Crisis
Somalia and Kenya HRI 2011 Field Missions
After completing a mission in Chad, the Humanitarian Response Index 2011 continues in a joint mission to collect information on the Somalia and Kenya crises. The mission will run from 21st to 26th February. Read more...
Fifth year of the HRI begins in Chad
The Humanitarian Response Index (HRI) 2011 opened with a field mission to Chad from 7th to 12th February. DARA analysed donor governments´ response to the continuing humanitarian crisis and the growing refugee population, which is almost completely dependent upon international aid. 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 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...