In 2016, OCHA merged its offices in Johannesburg and Nairobi into the OCHA Regional Office for Southern and Eastern Africa (ROSEA), covering 25 countries.
Comprising the Horn of Africa and the Great Lakes, eastern Africa is a region in which emergencies tend to be large scale, resulting in significant displacement and other needs. For this reason, OCHA maintains country presences in Burundi, DRC, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan and Sudan. The southern Africa region has fewer protracted humanitarian crises, but is prone to drought and floods. For this reason, OCHA does not have country offices in the region. In both regions the 2015-2016 El Nino weather phenomenon continues to have a significant humanitarian impact.
For those countries where OCHA does not have a presence, it is essential that OCHA can deploy from the regional hub swiftly and effectively in times of emergency, and to otherwise ensure preparedness for potential crises. OCHA works closely with local authorities and partners to bolster national disaster preparedness in these countries and supports response.
Whether weโre mobilizing relief money or raising awareness of forgotten crises, itโs our mandate to keep world attention focused on humanitarian issues. For this reason, we produce and release timely regional reporting and analytical products to strengthen the humanitarian case and highlight the needs of the most vulnerable in the region. OCHA ROSEA also provides a platform for the analysis of cross-border issues of humanitarian concern, such as facilitating multi-country preparedness and planning consultations. OCHA ROSEA also works to strengthen collaboration on emergency preparedness and response with regional bodies, such as the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) in eastern Africa and the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) in southern Africa.
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Updated
November 12, 2020
| Dataset date: December 27, 2018-December 27, 2018
This dataset updates: Every year
South Africa administrative levels 0 (country), 1 (province), 2 (district), and 3 (local municipality) boundaries polygon and line shapefiles, KMZ files, EMF files, and geodatabase, and gazetteer.
REFERENCE YEAR: 2018
Vetting and live service provision by Information Technology Outreach Services (ITOS) with funding from USAID.
These shapefiles are suitable for database or GIS linkage to the South Africa - Subnational Population Statistics CSV tables.
Updated
February 20, 2020
| Dataset date: October 22, 2018-October 22, 2018
This dataset updates: Every year
Malawi administrative level 0 (country), 1 (region), 2 (district or city council), and 3 (traditional authority area) boundary polygon and line shapefiles and KMZ files and gazetteer.
REFERENCE YEAR: 2018
Vetting and live service provision by Information Technology Outreach Services (ITOS) with funding from USAID.
P-codes are based on the NSO Admin 3 code system.
Some humanitarian actors are using an alternative 28-unit administrative level 2 (district) structure instead of the endorsed 32-unit structure. A lookup table is provided.
These shapefiles are suitable for database or ArcGIS linkage to the Malawi administrative level 0-3 population statistics tables.
Updated
November 26, 2020
| Dataset date: August 31, 2018-August 31, 2018
This dataset updates: Every year
Zimbabwe administrative level 0 (country), 1 (province), 2 (district) and 3 (ward) boundary polygon, line, and point shapefiles, KMZ files, geodatabase, and live services, and gazetteer.
REFERENCE YEAR 2018
Please note that administrative level 3 (ward) features are identified numerically.
Vetting and live service provision by Information Technology Outreach Services (ITOS) with funding from USAID.
These shapefiles are suitable for linkage by P-code to the Zimbabwe administrative levels 0 - 2 population statistics CSV population statistics tables.
Updated
November 26, 2020
| Dataset date: November 26, 2020-November 26, 2020
This dataset updates: Every year
Zambia administrative level 0-2 boundaries
REFERENCE YEAR: 2020
Vetting and live service provision by Information Technology Outreach Services (ITOS) with funding from USAID.
Updated
May 28, 2020
| Dataset date: May 28, 2020-May 28, 2020
This dataset updates: Every year
Seychelles - administrative level 0-3 boundaries
REFERENCE YEAR: 2020
These boundaries are suitable for database or GIS linkage to the Seychelles - Subnational Population Statistics tables.
Updated
May 13, 2020
| Dataset date: May 13, 2020-May 13, 2020
This dataset updates: Every year
Kingdom of Eswatini 2007 administrative level 0-2 boundaries
REFERENCE YEAR: 2017
These boundaries are suitable for database or GIS linkage to the Kingdom of Eswatini - Subnational Population Statistics.
Updated
February 20, 2020
| Dataset date: January 08, 2019-January 08, 2019
This dataset updates: Every year
Lesotho administrative level 0 (country), 1 (district), and 2 (community council, municipal council, or urban council) boundaries.
REFERENCE YEAR: 2019
The administrative level 1 (district) shapefile is suitable for database or GIS linkage to the Lesotho population administrative level 0 - 1 population statistics level 1 table.
Updated
December 12, 2019
| Dataset date: December 28, 2018-December 28, 2018
This dataset updates: Every year
Comoros administrative level 0 (country), 1 (island), 2 (prefecture), and 3 (commune), boundary polygon and line shapefiles, EMF files, KMZ files, and geodatabase, and gazetteer.
REFERENCE YEAR: 2017
The gazetteer includes uncertified administrative level 4 (locality) and 5 (village) tables for which no boundaries are available.
The administrative level 0, 1, and 2 shapefiles are suitable for database and GIS linkage to the Comoros administrative level 0-2 population statistics CSV tables.
Vetting and live service provision by Information Technology Outreach Services (ITOS) with funding from USAID.
Updated
October 3, 2019
| Dataset date: April 02, 2019-April 02, 2019
This dataset updates: Every year
Mozambique administrative level 0 (country), 1 (province), 2 (district) and 3 (posto) boundary polygons, lines, and gazetteer.
REFERENCE YEAR: 2019
Vetting and live service provision by Information Technology Outreach Services (ITOS) with funding from USAID.
PLEASE NOTE that the Mozambique population statistics are not currently available.
Updated
November 12, 2020
| Dataset date: August 30, 2018-August 30, 2018
This dataset updates: Every year
Angola administrative level 0 (country), 1 (province), 2 (municipality | city council) and 3 (commune) boundary polygon, line, and point shapefiles, KMZ files, live services, and geodatabase; and gazetteer
REFERENCE YEAR: 2014
Vetting and live service provision by Information Technology Outreach Services (ITOS) with funding from USAID.
The administrative level 0-2 shapefiles are suitable for database or ArcGIS linkage to the Angola - Subnational Population Statistics.
REVISION HISTORY
12 November 2020: EMF files added
20 February 2020: shapefiles consolidated into one ZIP file
Updated
February 20, 2020
| Dataset date: September 27, 2018-September 27, 2018
This dataset updates: Every year
The Admin boundary shapefiles for Rwanda since 2006. The shapefile was created in 2006 and updated by the 2012 Census mapping.
It was updated again on 17 Oct 2017.
REFERENCE YEAR: 2017
These administrative level 0-3 shapefiles are suitable for database or GIS linkage to the Rwanda administrative level 0-3 population statistics tables.
02 October 2018 update:
Administrative level 1 (province) P-codes corrected at all levels.
27 September 2018 update:
Administrative level 0 (country) feature attributes corrected at all levels.
19 October 2018 update:
to Administrative levels 0 - 3:
Standardized P-codes, based on the pre-existing numeric codes added
Lake Kivu extent removed
Corrections made to two administrative level 1 names in the administrative level 3 (sector) shapefile
21 September 2018 update:
Administrative level 4 P-coded
Updated
August 28, 2020
| Dataset date: June 11, 2020-June 11, 2020
This dataset updates: Every year
Uganda administrative level 0 (country), 1 (region), 2 (district), 3 (county), and 4 (sub-country) boundaries.
Vetting and live service provision by Information Technology Outreach Services (ITOS) with funding from USAID.
REFERENCE YEAR: 2020
The administrative level 0, 1, and 2 boundaries are suitable for database or GIS linkage to the Uganda - Subnational Population Statistics tables.
Updated
September 3, 2020
| Dataset date: September 03, 2020-September 03, 2020
This dataset updates: Every year
Sudan administrative level 0 (country), 1 (state), and 2 (district) boundary files
REFERENCE YEAR: 2020
Vetting and live service provision by Information Technology Outreach Services (ITOS) with funding from USAID.
Updated
February 20, 2020
| Dataset date: July 03, 2018-July 03, 2018
This dataset updates: Every year
Kenya administrative level 0 (country), 1 (county), and 2 (sub-county) boundary polygon and line shapefiles, KMZ files, geodatabase, live services, and gazeteer
Vetting and live service provision by Information Technology Outreach Services (ITOS) with funding from USAID.
UPDATE HISTORY
4 December 2019:
Corrections to Narok county
November 2017:
Updated by Field Information and Coordination Support Section (FICSS), Division of Programme Support and Management (DPSM), UNHCR
Updated
August 16, 2018
| Dataset date: January 01, 2012-January 01, 2012
This dataset updates: Every year
Polling station locations
Abstract: This data comes from http://vote.iebc.or.ke
Use the _sphericalmercator versions with TileMill, will be much faster. Otherwise, you're probably fine with the unprojected versions.
There are simple endpoints for requesting json encoded data. download.py iterates, caches, and builds the output
Instructions: Polling station location Shapefile can be downloaded from https://github.com/mikelmaron/kenya-election-data/tree/master/output
Updated
April 29, 2020
| Dataset date: April 29, 2020-April 29, 2020
This dataset updates: Every year
Eritrea level 0 (national), level 1 (region) and level 2 (district) boundaries
REFERENCE YEAR: 2017
Prepared by OCHA
These boundaries are suitable for database or GIS linkage to the Eritrea - Subnational Population Statistics tables.
Vetting and live service provision by Information Technology Outreach Services (ITOS) with funding from USAID.
Updated
December 27, 2018
| Dataset date: December 27, 2018-December 27, 2018
This dataset updates: Every year
South Africa administrative levels 0 (country), 1 (province), 2 (district), and 3 (local municipality) population statistics.
REFERENCE YEAR: 2016
These CSV files are suitable for database or GIS linkage to the South Africa - Subnational Administrative Boundaries shapefiles.
Updated
May 28, 2020
| Dataset date: May 28, 2020-May 28, 2020
This dataset updates: Every year
Seychelles - Subnational Population Statistics
REFERENCE YEAR: 2019
These tables are suitable for database or GIS linkage to the Seychelles - Subnational Administrative Boundaries.
Updated
June 11, 2020
| Dataset date: June 11, 2020-June 11, 2020
This dataset updates: Every year
Uganda administrative level 0 (country), 1 (region), and 2 (district) projected 2020 age and sex disaggregated population statistics
REFERENCE YEAR: 2020
These tables reflect the 135 district administrative system.
These population statistics tables are suitable for database or GIS linkage to the administrative level 0-2 boundaries available at Uganda - Subnational Administrative Boundaries.
Updated
January 6, 2020
| Dataset date: January 06, 2020-January 06, 2020
This dataset updates: Every year
Zimbabwe administrative levels 0 (country), 1 (province), 2 (district) population statistics, source document, and levels 0 - 3 (ward) gazetteer
REFERENCE YEAR: 2019
These CSV tables are suitable for linkage by P-code to the Zimbabwe administrative levels 0-3 boundaries shapefiles.
Updated
May 13, 2020
| Dataset date: May 13, 2020-May 13, 2020
This dataset updates: Every year
Kingdom of Eswatini 2017 administrative level 0-2 population statistics
REFERENCE YEAR: 2017
These tables are suitable for database or GIS linkage to the Kingdom of Eswatini - Subnational Administrative Boundaries.
Updated
September 21, 2018
| Dataset date: September 21, 2018-September 21, 2018
This dataset updates: Every year
Rwanda administrative level 0 (country), 1 (province), 2 (district), and 3 (sector) 2012 population statistics (with urban / rural disaggregation)
REFERENCE YEAR: 2012
These CSV tables are suitable for database or GIS linkage to the administrative level 0-3 shapefiles available at https://data.humdata.org/dataset/rwanda-administrative-boundaries-level-1-4 on HDX.