FSNAU In Focus

In the eastern Horn of Africa, households in pastoral and marginal cropping areas currently face moderate to extreme levels of food insecurity due to an ongoing drought, deteriorating purchasing power, and, in some areas, limits on the delivery of humanitarian assistance. Based on the findings of a multi‐agency scenario building process, the likely poor performance of March‐May rainfall is expected to result in further deterioration in food security (Figures 1 and 2). Even if March‐May rains...

The findings of the FSNAU, FEWSNET and partner post Deyr 2010/11 seasonal assessment indicate that the number of people in need of humanitarian assistance in Somalia has increased by 20 percent to 2.4 million.This represents 32 percent of Somalia’s 7.5 million people. Failure of the Deyr seasonal rains linked to prevailing La Niña event affecting Somalia, caused a severe water crisis in most parts of the country with the exception of north-western regions. The dry...

The findings of the FSNAU, FEWSNET and partner post Deyr 2010/11 seasonal assessment indicate that the number of people in need of humanitarian assistance in Somalia has increased by 20 percent to 2.4 million.This represents 32 percent of Somalia’s 7.5 million people. Failure of the Deyr seasonal rains linked to prevailing La Niña event affecting Somalia, caused a severe water crisis in most parts of the country with the exception of north-western regions. The dry conditions have also resulted in...

In November 2010, FSNAU with financial support from UNICEF and  SCUK and in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Labour (MOHL) in Somaliland, the Ministry of Health (MoH)  in Puntland, and many partners in South Central regions conducted 10 representative nutrition surveys using the standard methodology. Six of these surveys focused on IDPs in Hargeisa, Burao and Berbera in Somaliland, and Garowe, Galkayo and Bossaso in Puntland; three were rural livelihood based surveys...