Somalia
‘There’s no future in this IDP camp’: Why Somalia’s crisis needs a rethink
17 August 2023
War and drought is emptying Somalia’s countryside, creating a surge in urbanisation and cementing a permanent demographic shift that will have far-reaching implications for the country’s future recovery, say aid and development experts.
200,000 at risk of starvation as drought ravages Somalia: UN
28 September 2022
The United Nations has warned that the Horn of Africa nation is on the brink of famine for the second time in just over a decade, with 200,000 people in danger of starvation.
Drought and hunger in Somalia, Ethiopia and region: What to know
7 September 2022
Millions of people are facing food insecurity. Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia could be experiencing their worst drought in 40 years this October-December with drier-than-average conditions predicted.
Somalia
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Somalia has been cast as the new frontier for oil and gas exploration which has strong potential to lead to further conflict between contesting elites seeking access to oil revenues.
In the business of ‘doing’ – how gender is operationalized in land governance working with displaced communities in Somalia
21 February 2024
The Saameynta Joint Programme is a project aimed at achieving durable solutions for internally displaced people in Somalia, which currently hosts 3.8 million IDPs. Land governance is at the center of this effort, understanding that tenure security is a fundamental piece of the puzzle to enable…
State of Land Data & Information in East Africa: Catalyzing East Africa's Land Data Ecosystem
There is no doubt the Global Data Revolution has reached the land sector. Government data portals, open access academic journals, community mapping initiatives and other citizen-generated data - there is a palpable positive drive across the world that allows processes such as data collection to be…