Food Security Cluster

ANKARA — Turkiye’s state-run aid agency extended a helping hand to more than 1 million people across 92 countries as part of its Ramadan campaign. Serkan Kayalar, head of the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA), told Anadolu Agency: “We reached out to more than 1 million people by bringing …

MOGADISHU — The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) said Thursday it urgently requires 131.4 million U.S. dollars to increase immediate food access in rural areas in Somalia amid the risk of famine. Etienne Peter Schmitt, FAO’s Representative in Somalia said the funds will be used in …

LONDON — UK Minister for Africa Vicky Ford has announced a new £25 million ($31.4 million) aid package to provide vital services to almost a million people in Somalia, as the country teeters on the brink of widespread famine, the Foreign Office said on Tuesday. Speaking at a roundtable event …

GENEVA — Today in Geneva, the United States announced more than $200 million in additional assistance to respond to humanitarian needs in the Horn of Africa, including from the devastating drought and to address the needs of refugees, internally displaced persons, and conflict-affected population in the region. This assistance, through …

NAIROBI — More than 50 aid agencies have called for an urgent and substantial increase in funding and leadership to respond to the humanitarian catastrophe facing millions in eastern Africa due to the severe drought, warning that further delays will cost lives. The agencies including Save the Children, Norwegian Refugee …

GENEVA — Somalia’s Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble has on Sunday traveled to Geneva to attend a major donor meeting on the Horn of Africa’s drought crisis. The Prime Minister will be attend by senior officials and ministers from donor countries, the Prime Minister will deliver a keynote address on …

MOGADISHU —  King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) yesterday distributed 6,364 food baskets weighing 427 tons in Banadir region, Mogadishu, Somalia, targeting the districts of Karan, Kahada, Daynili and Gersabali , benefiting 36,000 people. This comes within the food security support project implemented by the center in Somalia, …

UNITED NATIONS — United Nations partners are taking a different approach to famine prevention in Somalia: focusing on collaboration with local authorities and communities in at-risk areas, UN humanitarians said on Friday. “In 2016/2017, a similar shift coupled with timely and scaled up humanitarian assistance averted famine in Somalia,” the …

BAIDOA — Somalia’s South West State (SWS) Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management (MoHADM) has delivered Food Aid to Huddur town. The aid included rice, flour, sugar, oil and dates which was donated by local leaders, businessmen and other local people. South West State is one of the States …

MOGADISHU — Twenty million people are at risk of starvation this year as delayed rains worsen an already brutal drought in Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia, the United Nations has warned. For months, extreme drought has left the Horn of Africa (HoA) on the verge of a humanitarian catastrophe, destroying crops …