The Chairperson of the African Union Commission Visits Refugee Camps in Dolo Ado to Assess the Humanitarian Situation
The Chairperson of the African Union Commission Visits Refugee Camps in Dolo Ado to Assess the Humanitarian Situation
The Chairperson of the African Union Commission Dr. Jean Ping will make a one day visit to Dolo Ado refugee camp in Ethiopia on the 11th of August, 2011 to assess the humanitarian situation on the ground, when over twelve (12) million people are seeking for an urgent humanitarian assistance to survive.
The visit of Dr. Ping to Dolo Ado comes two week before the Pledging Conference, organized by the AUC for the victims of drought and famine in the Horn of Africa. The Conference is scheduled to take place on the 25th of august at the Headquarters of the African Union under the theme “One Africa-One Voice Against Hunger”. It aims at raising resources and awareness amongst AU Member States and the wider international community towards alleviating the plight of the affected populations in the Horn of Africa and particularly in Somalia.
The Chairperson will be accompanied by H.E. Mr. Cheick A.T. Camara Ambassador of Guinea, Chairperson of PRC Sub-Committee on Refugees and Displaced Persons, H.E. Michèle Lévesque Canadian Ambassador, Chairperson of AU Partners Group, H.E. Michael Battle, US Ambassador to AU among others.
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Kenya Humanitarian Update - 20 September 2011
HIGHLIGHTS
* A recount of applicants for refugee status in Dadaab has found large numbers attempting double registration. The apparent large backlog in applications for registration has been adjusted from 40,000 to 1,909. The average daily arrival rate for the past week was about 1,100 people per day.
* Deteriorating security situation along Somali border and around Dadaab; a vehicle belonging to an international NGO has been hijacked in Hagadera camp.
* Maize prices are on a downward trend but remain significantly above the five-year average.
OCHA Somalia Famine & Drought Situation Report No. 14, dated 20 September (covering the period from 15 to 20 September)
HIGHLIGHTS/KEY PRIORITIES
.Partners are scaling up response activities in order to reach the worst-affected population to avert further unnecessary deaths. Food assistance partners have reached 1.39 million people in crisis so far in the first two weeks of September, compared to 1.3 million throughout the month of August.
.An estimated 585,000 urban dwellers in Somalia are projected to be in crisis by December if interventions are not scaled up, a quarter more than the first half of the year.
.According to UNICEF, children constitute 80 per cent of the worst-affected population in the current famine.
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