Humanitarian overview
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Drivers
and features of the humanitarian situation: Recurrent droughts, flash
floods and protracted displacement are the humanitarian issues of concern in
Somaliland, which declared its independence in 1991. It has remained relatively
stable, but a border dispute with neighbouring Puntland over areas in the
regions of Sanaag and Sool has been a flash point and has hampered humanitarian
access to the area.
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Recent
trends: According to the latest food security and nutrition analysis
released in February 2013*, people in need of humanitarian aid have decreased
to 413,000 from 650,000 since August 2012. The agricultural production in
Somaliland has increased by 7 per cent since 2011. The livestock exports have
increased 25 per cent since 2010.
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Impact:
Somaliland has areas, where prolonged drought has led to high malnutrition
rates for children under five years of age. About 39,000 children suffer from
acute malnutrition. Drought and conflict are the main causes for the
displacement of some 85,000 people, who live in settlements in Awdal, Galbeed,
Sool and Togdheer regions. About 1.1 million are internally displaced in
Somalia.
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Challenges:
Most displaced people have limited access to land and/or resolution of land
tenure and land rights. Somaliland has not yet adopted a policy for internally
displaced people and this is a priority for humanitarian partners to address in
2013. Humanitarian access to disputed areas of Sanaag and Sool remains a
challenge.
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