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KISMAYO — A high-level humanitarian delegation, led by Mohamud Moalim Abdulle, Commissioner of the Somali Disaster Management Agency (SoDMA), and George Conway, UN Deputy Special Representative and Humanitarian Coordinator, has launched a field mission to Jubbaland state to assess the escalating drought crisis.
The mission included visits to the administrative capital, Kismayo, and the border town of Dhobley, where officials reviewed the dire conditions faced by displaced families and those affected by the prolonged lack of rainfall.
The visit aims to conduct a comprehensive assessment of livestock losses and determine immediate requirements for food, water, and medical assistance to accelerate emergency response and provide essential support to local communities.
During their tour of displacement camps in the Lower Juba region, both parties emphasized strengthening cooperation between national authorities and international agencies to combat food insecurity. They underscored the urgent need for collective international efforts to mitigate the impacts of climate shocks, which continue to threaten livelihoods and social stability in affected areas.
This humanitarian effort takes place against a backdrop of a severe drought crisis gripping the nation. Somalia is currently enduring one of its harshest drought cycles in modern history, driven by five consecutive failed rainy seasons.
This catastrophic environmental shift has depleted water sources and crippled the pastoral sector—the country’s primary economic lifeline. Somalia remains among the world’s most vulnerable nations to climate shocks; the current drought has already forced hundreds of thousands to flee rural areas for urban displacement camps, amid stark UN warnings of rising acute food insecurity threatening the lives of millions across the southern regions.
