Country: Somalia Sources: Norwegian Refugee Council, UN Children's Fund, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, UN Mine Action Service, United Nations Population Fund Please refer to the attached file. Key Highlights Between January and April 2026, Somalia recorded 549,985 internally displaced individuals and 12,739 protection risks, underscoring the scale and urgency of protection needs. These figures highlight the critical need to sustain frontline protection monitoring, safe referrals, case management, and targeted assistance to reduce harm, prevent further vulnerability, and ensure timely, life-saving protection services for affected communities. Between January – April 2026, over 70,000 persons are affected by evictions in Somalia. In April 2026 alone, widespread eviction incidents severely affected more than 36,300 internally displaced persons (IDPs) across Garasbaaley and Daynile districts in Mogadishu, Banadir Region, and Bosaso District in Bari Region, worsening existing humanitarian and protection concerns. In Garasbaaley (Mogadishu), government-led land repossession resulted in the forced eviction of 2,479 households, approximately 14,874 individuals, from multiple informal settlements in Catchment Area 17, where families had lived for an extended period. The Somalia Protection Cluster, with support from the Global Protection Cluster, conducted a mapping exercise to assess the impact of recent funding reductions on protection partners’ operational capacity. Findings show that funding cuts are forcing partners to scale down or suspend specialized protection services, weakening the Cluster’s ability to reach the 1.9 million people targeted under the 2026 HNRP and increasing exposure to violence, exploitation, family separation, and denial of rights. During the first quarter, more than 380,000 individuals were supported with specialized protection services and activities, including child protection, GBV, Housing, Land and Property, and explosive hazards services, contributing to the prevention, mitigation, and response to critical protection risks affecting vulnerable communities. In March 2026, NRC conducted a protection analysis in Daynile District, Banadir Region, identifying key risks affecting displaced and host communities, including evictions, GBV, child protection concerns, insecure tenure, and limited access to services, to inform programming, referrals, advocacy, and coordinated Protection Cluster action.
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