Food Security Cluster

AMMAN — The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is conducting a 5-day training workshop for technical officers in charge of desert locust control from East Africa (EA) and the Middle East(ME), aimed to enhance preparedness of their countries to effectively respond to desert locust outbreaks and …

MOGADISHU — Somalia received 25,000 tons of grain as humanitarian aid from Russia, which arrived in a cargo ship at Mogadishu’s sea port on Thursday. The shipment was handed over to the Somali Disaster Management Agency (SoDMA) at a ceremony attended by Somali Interior Minister Ahmed Moalim Fiqi and Russian …

LONDON — The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) and the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland signed yesterday at the Global Food Security Summit in London a joint statement pledging support for food security in Somalia. The agreement …

MOGADISHU — The UN World Food Program (WFP) on Tuesday warned that climate extremes will drive the hunger crisis in Somalia to record highs. The WFP said the deadly floods, the worst in decades, have driven more than half 1 million people from their homes and crippled families’ attempts to …

ADDIS ABABA  — Countries in the Horn of Africa are facing severe challenges as extreme weather events and food insecurity persist, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned. The WHO, in its latest Horn of Africa food insecurity and health situation report issued Monday, warned that Horn of Africa countries …

NAIROBI — The World Food Program (WFP) said on Monday that food insecurity levels across East Africa are likely to remain high through early 2024 despite the decrease observed since the peak of the lean season in 2022. The WFP said in its food security update that protracted and newly …

MOGADISHU — The World Food Program (WFP) announced on Friday that it requires 351 million U.S. dollars in net funding across all activities to scale up humanitarian assistance for the next six months in Somalia. The impacts of decades of armed conflict, irregular rainfall, poverty and internal displacement have driven …

NEW YORK — In a significant diplomatic move, the Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Somalia, HE Hamza Abdi Barre, engaged in crucial discussions with the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, at the United Nations headquarters in New York. The meeting, held in a cordial atmosphere, aimed …

MOGADISHU — Somalia banned the trading of humanitarian aid stuff in a black market following the suspension of EU funds through the UN Food Agency [WFP] over theft. The announcement was made in a press release jointly issued by the National Disaster Management Agency, the Ministries of Relief of the Federal …

UNITED NATIONS/NAIROBI/GENEVA — The European Union executive has temporarily suspended funding for the World Food Programme (WFP) in Somalia, two senior EU officials told Reuters on Monday, after a U.N. investigation found widespread theft and misuse of aid meant to avert famine. The European Commission gave more than $7 million …