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Humanitarian Access Overview - Quarter 1 January - March 2021

DJIBOUTI AIR ACEESS Gulf of 70 67 36% RESTORED INCIDENTS REPORTED NUMBER OF DISTRICTS OF INCIDENTS RELATED TO AWDAL 2 (JAN - APR 2021) AFFECTED RESTRICTION OF MOVEMENT AFTER 9 MONTHS 3 3 SANAAG WOQOOYI BARI Overview GALBEED TOGDHEER The first quarter of 2021 saw a decrease in the number of recorded access incidents. While positive, this trend does not 1 represent any significant easing of access restrictions in itself as incidents remain high and at levels similar to those # OF DISTRICTS AFFECTED recorded in the period July to October 2020. The last quarter of 2020 saw a spike in clan-related violence in and BY TYPE OF INCIDENT SOOL 1 Hirshabelle which peaked in January before dropping steadily in February and March. On a positive note, air access to NUGAAL Qansax Dheere by commercial humanitarian contractors resumed in February 2021, 9 months after their suspension in May Armed hostilities 13 preventing access 2020 following an aircraft being hit by ground fire as it was coming in to land. Overall, the operating environment remains challenging across Somalia. Between January and March 2021, one humanitari- 14 Ability to deliver principled an worker was killed; four injured; one abducted; and one detained. In the last quarter of 2020, four humanitarian workers humanitarian assistance 8 were killed although there were no reports of any humanitarian workers injured, abducted, or detained. Ability to reach affected The Access Working Group (AWG) recorded 70 incidents impacting humanitarian operations, with the highest number of 19 communities and to incidents occurring in Galmudug (14), Hirshabelle (14) and (13). While the number of reported access constraints, humanitarian assistance at 70, is slightly lower than in the last quarter of 2020 (76) the distribution across constraint types followed a similar pattern, # OF INCIDENTS with the exception of incidents related to the environment challenges due to the Deyr rainfall season. HIRAAN 7 BYHIRAAN REGION 6 9 Access Incidents per Type Number of Access Incidents by Location GEDOBAKOOL GALGADUUD # OF INCIDENTS HIRAAN 8 - 6 State Region # of Incidents 5 5 - 3 19 by state by region 10 2 2 - 1 Armed Galmudug Galgaduud 14 7 MIDDLE No Incidents 30 MIDDLE hostilities Mudug 7 BAY SHABELLE MIDDLE preventing 70 Ability to reach Hirshabelle Hiraan 14 9 access affected SHABELLE 5 BANADIR BAY Military operations Incidents communities and to MIDD 5 and ongoing humanitarian Jubaland Gedo 13 10 E JUBA hostilities assistance 3 impeding LOWER 25 Restriction of Banadir Banadir 8 8 SHABELLE humanitarian movement of MIDD operations organizations, South West Bay 7 2 3 personnel or goods 5 within country E JUBA 8 BANADIR 21 BAri 5 3 LOWER Ability to deliver principled 4 Restrictions on, or Mudug 1 JUBA LOWER obstruction of, conflict humanitarian assistance affected populations Nugaal 1 SHABELLE Interference in the implementation of 13 access to services and Disputed Area Sanaag 3 2 3 NATION-WIDE humanitarian activities assistance Sool 1 Violence against humanitarian personnel, 8 1 Physical environment assets and facilities Woqooyi Galbeed 3 3

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Type of Access Incidents by Month MUDUG

34 Total number of incidents 35

Restriction of movement of organizations, personnel or goods 28 within country 19 21 17 Military operations and ongoing hostilities impeding humanitarian operations.

14 Interference in the implementation of humanitarian activities Violence against humanitarian personnel, assets and facilities 7 Restrictions on, or obstruction of, conflict affected populations GALGADUUD access to services and assistance 0 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC Physical environment

Restrictions on the movement of humanitarian Military operations and ongoing hostilities Interference in humanitarian operations was the Incidents of violence continued to affect organisations, personnel and supplies within remained a major access constraint with 19 third most frequently reported access constraint. humanitarian personnel, assets and facilities with Somalia continue to be the most reported incidents reported during the first quarter with six Ambiguity around the responsibilities of eight incidents being reported, double those of the constraint, with 25 incidents recorded out of 70 of these being reported in and authorities at the federal, state and regional levels, previous quarter. In three separate incidents incidents. Forty per cent of these 25 incidents Dhuusamareeb districts in Galmudug, where IED as well as a lack of understanding of the reported in Galmudug, Jubaland and the disputed occurred in Hirshabelle with inter-clan tensions attacks and active fighting between Al Shabaab, humanitarian coordination mechanism by those region of Sool, competition among clans for around checkpoints in Belet Weyne district, clan militias and armed forces restricted authorities, continues to lead to competing access to resources and job opportunities being particularly in the area of Matabaan on the road humanitarian access. Three incidents were requests and demands from humanitarian distributed through humanitarian programming connecting Belet Weyne to Dhuusamarreb. Al reported in Hirshabelle, two of which were linked organisations that amount to interference in their escalated into violence resulting in one instance Shabaab also tried to consolidate its control over to ongoing hostilities between clan militias and activities in Jubaland, Galmudug, Hirshabelle and in a one day suspension (19 March) of activities at movement along the roads, particularly in Middle included the abduction of civilian truck drivers at Southwest State. In January, in the Gedo region of a health clinic providing support to an average of Shabelle, introducing registration requirements for Matabaan. The third incident saw the takeover by Jubaland, demands over registration, recruitment 150 people per week as well as the ongoing trucks moving between and as Al Shabaab of Mahaday town to the north of and procurement procedures caused confusion suspension, beginning on 14 March, of the well as imposing new fines on trucks moving into Jowhar and close to the main road to Belet Weyne and concern among humanitarian partners while construction of a water reservoir that will Bulo Burto. In Jubaland, the fluid security on 16 March. In Jubaland, armed clashes in Belet the tensions between local and federal authorities eventually benefit 2000 households. situation in Gedo further compounded existing Xaawo on 25 January and in on 14 March about taxation resulted in the closure of the movement restrictions, particularly on the main reportedly also resulted in the temporary Doolow airstrip for eight days between 27 roads connecting Doolow, Luuq and Belet Xaawo suspension of humanitarian activities until the December and 4 January, restricting movement. In leading one humanitarian partner to report the hostilities subsided the following day. Laasqoray district of Sanaag region in the suspension of activity by their mobile team disputed areas between Puntland and Somaliland, providing health and nutrition services to 13,000 two incidents were reported of intra-community people a month in the rural areas of Luuq. tensions around registration and the selection of beneficiaries, which led to the suspension of activities supporting 250 households for two days on the 13 and 14 March.

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