SOMALIA – Forced evictions
• The number of forced evictions in Mogadishu are again on the rise, as an estimated 2 700 - 5 000 households have been evicted from their houses during the first week of March and more are expected. Overall, in the months of January and February, more than 25 700 internally displaced persons have been evicted from public and private buildings in Mogadishu by the Federal Government. Forced evictions have also been reported in other areas of the country, notably Kismayo, Bosasso and Luuq.
• ECHO partners and the Protection and Shelter Clusters are responding to the immediate needs.
Sources: ECHO, UN
VANUATU – Tropical Cyclone PAM
• Needs assessments and interviews with affected people, confirm that investments made in Disaster Risk Reduction and Preparedness in recent years significantly contributed to protect lives, despite the destructive power of Cyclone PAM.
• As of 25 March, there are 11 dead and 1 060 evacuees in 19 evacuation centres. All the evacuation centres are expected to close by 27 March. Initial emergency food assistance is reported to have now reached close to 180 000 people.
SYRIA – Conflict
• Population displacements continue in the north-western governorate of Idleb on the border with Turkey. Since the weekend, shelling and bombardment in areas surrounding Idleb city have taken place daily.
• Estimates of the number of displaced vary as families are seeking refuge in many dispersed villages, mostly north and west of Idleb. Humanitarian organizations are scaling up arrangements to assist the displaced and affected communities.
• Deliveries of humanitarian assistance across the border from Turkey continue despite border restrictions adopted by Turkish authorities since early March.
PERU – Landslides
• In Lima region: eight dead, 25 people injured, six missing, 150 houses destroyed due to a landslide in Lurigacho-Chosica on 23 March. Another landslide injured 30 people and destroyed 110 houses in Huarochiri on the same day.
• In Cajamarca region: three dead in Cutervo, 22 houses destroyed in Cutervo and Chota.
• In the next 48 h more rain could affect northern and southern Peru.