Food Security Cluster

JEDDAH — His Excellency the Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, Mr. Hissein Brahim Taha, received today, August 14, 2022, at his office at the headquarters of the General Secretariat in Jeddah, His Excellency Abdul Rahman Abdul Shakour, the Special Envoy of the Somali President for Humanitarian Affairs and …

MOGADISHU — An Emirati aid ship carrying more than 1,000 tonnes of various food and relief supplies has arrived at Mogadishu port in Somalia to meet the needs of approximately 2.5 million people affected by drought. This initiative comes as part of the directives of President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin …

GENEVA — UN humanitarian projects face a record funding gap this year, with only a third of the required $48.7 billion secured so far as global needs outpace pledges, a spokesman for the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Friday. The money is needed …

BRUSSELS — EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on Friday commended a recent deal signed in Istanbul enabling Ukraine to ship grain for the UN’s World Food Program (WFP). “Thanks to the Istanbul agreement, Ukraine is again able to deliver grain to the WFP,” Borrell said on Twitter. He hailed …

A devastating drought in Somalia has reached unprecedented levels, as the one millionth person displaced by the drought was registered this week. More than 755,000 people have been internally displaced in Somalia because of the severe drought this year, bringing the total figure to 1 million people since January 2021 …

MOGADISHU — The number of drought-related displacements in Somalia has surpassed the million mark for the first time since January 2021, the UN humanitarian agency said. In a statement on Tuesday, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that during the month of July, 83,518 people were …

MOGADISHU — The UN Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) office in Somalia said on Friday that it urgently required $131.4 million to assist 882,000 people across the Horn of Africa country. “Funding levels remain low across sectors,” the UN agency said in a statement, adding that its famine prevention efforts …

MOGADISHU — The United Nations humanitarian agency has provided 9.5 million U.S. dollars to provide immediate assistance to communities in areas at the highest risk of famine in Somalia. Adam Abdelmoula, the deputy special representative of the Secretary-General and also UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia, said the new …

Thirst and hunger are driving people to make perilous journeys on foot to reach safety They buried five-year-old Mohamed in a shallow grave, in a place unknown, where his family had briefly stopped to rest. “We had no food, no water … he was malnourished and exhausted and he didn’t …

JEDDAH — The General Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has been following, with deep concern, the worsening situation in the Federal Republic of Somalia due to severe drought for the fourth year in a row. H.E. Hissein Brahim Taha, the OIC Secretary-General, stressed that urgent relief intervention …