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The famine was a combination of drought and a seven-month military occupation of the area by three divisions of Siad Barre’s army. The former president had moved his headquarters from the Gedo region to Baidoa on September 15, 1991, to prepare for a military reoccupation of Mogadishu seven months later.
Operation Provide Relief was a United States spearheaded humanitarian relief airlift that ran from August to December 1992 in response to the famine in Somalia.This effort was assisted by the United Nations Operation in Somalia I (UNOSOM I) [1] mission, in light of a severe food crisis initiated and exacerbated by ongoing factional fighting.
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Although security restrictions precluded the collection of updated information in December/January for a few regions in southern Somalia, the UN indicated in February 2012 that indirect data from health and relief centers pointed to improved general conditions from August 2011. The UN also announced that the famine in southern Somalia was over ...
The International Committee of the Red Cross has been operating continuously in Somalia since 1977, when famine and the Ogaden War caused humanitarian crises. In the case of 2006, their mission has been similarly set by alternating periods of severe drought and flooding, and calamities caused by man-made war.
Famine in Somalia may refer to: 1992 famine in Somalia , which killed 200,000–300,000 people in Somalia 2011 East Africa drought , which killed 260,000 people in Somalia
The Unified Task Force (UNITAF) was a United States-led, United Nations-sanctioned multinational force which operated in Somalia from 5 December 1992 until 4 May 1993. A United States initiative (code-named Operation Restore Hope), UNITAF was charged with carrying out United Nations Security Council Resolution 794 to create a protected environment for conducting humanitarian operations in the ...
Famine in South Sudan [175] Famine in Somalia, due to 2017 Somali drought. Famine in Nigeria: South Sudan, Unity State, Somalia, and Nigeria. 2020–present Famine in the Tigray War: Tigray, Ethiopia: 150,000–200,000+ [176] 2021–present 2021– present Madagascar famine: Madagascar: 2021–present Aftermath of the War in Afghanistan ...