Food Security Cluster

NEW YORK — The UN’s top envoy in Somalia, James Swan, briefed the Security Council for the first time since Hassan Sheikh Mohamud was elected President of Somalia. In his five-minute address to the world body, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General said a humanitarian crisis was unfolding in Somalia. …

MOGADISHU — The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) said Tuesday it needs 270 million U.S. dollars in urgent funding for humanitarian aid to 1.8 million Somalis across 52 districts. The FAO, which called for immediate and scaled-up assistance to devastated rural communities to avert catastrophe, said …

MOGADISHU — Parts of Somalia will be hit by famine between October and December as a drought worsens and global food prices surge, the United Nations said on Monday. The Horn of Africa is experiencing its worst drought in 40 years and experts say the region is on track for …

MOGADISHU — Terrorist group al-Shabab killed at least 20 people and burned seven vehicles that were transporting food relief in the central Hiiraan region of Somalia on Saturday morning. Four trucks carrying goods and three passenger minibuses were set on fire near the remote town of Mahas. “Passengers were killed, wounded …

Food concerns deepen as 345m face acute shortages in UN famine warning Millions of people struggling for food every day are seeing their hopes dimmed by soaring grain prices and tight supplies amid the impact of climate change and Western sanctions on Russia. Wheat prices are likely to change unevenly …

MOGADISHU — Following the arrival of a UAE aid ship at the port of Mogadishu, Emirati charity organizations, in collaboration with the Somali Disaster Management Agency and other authorities responsible for distributing relief aid, have begun distributing aid to residents in areas affected by drought in parts of Mahas and …

BAIDOA — Somalia, the most climate change-affected country in the Horn of Africa, is facing a catastrophic drought that has already claimed hundreds of lives. Baidoa, the capital of Southwest State, hosts thousands of new arrivals from rural areas after the drought devastated their farms and livestock, some of them walking …

RIYADH — King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSRelief) will launch early next week the second phase of the emergency intervention which will contribute to reducing the repercussions of drought and famine facing Somalia and impacting its citizens, after the end of the first relief phase. This was announced …

MOGADISHU — Somali government dispatched four planes carrying food aid to the Beledweyne and Bulaburte districts in Hiiraan region on Tuesday. Chairman of Somalia’s Disaster Management Agency (SoDMA), Mohamud Moalim Abdullahi, Permanent Secretary of the Prime Minister’s Office, Mohamed Abukar Zubeyr and other officials who coordinated the aid did not …

UNITED NATIONS — Children in the Horn of Africa and the Sahel could die in devastating numbers unless urgent support is provided, as severe malnutrition and the risk of water-borne disease collide, warned UNICEF on Tuesday. “History shows that when high levels of severe acute malnutrition in children combine with …