Food Security Cluster

MOGADISHU — The Turkish Red Crescent (Kizilay) is helping ease the impact of a severe drought in parts of Somalia by distributing food aid and hot meals. “We provide 3,195 hot meals daily from our soup kitchen in Mogadishu which are distributed to 20 different locations in the city,” Rusen …

GENEVA  — The International Red Cross on Tuesday warned that millions of people are at risk of severe hunger in the coming months as extreme poverty, inequality, and food insecurity rose, particularly in parts of Africa and the Middle East. “The conflict in Ukraine has contributed to a sharp increase …

GAROWE — Somalia’s Puntland State Minister of Fisheries has on Sunday held talks with Etienne Peterschmitt, the Country Director for the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Somalia. The meeting between the Minister and the Director took place in the region’s capital Garowe. The talks centred around a range of …

ADDIS ABABA — The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on Friday warned that the ongoing drought condition in the Horn of Africa (HOA) will worsen over July-September dry period. “Over the July-September dry period, the drought condition will worsen given the inadequate recovery during the March-May rainfall season and …

MINNEAPOLIS — Community and religious groups in Minnesota are calling on the broader community to step up for Somalia’s drought relief with a fundraising drive on Saturday at this year’s Super-Eid’ event held at the US Bank Stadium in downtown Minneapolis. As many as 50,000 Muslim-Americans are expected to attend …

ADDIS ABABA — The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) has warned that an “unprecedented emergency” condition is ravaging drought-affected communities across the Horn of Africa (HOA). UNOCHA, in its latest HOA drought regional humanitarian overview and call to action issued late Tuesday, said communities in …

MOGADISHU — The European Union Wednesday launched a humanitarian air bridge, airlifting emergency supplies to Somalia’s hard-to-reach areas. The EU said it will be a major logistics operation, with an estimated 50 to 70 flights needed to deliver essential food supplies. “We are organizing a series of flights that will …

NAIROBI — Members of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development, a regional bloc that includes Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan and Uganda, met Tuesday in Nairobi to discuss humanitarian, political, and security issues in the region. The humanitarian situation that has made more than 23 million people in …

KISMAYO — The special envoy of the Somali president for Humanitarian Affairs and Drought, Abdul Rahman Abdul Shakour, accompanied by Qatar’s ambassador to Somalia, Hassan bin Hamza Hashem, officials from Qatar Charity (QC) and members of the National Committee of Somalia visited Bartiri – Jubbaland State – which is one …

MOGADISHU —  Overlooked due to the war in Ukraine, the humanitarian crisis in Yemen, and the conflict in neighboring Ethiopia, Somalia is dealing with one of its worst droughts in four decades. Nearly a million people have left their homes in search of food, water, and humanitarian assistance in towns …