Food Security Cluster

MOGADISHU —  Already battered by climate change-related disasters such as floods and desert locust invasions, Somalia is now in the grip of a deadly drought that is causing massive displacement. People in several regions of the Horn of Africa country are heading for various towns and cities in search of …

MOGADISHU — The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) said its intensified anti-desert locust operations have resulted in the reduction in the number of swarms in Somalia in the past month. FAO said in its desert locust situation update released on Thursday evening that its control operations …

MOGADISHU — The Minister of Labor and Social Affairs, Abdiwahab Ugas Hussein Khalif, received in his office WFP Representative in Somalia, Elkhidir Daluum, and discussed in depth how to strengthen the ministry’s partnership with WFP. The meeting focused on expanding cooperation between the two sides, with the signing of a …

MOGADISHU — The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) said Tuesday that in 2022 more than 20 million people in Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya will need urgent food assistance because of severe drought and conflict. “This is an increase of over 70% compared to food crises in 2016 …

BAIDOA — Three consecutive dry seasons has left an estimated 3.8 million people in Somalia at risk of severe food insecurity through January, UNICEF said Thursday. And that figures will increase to 4.6 million by May. “Severe water shortages and rising food prices have left Somalia as the Horn of Africa’s …

MOGADISHU — The number of people displaced by the ongoing drought and famine in Somalia is increasing every day with new arrivals in the main cities seeking humanitarian assistance. Humanitarian agencies say the situation could escalate if expected seasonal rains do not begin in the next few weeks. The disaster …

WASHINGTON — Drought conditions in Somalia are worsening despite rains in parts of the country, a top United Nations humanitarian official said. Ian Ridley, head of the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Somalia, says the recent rains are not enough, and the drought situation is deteriorating …

MOGADISHU —  At least six people — mostly children — have died due to a devastating drought in central Somalia, authorities said on Tuesday. The victims died due to hunger, starvation, and thirst as the drought that hit the region of Mudug continues to worsen. Ahmed Mohamed Shire, the deputy …

More than 3.5 million people in Somalia’s Galgaduud region are facing the threat of food and water shortages due to continuously worsening drought. The number of people facing the crisis may rise to 4.6 million, nearly one-third of the country’s population, by May next year. “Somalia is experiencing its third …

GURIEL – More than 300,000 people in Somalia’s Galgaduud region have been affected by a severe drought that has gripped most of the country and forced the federal government last month to declare a state of emergency. “There is not enough food, not enough water,” says Deeko Adan Warsame, the chair …