Refugees & Asylum-Seekers in Somalia 10,153 1% decrease since June 30, 2020
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AWD/Cholera Cases (in 2020) 5,485 4% increase since July 26, 2020
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AWD/Cholera Deaths (in 2020) 30 3% increase since July 26, 2020
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KKA Incidents (Killed, Kidnapped and Arrested) against Aid Workers (per year) 8 27% decrease since December 31, 2019
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Aid Workers affected by KKA Incidents (Killed, Kidnapped and Arrested per year) 27 8% increase since December 31, 2019
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Aid Workers Killed (per year) 1 83% decrease since December 31, 2019
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Aid Workers Kidnapped (per year) 25 39% increase since December 31, 2019
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Aid Workers Arrested (per year) 1 No change since December 31, 2019
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People Received WFP Food Assistance (per month) 1,000,000 46% decrease since April 30, 2020
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New IDPs by Conflict (per year) 188,000 67% decrease since December 31, 2018
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New IDPs by Natural Disasters (per year) 479,000 12% decrease since December 31, 2018
Key Content
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
- Govt. Germany: DAFI Annual Report 2019 - Refugee Students in Higher Education
- REACH: Research Terms of Reference: Kenya refugee and returnee joint multi-sectoral needs assessment (KEN2008), Kenya, September 2020 (Version 1)
- UNICEF: Climate Change Impacts, Trends and Vulnerabilities of Children in Sub Saharan Africa
- UNICEF: UNICEF Somalia Humanitarian Situation Report No. 8 , 1 - 31 August 2020
- IOM: Somalia: Cross Border Movements - Week 39, 20 - 26 September 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