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HORN OF AFRICA
IRIN-HOA Weekly Round-Up 410
1 - 7 December 2007


CONTENTS:

SOMALIA-YEMEN: Over 80 African migrants die as boat capsizes off coast
SOMALIA: Civilians caught in the crossfire - UN humanitarian chief
SUDAN: National census to be postponed
KENYA-SUDAN: Clashes halt refugee returns to Jonglei state
SUDAN: Darfur relief to cost $825 million in 2008 - UN

See Also
SOMALIA: Risking all for a new life in Yemen
http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=75672

AFRICA: Safety nets help to climate-proof the poor
http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=75709



SOMALIA-YEMEN: Over 80 African migrants die as boat capsizes off coast

Scores of African migrants, mostly from Somalia, died on 29 November 
when their boat capsized off the Yemeni coast, the Somali consulate in 
Yemen's southern province of Aden has said.

Somalia's consul-general in Aden, Hussein Haji Ahmed, told IRIN the 
death toll was over 80, including women and children. The boat was 
carrying over 120 African migrants and was heading for the southern 
Yemeni province of Hadhramaut.

Full report http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=75670


SOMALIA: Civilians caught in the crossfire - UN humanitarian chief

Despite ongoing relief efforts, humanitarian agencies have yet to meet 
the needs of many internally displaced persons (IDPS) in Somalia, 
especially those who remain inaccessible, John Holmes, the UN 
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, said.

Indiscriminate violence had continued in the capital, Mogadishu, 
malnutrition rates in IDP camps were alarming and family members were 
being separated as they fled the violence, Holmes told a news conference 
in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, on 3 December, at the end of a day-long 
mission to Somalia.

Travelling along a 17km stretch of road between Afgoye and Mogadishu 
where at least 200,000 IDPs have sought refuge, Holmes visited IDP camps 
and a therapeutic feeding centre for malnourished children in a clinic 
run by a renowned Somali doctor

Full report http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=75667


SUDAN: National census to be postponed

Sudan's fifth national population and housing census, which is key to 
the 2009 elections, will be delayed, according to the UN Population Fund 
(UNFPA), the principal organiser.

"The census was due to take place between 2-16 February 2008, but due to 
delays in preparations, the technical committee has recommended that it 
takes place from 15-30 April," Abu Baker Waziri, UNFPA-Sudan census 
project advocacy officer, said.

"Some of the technical work has not been finished, such as printing 
work, so it needs more time," Waziri told IRIN from Khartoum on 6 
December. "There is no other reason for the delay.

Full report http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=75718


KENYA-SUDAN: Clashes halt refugee returns to Jonglei state

The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has temporarily halted the repatriation of 
Sudanese refugees to Jonglei state in the south where recent clashes 
have left 34 dead.

The fighting is blamed on conflicts sparked by cattle thefts between the 
Murle and Dinka communities.

"The situation remains tense, with fears that the revenge attacks could 
spread to other parts of Jonglei state, including Pibor, Boma and 
Porchalla - major return areas for refugees and internally displaced 
persons," UNHCR stated on 4 December.

Full report http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=75676


SUDAN: Darfur relief to cost $825 million in 2008 - UN

The costs of humanitarian operations in Darfur during 2008 are estimated 
at US$825 million, the United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator, John 
Holmes, said in the Sudanese capital Khartoum.

The Sudan Work Plan, to be launched on 11 December, includes UN and some 
non-governmental organisations' activities and goes beyond humanitarian 
relief to embrace "early recovery" and development projects.

For the whole country, the 2008 Sudan Work Plan will come with a US$2.2 
billion price tag. The humanitarian component for the appeal for 2007 
was $1.8 billion, of which, according to the UN Office for the 
Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), one billion US$ has been 
received for projects across the country.

Full report http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=75637


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