Somalia’s Drought Pushes Rural Families Toward Baidoa Displacement Camps
Families are reaching Baidoa after failed rains, crop losses and livestock deaths depleted rural livelihoods, while hunger worsens and flood risks grow.
Families are reaching Baidoa after failed rains, crop losses and livestock deaths depleted rural livelihoods, while hunger worsens and flood risks grow.
About 40% of more than 1 million people displaced by conflict in Lebanon had returned home by July 1, but the UN says returns must remain safe, voluntary and dignified as infrastructure and services remain damaged.
Displaced families are returning to parts of southern Lebanon, but more than 33,000 people remain in collective shelters as humanitarian needs continue.
The United Nations said July 9 that displaced families continued returning to conflict-affected areas of Lebanon, while shortages of water, electricity and fuel persisted in Nabatieh and other communities.
Returns inside Lebanon increased sharply by June 24, but hundreds of thousands remained displaced across Lebanon, Syria and Iran, according to the International Organization for Migration.
A July 22 UNHCR situation update says escalating hostilities are worsening protection risks and putting additional pressure on countries already hosting more than 31 million forcibly displaced people and recent returnees.
UN aid movements into southern Lebanon are increasing, but damaged homes, unreliable services, unexploded ordnance and underfunding still block recovery.
WFP says El Obeid is absorbing displaced families as half-ration aid, fuel and water shortages deepen. Nutrition supplies may run out in August.
Richmond’s proposed Code Refresh is moving toward another draft as a pending charter petition seeks a future public vote on major zoning plans.