Food Security Cluster

MOGADISHU — The United Nations humanitarian agency said Monday that violence in the central Somali town of Wisil Sunday has displaced thousands of people who have moved to neighboring towns. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said the displaced have arrived in Xero Dhagaxley, Hobyo and …

LONDON — Some 41 million people worldwide are at at imminent risk of famine, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Tuesday, saying soaring prices for basic foods were compounding existing pressures on food security. Another half a million are already experiencing famine-like conditions, said the WFP’s Executive …

MOGADISHU —  At least 2.8 million people are projected to face high levels of acute food insecurity and hunger in Somalia, the United Nations humanitarian agency warned on Thursday. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said more than 80 percent of Somalia was facing moderate to …

MOGADISHU — The Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) on Monday sent two planeloads of food aid to flood victims in the country’s south. The aid was received by local authorities of Hirshabelle State and distribution is expected to start soon. Thousands of people have been displaced due to flooding along …

MOGADISHU — The Turkish Red Crescent on Saturday distributed meat among needy families (Households) in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, an official of the charity group said. Orhan Kokcu, head of the Turkish Red Crescent in Somalia, told Anadolu Agency that the aid group slaughtered over 215 cattle and distributed the meat …

MOGADISHU — Drought and a rain deficit is pushing more than 2.73 million people in Somalia toward the crisis level of acute food insecurity, UN humanitarians said on Thursday. The annual Gu rains of early spring came late in some parts of the country and were mainly below average, the …

ADDIS ABABA  — The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on Friday warned swarms of desert locusts are expected to descend on parts of Ethiopia and Somalia. “Despite an earlier decline, the current upsurge prevails in the Horn of Africa where good rains allowed breeding to continue with hatching and …

BAIDOA —  At least 19 people were poisoned this week in Rabdhuure district in Bakool region, some of them seriously ill after eating meat from camels sick with mysterious sickness, officials and activists said. Rabdhuure is a small district located in Bakool region near the border with Ethiopia. The poisoning …

NAIROBI  — The demand for camel milk has gone up in Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda in the past year amid a quest to boost immunity against COVID-19, industry leaders said Tuesday during World Milk Day. Bashir Warsame, founder of the Nairobi-based camel milk and camel yoghurt producer Nuug Camel Milk, …

MOGADISHU — The Horn of Africa region is staring at food shortages after the delayed start of the long rains in some countries and below-average rainfall in others. The UN and the government of Somalia have jointly declared drought in the country after officials determined that 80 percent of Somalia …