Horn Of Africa
Complex Emergency
Sticks note the locations of sunken wells in a dried-up pond in Filtu Woreda, southern Ethiopia. During drought periods, local residents dig out these wells to find and share water. Some of these wells are ten years old and more than 13 feet deep.
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Several successive seasons of failed rains, including the critical October to December 2005 deyr season, have resulted in a humanitarian emergency across pastoralist areas of the Horn of Africa in early 2006. USAID’s Famine Early Warning System Network (FEWS NET) estimates that more than 7 million people currently face crisis conditions, with the largest numbers affected in the region spanning southern Somalia, northern Kenya, and southern and southeastern Ethiopia. Relief efforts have been hampered by insecurity, which is limiting humanitarian access throughout Somalia and parts of Somali and Oromiya regions, Ethiopia. Resource-based conflict—inter-clan, as well as cross border—has also reportedly risen in Kenya, Somalia, and Ethiopia, as water, food, and forage supplies became depleted during the long dry season.
The U.S. Government’s (USG) ongoing assistance programs in the Horn of Africa enabled aid agencies to respond quickly to the current emergency. To date in FY 2006, the USG has committed more than $260.6 million for immediate life-saving interventions, targeting the most affected areas in the Horn of Africa with water and sanitation, health, nutrition, and food assistance.
| Numbers at a Glance |
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| Country | Estimated Affected Population | Source |
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| Djibouti | 88,0000 | Horn of Africa CAP April 7, 2006 |
| Ethiopia | 2.8 million | Government of Ethiopia's Food Security
Coordination Bureau, September 2006 |
| Kenya | 2.95 million | Kenya Food Security Steering Group,
September 2006 |
| Somalia | 1.8 million | U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization's
(FAO) Food Security Analysis Unit – Somalia
(FSAU), September 2006 |
| Total FY 2006 USAID Assistance to the Horn of Africa Complex Emergency | $334,931,438 |
| Total FY 2006 U.S. Government (USG) Assistance to the Horn of Africa Complex Emergency | $554,547,650 |
Horn of Africa Situation Report #29 09/21/06 (pdf,140kb)
Horn of Africa Situation Report Archive
Map: USG Programs in the Horn of Africa (pdf,395kb)
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