MOGADISHU, 31 August 2015 (UN News Service): Somalia’s humanitarian situation remains “alarming” four years after a devastating famine (hungersnød).
The number of people requiring emergency aid has risen 17 per cent to more than 850,000 and those in “food-stressed” situations still at 2.3 million, according to the latest United Nations-managed food assessment study released Monday.
“The levels of food insecurity and malnutrition are critical,” said UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia, Peter de Clercq, adding:
“Humanitarian actors and donors have prevented the situation being a lot worse than it is, but we all need to do more.”
“The situation among displaced people inside Somalia is particularly worrying,” Mr. de Clercq noted.
More than two thirds, or 68 per cent, of the people who are in crisis and emergency are displaced inside Somalia and nearly 215,000 children aged under five are acutely malnourished, of whom almost 40,000 are severely malnourished and face a high risk of disease and death.
Massehungeren i 2011
In 2011, Somalia experienced a devastating famine, according to the UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
Things have since improved, but humanitarian needs remain vast and the number of people in need of humanitarian assistance continues to fluctuate around 3 million.
The ability to absorb shocks – whether conflict or natural disasters – is very limited.
According to the Food Security and Nutrition Assessment for Somalia managed by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), “widespread acute malnutrition persists across Somalia and large numbers of people will be acutely food insecure through December 2015.”
The results of assessment presented Monday in the Somali capital of Mogadishu “indicate that the country’s humanitarian situation remains alarming,” OCHA said.
The latest findings from the joint countrywide seasonal assessment reveal that some 855,000 people across Somalia will be in ‘crisis and emergency’ through December 2015.
“This figure represents a 17 per cent increase over the estimate for February to June 2015,” according to the assessment, while the number of those in food-stressed situations remained at 2.3 million.
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