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
March 20, 2020
| Dataset date: Mar 20, 2020
This dataset updates: Every year
Sudan administrative level 0 (country), 1 (state), and 2 (district) boundary files
Vetting and live service provision by Information Technology Outreach Services (ITOS) with funding from USAID.
Updated
March 10, 2020
| Dataset date: Aug 1, 2017
This dataset updates: Never
This Dataset contains all health facilities and community units in Kenya. Each health facility and community unit is identified with unique code and their details describing the geographical location, administrative location, ownership, type and the services offered.
Updated
February 20, 2020
| Dataset date: Sep 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.
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
February 20, 2020
| Dataset date: Jan 8, 2019
This dataset updates: Every year
Lesotho administrative level 0 (country), 1 (district), and 2 (community council, municipal council, or urban council) boundaries.
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
February 20, 2020
| Dataset date: Jul 3, 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
February 20, 2020
| Dataset date: Oct 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.
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
February 20, 2020
| Dataset date: Aug 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
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 population statistics tables.
REVISION HISTORY
20 February 2020: shapefiles consolidated into one ZIP file
Updated
September 20, 2019
| Dataset date: Aug 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.
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.
