The humanitarian response to COVID-19 in Somalia will increase capital flight and violent conflict

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As Somalia braces for the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, debt relief will not help prepare it for the financial and political catastrophe ahead. This article brings together research on Somali politics, business and the politics of aid to argue a massive influx of humanitarian spending, as proposed, will exacerbate the country’s financial hardships and violence.   Read more

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How “de-biasing” humanitarian organizations could lead to more gender-equitable programming during COVID-19 and beyond

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This article talks about gendered effects of COVID-19 and how the humanitarian sector could overcome gender biases.   Read more

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Gender and Socio-Economic Impact Assessments of COVID-19 Pandemic in Juba Municipality, South Sudan

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In partnership with UNDP- PaCC Project, the University of Juba Technical Multi-Disciplinary Sub-Committee on COVID-19 pandemic response conducted a rapid assessment to determine the  gender and socio-economic impact of the disease on South Sudanese. The novel COVID-19 pandemic has infected over three million people, with over two hundred thousand deaths globally. With  a weak and fragile health system, the emergence of COVID-19 pandemic is likely going to inflict heavy social-economics and human pain.  

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Observation Report on the Impacts of COVID-19 on Women. Implications of COVID-19 on Women , Peace and Secuirty.

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This paper is stressing the importance of linking the responses of COVID-19 to Women, Peace and Security agenda. Women are at the frontline of facing the threat of COVID-19 pandemic. They are in a protective position of taking care of children and elderly in the community in comparison to their male counterparts. This is due to the different care giving roles that women and girls play as well as pre-existing gender inequalities that exist in…

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The COVID-19 pandemic is shining an unforgiving light on the world’s most vulnerable and marginal people

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This opinion piece argues that the COVID-19 pandemic is shining an unforgiving light on the world’s most vulnerable and marginal people, and that our only hope is that as Governments respond to this looming health crisis, the pandemic can also accelerate their longer-term commitment to protect and assist IDPs who face the greatest risks, and find ways to end the displacement within their borders.   Read more

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COVID-19 in fragile settings: Ensuring a conflict-sensitive response

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Violent conflict often exacerbates the spread of infectious diseases, as seen in the recent resurgence of polio in Syria, cholera outbreaks in the conflict zones in Yemen, and the persistence of Ebola in insecure eastern regions of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Between 2009 and 2017, in fact, there were 364 disease outbreaks in 108 refugee camps. Fragility and conflict reverse hard-won development gains and stunt opportunities for children, youth, and the poorest people….

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South Sudan’s food imports in the time of COVID-19

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The coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) of 2020 is likely to have profound effects on stressed food systems in already hungry countries. Even before South Sudan reported its first COVID-19 case at the beginning of April, media reports indicated that the pandemic had led to restrictions on the movement of goods from neighbouring countries, which affected prices in markets across the country. In Juba, the price of a kilogram of maize flour increased from 159 South Sudanese…

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COVID-19 and Conflict Sensitivity

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Oxfam’s Conflict Sensitivity guidance for COVID-19 responses aims to support humanitarian response teams to identify potential conflict related risks, undertake rapid context and conflict analyses and to develop conflict sensitive MEAL systems. The guidance is available in English, Arabic, French and Spanish.  

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COVID-19, Crises and Fragility

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Fragile contexts are beginning to be hitby the Covid-19 pandemic. Most of these countries are insufficiently prepared to cope with the spread of the disease and its consequences across the multiple dimensions of fragility. The most vulnerable have difficulty inaccessing hospitals and rely on poor public services. Confinement measures are hardly applicable and the mobilisation of security actors to enforce them creates further risks. The crisis highlights social inequalities and governance issues in many contexts….

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Somali communities face dropping remittances and wider economic impact amid COVID-19 crisis. A warning from activists, aid workers & academia

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This brief, signed by over 100 activists, aid workers and academics, addresses the potentially huge economic impact of reduced remittances on vulnerable communities in Somalia/Somaliland and provides recommendations for the international community and Somali officials on how to address these challenges.   Download

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