The European Commission adopted on 27 July a €35 million funding decision to support humanitarian activities in Somalia. It will address a wide range of relief interventions in the following sectors: health, nutrition, food aid/food security, water and sanitation, non-food items/shelter, disaster risk reduction, logistics, security, and the coordination of partner operations. It is estimated that approximately 3,200,000 people, about 42% of the population of Somalia, would need emergency humanitarian assistance and/or livelihood support in the first half of 2010. More than 18 years of clan-based conflict and civil unrest in central and southern Somalia as well as worsening cyclical droughts, floods and outbreaks of infectious diseases, such as cholera, have resulted in wide-spread humanitarian needs. Despite the aid, field assessments suggest that the situation is unlikely to improve in the second half of this year. The €35 million funding comes in addition to an allocation in June 2010 of €20 million to support six drought-prone countries in the Horn of Africa, including Somalia.