Somalia
Somalia HRI
The crisis and the response Prolonged drought, increased insecurity, further displacement, worsening restrictions on humanitarian access and high food pr ices have resulted in the worst food security situation since 1992. US restrictions on funding operations [...] Read more...
Podcast: The Climate Vulnerability Monitor 2010 on Afghanistan and Somalia 
Tune in to learn about a major piece of climate change research which shows Afghanistan and Somalia as part of a small group of the world´s most vulnerable countries. Read more...
Somalia HRI mission: the politicization of humanitarian aid
DARA’s Humanitarian Response Index (HRI) team visited Nairobi from February 14 to 24 to collect information on donors’ response to humanitarian needs in Somalia. Heightened violence and insecurity has led to most humanitarian actors working in Somalia [...] Read more...
Albertien van der Veen: “There is a very dangerous erosion of humanitarian principles in Somalia”
Albertien van der Veen is a senior evaluator for DARA with over 20 years of experience in humanitarian aid and development assistance. She has worked for NGOs, UN agencies and donors. Fresh from her Humanitarian Response Index (HRI) mission to Nairobi, she shares [...] Read more...
Somalia Humanitarian crisis fact sheet
Since the beginning of 2007, violence due to the conflict has killed at least 18,000 civilians. Read more...
Somalia – HRI 2010 Mission
Executive Summary: Humanitarian needs unmet as counter-terrorism focus limits response In 2009 Somalia, described in the Humanitarian Response Index 2008 as “possibly the world’s most extreme failed state”, faced its worst humanitarian crisis in years [...] Read more...
Somalia HRI
In Search of a Way In The decades-long protracted emergency in Somalia grew considerably worse from 2006 to 2008, with a convergence of floods, droughts, increased food prices and an ongoing situation of insecurity. Most humanitarian organisations say the [...] Read more...
Somalia conflict timeline
Since the fall of dictator Mohamed Siad Barre in 1991, the Somali population has been subjected to decades of brutal inter-clan and warlord violence combined with frequent droughts and economic crises. For the past 18 years, Somalia has mostly remained in [...] Read more...
