COMMUNITY PROFILING GOVERNORATE OF ABYAN ZINJIBAR & KHANFAR DISTRICTS 1 Contents Executive Summary ................................................................................................................................. 4 Community profiling ............................................................................................................................... 5 Methodology ....................................................................................................................................... 5 Abyan Governorate ............................................................................................................................. 7 Zinjibar District: ....................................................................................................................................... 9 Zinjibar City: ........................................................................................................................................ 9 Abdulbari Neighborhood ................................................................................................................ 9 Bajdar Neighborhood .................................................................................................................... 10 Farhan Neighborhood ................................................................................................................... 12 Naji Neighborhood ........................................................................................................................ 13 Tomaisi Neighborhood .................................................................................................................. 14 Zinjibar Villages: ................................................................................................................................ 15 Al-Wady ......................................................................................................................................... 15 Amodiah ........................................................................................................................................ 16 Basheharah village ........................................................................................................................ 18 Husn Shadad ................................................................................................................................. 19 Maraqed ........................................................................................................................................ 20 Sheikh Salem village ...................................................................................................................... 21 Skeik Abdullah village .................................................................................................................... 22 Khanfar District: .................................................................................................................................... 24 Ja`ar City: ........................................................................................................................................... 24 Al-Mehraq Neighborhood ............................................................................................................. 24 Al-Mothalath Neighborhood ......................................................................................................... 25 Al-Tawidhat-West Neighborhood ................................................................................................. 26 Mohammed Thabet Neighborhood .............................................................................................. 27 Qaed Sael Neighborhood .............................................................................................................. 27 Qasem Abdullah Neighborhood.................................................................................................... 28 Saeed Ali Haidara Neighborhood .................................................................................................. 29 Yaslam Saleh Neighborhood ......................................................................................................... 30 Khanfar Villages: ............................................................................................................................... 31 AlDergag ........................................................................................................................................ 31 Al-Deuw Village ............................................................................................................................. 32 AlFanh ........................................................................................................................................... 33 2 AlHaror .......................................................................................................................................... 33 Al-Husn .......................................................................................................................................... 35 Al-Jool Al-Shabiah ......................................................................................................................... 36 AlKaradif ........................................................................................................................................ 37 Al-Khamlah .................................................................................................................................... 38 Al-Kud ............................................................................................................................................ 39 AlLakidah ....................................................................................................................................... 40 Al-Lohog ........................................................................................................................................ 41 Al-Makhzan ................................................................................................................................... 42 Al-Mosaimeer ................................................................................................................................ 43 Al-Qornaah .................................................................................................................................... 44 AlRowa .......................................................................................................................................... 45 Al-Torbah AlGa’adi ....................................................................................................................... 46 Batees............................................................................................................................................ 47 Bir Al-Sheikh .................................................................................................................................. 48 Dahl Ahmed ................................................................................................................................... 49 Habeel Barq ................................................................................................................................... 50 Halimah ......................................................................................................................................... 51 Jool Salem – Al-Meioh ................................................................................................................... 52 Jool Yarames ................................................................................................................................. 53 Kadmat Ben La’war ....................................................................................................................... 53 Kodmat Al-Sayed Kasim ................................................................................................................ 54 Malhat Sarbol ................................................................................................................................ 55 Obar Othman ................................................................................................................................ 56 Saken Ameen ................................................................................................................................ 57 Saken Woais .................................................................................................................................. 57 Shoqrah ......................................................................................................................................... 58 3 Executive Summary Although the Government and the popular committees have managed to pressure Ansar AlSharia out of Zinjibar and Khanfar districts; the situation continues to be fragile in the whole Southern governorates. The control of the Yemeni government over Abyan, Shabwa and AlDhale governorate is still very limited which is creating a vacuum in terms of law and order. In Aden and Lahj, the government is losing more territories for non-state groups, tribes, activists and political movements. The presence of the semi-militia popular committees, as a new phenomenon in the South, is of concern as the government has no control over their activities and they have no discipline and hierarchy in place. The fighting in Abyan has displaced nearly 40,000 households (HHs) and damaged the livelihood of another 30,000-35,000.