Another humanitarian crisis in Somalia? Learning from the 2011 famine
Date
Time (GMT +00)
11:00 12:30
Hero image description: Families queue for food at a feeding point in BadBado IDP camp in Mogadishu, Somalia
Image credit:Kate Holt
Image license:ODI given rights
Speakers:
Daniel Maxwell - Professor and Research Director, Feinstein International Center, Tufts University
Nisar Majid - Visiting Fellow, Feinstein International Center, Tufts University
Laura Hammond - Reader and Head of the Department of Development Studies, SOAS
Khalif A Abdirahman - Senior Researcher (via video-conference in Nairobi)
Guhad Aden - Senior Researcher (via video-conference in Nairobi)
Chair: Wendy Fenton - Coordinator, Humanitarian Practice Network
Description
In July 2014, humanitarian agencies and the government of Somalia raised the alarm of a new severe drought in Somalia, three years after the deadly famine that killed more than 250,000 people.
This event will launch a new report by Daniel Maxwell and Nisar Majid that examines the international response to the famine in 2011 and lessons learnt on how to prevent and mitigate a similar crisis.