A/HRC/4/30 page 9 workers and vehicles by various armed groups continue to prevent the delivery of food to people in urgent need. The security situation in and around IDP camps has continued to deteriorate, seriously hindering IDPs’ access to livelihoods and means to procure food for themselves and their families. Despite the signing of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA), tensions between the parties to the agreement have mounted during the reporting period. The Special Rapporteur notes with concern that, although land and natural resources are central to the conflict in Darfur, the Darfur Land Commission to be established under the DPA to address these issues has not yet been put in place.7 Democratic Republic of Congo 23. The security situation in some regions of the Democratic Republic of Congo is continuing to threaten the right to food and aggravate chronic malnutrition and food insecurity. During 2006, thousands of people were dying from hunger and related diseases, with 30 per cent of children under 5 suffering from malnutrition and 50 per cent of the population lacking access to safe drinking water.8 People that have been forcibly displaced from their homes and lands are particularly vulnerable - at least 10 people were dying every day in Gety’s displacement camps, mostly children.9 The security situation was seriously affecting distribution of food and other humanitarian aid in other camps, including to the 16,000 displaced people in camps in Dubie.10 Horn of Africa 24. Following severe drought at the beginning of this year, people in the countries of the Horn of Africa have faced overwhelming floods since 10 November 2006. In Somalia the scarce food stocks of an estimated 900,000 people have been destroyed or endangered by the floods.11 In Kenya around 500,000 people have been affected, particularly in the remote north-eastern region, coastal districts and low-lying areas in the western parts of the country.12 In Ethiopia it is estimated that 360,000 people have been affected by floods particularly in the Ogaden region where, along the Wabi-shebelle River, livelihoods have been seriously disrupted.13 In this region, reportedly highly militarized, and in some of the areas affected by floods in Somalia, 7 Ibid. 8 Figures from Action contre la Faim, 2006. 9 Irin, “Aid workers pull out of Gety”, 1 September 2006. 10 Médecins Sans Frontières, “Food, nutrition and mortality situation of IDPs in Dubie”, 2006. 11 Irin, “Somalia. Floods increase risk of malnutrition”, 8 December 2006. 12 “Kenya, Red Cross appeals for US$ 21.9 million for flood-affected people”, 12 December 2006. 13 OCHA, August 2006.