Food Security Cluster

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 …

ADDIS ABABA — The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Tuesday appealed for 42.6 million U.S. dollars life-saving aid to help millions affected by the catastrophic drought in the Horn of Africa (HOA). The UN Refugee Agency, in a statement issued Tuesday, said the funding will deliver life-saving …

MOGADISHU — A devastating drought weighing on Somalia’s economy is poised to push inflation close to 10%, the highest level in more than 15 years, by the end of the year, according to central bank Governor Abdirahman Abdullahi. The Horn of Africa nation is experiencing its worst drought in four …

MOGADISHU — Somali Federal Government has delivered food aid to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the regional State of Southwest. A plane carrying a consignment of food supplies touched down at Hudur Airport in Bakool region on Monday after leaving Mogadishu’s Aden Abdulle International Airport in the morning. A high …

MOGADISHU — Families affected by drought in rural Somalia are being forced to make impossible choices, including traveling long distances to access health services and food on empty stomachs or staying home and suffering in silence. Somalia has had four failed rainy seasons, pushing the country into a drought and …

MOGADISHU — The United Nations humanitarian agency said Friday it’s seeking 993.3 million U.S. dollars to provide life-saving and life-sustaining assistance to prevent famine and respond to the drought in Somalia by December. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said the impact of the drought and …

NEW YORK — That’s the alarming message on Thursday from UN Children’s Fund UNICEF, which issued the alert for 15 countries in crisis where the situation is worsening. The UN agency warning comes as world leaders prepare to gather for the G7 summit of leading industrialized economies in Germany, in …