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18 — EASO Country of Origin Information report — South and Central <strong>Somalia</strong> — Country overview<br />
• 1.1.4.3.2<br />
The Seaport and industries<br />
The Seaport was built in 1964 and refurbished in 1984. From July to September, the port struggles with bad weather.<br />
Waves and monsoons make berthing difficult and the population refers to these months as kuusi, meaning ‘no<br />
money’. It is a deep‐water harbour, protected by breakwaters, but hampered by dangerous coastal reefs. The main<br />
function of the port used to be the export of meat and bananas, but more recently, it has been the import and<br />
export of goods, charcoal and khat. The port has a 630 metre, four‐berth capacity and usually handles 38 vessels<br />
per month (2005 data) ( 38 ).<br />
In March 2013, the daily labour pay for port workers averaged between SoSH 50 000 to 100 000 ($1 to $2) ( 39 ).<br />
In the late 1980s, Kismayo had a meat‐tinning factory, a tannery and a modern fish factory. There were also two<br />
sugar refineries. But even before the destruction during the Civil and Clan Wars (1980s/1990s), the productivity of<br />
the industries was low and irregular. There was a power plant, built in the mid-80s, but this was often out of order.<br />
Production of goods is largely undertaken by small workshops in the informal sector ( 40 ).<br />
• 1.1.4.3.3<br />
Facilities<br />
In 2005, Kismayo University was established by a group of former teachers and university lecturers with the support<br />
of a local organisation, Towfiq Welfare Society. The university has two campuses, a library, a teaching hospital,<br />
a conference hall, prayer facilities, sport facilities and its own transport ( 41 ). There is a general hospital in Kismayo,<br />
but sometimes patients are left outside because of lack of capacity ( 42 ).<br />
In March 2013, there were over 40 IDP camps in the city, with shelters made of polythene, paper, bags, boxes, tents<br />
and discarded scrap metal ( 43 ).<br />
( 38 ) US Army Corps of Engineers, The Geology of <strong>Somalia</strong>: a Selected Bibliography of <strong>Somalia</strong>n Geology, Geography and Earth Science, February 2007 (http://<br />
www.dtic.mil/cgi‐bin/GetTRDocAD=ADA464006) accessed 25 June 2014, p. 18; <strong>Somalia</strong>report, The Importance of Kismayo, 6 November 2012 (http://www.<br />
somaliareport.com/index.php/post/3427) accessed 25 June 2014; AMISOM Public Information, Photo [Flickr] taken on 30 November 2012 (https://www.<br />
flickr.com/photos/au_unistphotostream/8251328463/in/photolist-86oJdb‐dz9dkR‐dz9dtR‐dieTRQ‐dieWvg‐dieUp9-dgm5um‐dieWgv‐dAgDf7-dieUaw‐dA<br />
bb8M‐dgCdRy‐dgkRAq‐dgkQ3n‐dieUAq‐dieWWB‐dieUE7-dgkSYG‐dgkRWN‐dgkPXz‐dgkSCo‐dkdghD‐deGUDL‐dgkR2p‐dgkS5d‐dgkQ8P‐dgkQPD‐dgkSRGdgkQJn‐dgkS9L‐dgkRsb‐dgkQhB‐butuBX‐dgkQyV‐butvTt‐butvie‐butuLP‐butw9v‐butw26-butvvt‐butv3x‐butvaP‐butuWX‐e9DD4n‐e9DACe‐e9J72Y‐e9CyXk<br />
‐e9K46W-86kzzn‐dz98KX/) accessed 27 June 2014.<br />
( 39 ) Kisima Peace and Development Organisation, Multi‐cluster Joint Assessment <strong>Report</strong> on Kismayo IDPs, March 2013 (https://www.humanitarianresponse.info/<br />
sites/www.humanitarianresponse.info/files/assessments/Joint%20%20Assessment%20<strong>Report</strong>%20on%20Kismayu%20IDPs%20camps%20led%20by%20<br />
KISIMA.pdf) accessed 25 June 2014.<br />
( 40 ) US Army Corps of Engineers, The Geology of <strong>Somalia</strong>: a Selected Bibliography of <strong>Somalia</strong>n Geology, Geography and Earth Science, February 2007 (http://www.<br />
dtic.mil/cgi‐bin/GetTRDocAD=ADA464006) accessed 25 June 2014, p. 22.<br />
( 41 ) Kismayo University [website], last updated: 27 June 2014 (http://www.kismayouniversity.com/) accessed 27 June 2014.<br />
( 42 ) AMISOM Public Information, Photo [Flickr] taken on 30 November 2012 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/au_unistphotostream/8251327999/in/photolist-<br />
86oJdb‐dz9dkR‐dz9dtR‐dieTRQ‐dieWvg‐dieUp9-dgm5um‐dieWgv‐dAgDf7-dieUaw‐dAbb8M‐dgCdRy‐dgkRAq‐dgkQ3n‐dieUAq‐dieWWB‐dieUE7-<br />
dgkSYG‐dgkRWN‐dgkPXz‐dgkSCo‐dkdghD‐deGUDL‐dgkR2p‐dgkS5d‐dgkQ8P‐dgkQPD‐dgkSRG‐dgkQJn‐dgkS9L‐dgkRsb‐dgkQhB‐butuBX‐dgkQyV‐butvTt‐bu<br />
tvie‐butuLP‐butw9v‐butw26-butvvt‐butv3x‐butvaP‐butuWX‐e9DD4n‐e9DACe‐e9J72Y‐e9CyXk‐e9K46W-86kzzn‐dz98KX/) accessed 27 June 2014.<br />
( 43 ) Kisima Peace and Development Organisation, Multi‐cluster Joint Assessment <strong>Report</strong> on Kismayo IDPs, March 2013 (https://www.humanitarianresponse.info/<br />
sites/www.humanitarianresponse.info/files/assessments/Joint%20%20Assessment%20<strong>Report</strong>%20on%20Kismayu%20IDPs%20camps%20led%20by%20<br />
KISIMA.pdf) accessed 25 June 2014.
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