REPORT DATE: February 06, 2008
CORE MESSAGES:
Poor deyr (October to November 2007) rains have exacerbated the extreme food insecurity already present in parts of Somali Region as the dry jilaal season progresses and the peak hunger season sets in.
Continued restrictions on movement and trade; locust infestations; and limited humanitarian access to Warder, Korahe, Fik, Degehabur and Gode zones; combined with drought in 2005/06, flooding in riverine areas in 2006 and 2007, conflict, human and livestock diseases, and record-high cereal prices, have severely limited people's resilience and resulted in extreme food insecurity in Somali Region.
Despite record meher-season (June to October) production, about eight million chronically food insecure people and a significant number of acutely food insecure people (needs are being determined by DPPA) will require food or cash assistance in 2008
A child displaced during the post-election violence looks on as his parents wait for distribution of food aid outside a church in Nairobi's Kibera slum February 1, 2008. U.N. Secretary-General Ban ...
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