Food Security Cluster

HARGEISA — After years of livestock losses from droughts and multiple crises, fish have become a lifeline source of food for nutrition and income for coastal communities. The coasts sandy soils are not suitable for crops, and fishing and livestock are the main livelihoods. Much of the Somali coastline is likely to face …

ABU DHABI — The Emirates Red Crescent (ERC) launched a relief programme aimed at intensifying its response to the humanitarian crisis in Somalia, as part of the UAE’s relief and development initiatives in the country. The programme involves the establishment of an aid air bridge that consists of four planes …

MOGADISHU — The administration of the Recep Tayyip Erdogan Training and Research Hospital in Mogadishu on Tuesday delivered food aid to Imamu-Nawawi Orphanage Center in Hodan District in Mogadishu. Food baskets containing rice, sugar, flour, edible oil, and dates were delivered to the orphanage, it said in a tweet. The …

MOGADISHU — Somalia’s economy contracted by 1.5 per cent in 2020 shedding off $186 million owing to the combined effect of COVID-19 and related shocks, a joint report by the government and the UN has revealed. The Socio-Economic Impact Assessment (SEIA) released by the Ministry of Planning and the UN …

MOGADISHU —  Somalia on Monday appealed for urgent funding to assist 2.7 million people projected to face acute hunger as pre-drought conditions worsen in the Horn of the African country. “Somalia is calling on donors to provide sufficient and early funding to scale up emergency response as the projected poor …

Somalis are no strangers to hardship, having endured years of drought, conflict and instability. Last year saw a devastating infestation of desert locusts, extensive flooding and COVID-19, which brought new health and socioeconomic woes. Now the country is again facing critical water shortages, which are causing livestock deaths, mounting hunger …

GENEVA — The World Food Program is warning it may be forced to cut food rations in June for more than a million vulnerable Somalis because it does not have enough money to maintain the operation. This would deal a heavy blow to vulnerable people in Somalia who are just …

MOGADISHU — More than 2.5 million people in Somalia are in need of humanitarian assistance due to natural disasters, conflict, and the coronavirus pandemic, a top official said on Sunday. “Water shortages, locust swarms, floods, COVID-19, and terrorism are all major challenges for Somalia,” Khadija Diriye, the humanitarian affairs and …

BURA HACHE  — Kenyan troops serving under the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) have supplied clean potable water and foodstuffs to the residents of Bura Hache and Gherille in Gedo region of Somalia, benefiting over 400 households. The area is currently experiencing acute shortage of clean water and the …

MOGADISHU — Three children have been confirmed dead out of starvation and several others in a dire situation in Gedo region in the last 48 hours as hunger bites in the region. Goobjoog News correspondent in the region reports that two brothers died in Hows Quran area in El Waq …