Food Security Cluster

NAIROBI/GENEVA — The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has warned that Somalia is on the cusp of a humanitarian catastrophe. One in 4 people face high levels of acute food insecurity and more than 800,000 children under the age of five are at risk of …

MOGADISHU — Ahmed Mohamud, an elderly pastoralist from Mudug region in north-central Somalia, has witnessed the devastations climate change has wrought in his ancestral village where livestock keeping has strong economic and cultural value to his folks. Mohamud belongs to a fading generation of Somali herders who have nostalgic memories …

MOGADISHU — Somalia, plagued with persistent incidents of piracy and rampant illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing, is aiming to tighten its fishing licensing regime in order to end loopholes that result in illegal activity. Amid claims of deep-rooted corruption within Somalia’s fishing industry, the country’s Ministry of Fisheries and …

MOGADISHU — The Turkish Red Crescent Society distributed meat to needy people on Thursday for the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha. The holiday commemorates the willingness of the Prophet Ibrahim, or Abraham, to sacrifice his son at God’s command before the last-minute divine substitute of a ram. Sacrificed meat is …

MOGADISHU — Today marks 10 years since the official declaration of the Somalia famine, which resulted in more than 260,000 deaths. At the time the international community said, ‘never again’. But right now, the world faces a hunger crisis that threatens the lives of more than 41 million people in …

ANKARA — The Turkish Red Crescent extended a helping hand to 2.1 million needy people worldwide on Thursday, including Tanzania, by donating Qurbani meat as part of its 2021 Eid El-Adha campaign. Thousands of kilos of canned meat have been placed on the tables of the needy, according to the …

MOGADISHU — The Government of Italy has made an additional US$2 million contribution to fund the Productive Sectors Development Programme (PSDP) that seeks to boost job creation, access to economic opportunities for women and youth, development and strengthen governance to boost economic growth in Somalia. On Wednesday, H.E. Ambassador Alberto Vecchi, …

MOGADISHU — About 40,000 adolescent girls and young women who have not had formal education in Somalia will now acquire skills to bolster their livelihoods through a new US funding. This follows a $15 million contribution by the USAID to the UK supported Adolescent Girls Education in Somalia (AGES) programme. The …

MOGADISHU — The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) said it has scaled up intensive aerial control operations against numerous immature swarms in northwest Somalia. In its latest update released on Thursday evening, the UN food agency said there was no locust seen during surveys in the …

HARGEISA — The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) concluded its livelihood support workshops for women and youth in Somaliland. This is part of its plan to enhance the integrated protection of women and children affected by displacement in Jubaland and Somaliland. Youssef Al-Rahma, director of the KSrelief …