Food Security Cluster

MOGADISHU  — More than 60 aid agencies operating in Somalia on Wednesday appealed to the international community to work to avert a possible famine in Somalia in 2022 due to worsening drought conditions. The country directors of aid agencies including World Vision, Save The Children, Norwegian Refugee Council and ActionAid …

MOGADISHU — Turkish nongovernmental organization (NGO) the Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH) has provided food packages to 427 families in need in Somalia during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, the charity said Monday. “We are in the capital Mogadishu. We have delivered food and greetings to the families who are …

NAIROBI — More than a quarter of Africa’s people – 346 million – are facing a food security crisis that has millions of families skipping meals every day, an alarming hunger situation that risks intensifying in the coming months, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said today. The …

NAIROBI — The wind is dry and the heat is punishing in Kapetadie, a remote village in Turkana County in northern Kenya near the border to South Sudan. Parched earth stretches as far as the eye can see, littered with the carcasses of dead cows, goats and other livestock who …

MOGADISHU — Somalia’s Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management(MoHADM) has on Thursday dispatched a consignment of food aid to Burhakaba and Galkayo districts. This is part of the Federal government ongoing emergency relief assistance and responses to people who have been hardly hit by the drought in the Horn …

MOGADISHU —  The UN migration agency on Monday warned that Somalia is facing the risk of famine due to severe drought. In a statement on Twitter, the International Organization for Migration said the humanitarian partners operating in the Horn of Africa country reached 1.8 million drought-affected people with food and …

MOGADISHU — Standing in front of his makeshift home in a camp for internally displaced people (IDP) in southern Somalia’s Luuq district, Ahmad Hassan Yarrow looks out towards what remains of the Juba River and shakes his head forlornly. “Of all the droughts I have experienced in my 70 years, …

MOGADISHU — The Horn of Africa is being hit by one of the worst droughts in recent history. Around 10 million people in Ethiopia and Somalia, including large numbers of women, children and the elderly, face an existential threat caused by severe food shortages. Switzerland is very concerned about the …

MOGADISHU — Renewed funding from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) will support ongoing efforts to build the resilience of riverine farmers in the Jowhar corridor by improving water access and management to boost productivity. The Government of Sweden’s timely contribution to Somalia through the Swedish International Development Cooperation …

MOGADISHU — Somalia is facing its most severe drought in over three decades, with more than half of the population in dire need of food and water. The U.N. said earlier this month that parts of the country could soon plunge into famine. Dead livestock, emaciated children and a constant call …