Food Security Cluster

ABUDWAQ (SoOHA) – Five hundred families fleeing severe drought in central Somalia’s northern Galgadud region have arrived in Dabad town, 40 km from Abudwaq, over the past month. The families from Kahandale, Qalanqal and Dha’dher villages left their homes following the failure of the last two rainy seasons. Nuro Osman …

DHOBLEY (SoOHA) – Female soldiers serving in the Kenyan contingent of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) have launched an initiative to support families affected by drought in southern Somalia. On Friday the troops distributed rice, sugar, beans, biscuits, fruit and other food items to about 150 households. Most …

MOGADISHU (SoOHA) – More than one million children in Somalia under the age of five face acute malnutrition unless the international community drastically steps up funding for lifesaving interventions, Save the Children warns. According to the latest figures, the current food crisis in Somalia has driven acute malnutrition to serious and …

DADAAB (SoOHA) – A group of 50 Somali women refugees producing traditional handicrafts in the Dadaab refugee camps in northeastern Kenya is becoming self-reliant through the promotion of Somali culture. The group, called Yote Farsamo (meaning ‘all technical’ in a mix of Swahili and Somali), are weaving traditional mats, baskets, hats, fans, …

MOGADISHU (SoOHA) – About 2.1 million people in Somalia face acute food insecurity through December due to severe drought that has ravaged several parts of the country, the United Nations food agency said on Monday. According to assessment results by Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Unit (FSNAU), which was managed by …

MOGADISHU (SoOHA) – The European Commission is mobilizing $55.9 million for emergency humanitarian funding to help people hit by drought in four countries in the Horn of Africa. The biggest portion of humanitarian aid package goes to Somalia as $27.9 million will support drought-affected communities, Ethiopia receives $22.3 million, Kenya …

BAIDOA (SoOHA) – Southwest state president Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed Laftagareen has today received delegates from the World Food Program (WFP) led by the newly appointed country director of the United Nations (WFP) in Somalia, Mr Cesar Arroyo to explore the situation of Southwest Somalia. President Laftagreen accompanied by some of …

GALKAYO (SoOHA) –  Yasmin Abdi Mohamed, a vegetable vendor, has to split her small income between her immediate family and her displaced relatives living in a camp in the northern Somali town of Galkayo.    She sends food every week to her brother and parents in Doha-Mudug camp. But the earnings from her kiosk do not stretch far enough.  “I have …

ERI GABO (SoOHA) – In our series on Somalia’s IDP camps, Radio Ergo’s reporter in Sanag spoke with displaced pastoralist families living in a village camp near the town of Hingalol. They receive no aid or assistance, other than handouts from relatives who have something to spare. They feel dejected and miss their former lifestyle. Shamis Eidid Warsame settled in Sibbayevillage …

MOGADISHU (SoOHA) – Hussein Mudey has hit on a successful way to earn a living, as well as enhancing the environment, by selling small trees and pot plants in Mogadishu.   The father of three from Afgoye, in Lower Shabelle region, can be seen pushing his wheelbarrow loaded with young trees and pot plants in bags around the streets of Mogadishu, selling to hotels, offices, and home-owners. …