Millions of people living in Somalia are struggling to find food as a severe hunger crisis grips the country. Six and a half million people are currently experiencing high levels of food insecurity, the United Nations’ (UN) World Food Program (WFP) reported on Tuesday.
Officials from the UN and the Somali government have urged international humanitarian efforts in order to scale up life‑saving assistance to protect vulnerable communities. They warn that help is desperately needed before conditions deteriorate further.
More than 1.8 million children under the age of five are expected to suffer from acute malnutrition in 2026, including nearly half a million children projected to be severely malnourished, according to a report by RT.
“The drought emergency in Somalia has deepened alarmingly, with soaring water prices, limited food supplies, dying livestock, and very little humanitarian funding,” George Conway, the UN humanitarian coordinator for Somalia, said. He warned that urgent life‑saving assistance is essential, especially with no significant rain expected until the April‑to‑June season.
The UNWPF stated that the worsening food scarcity situation is linked to prolonged drought and poor rains, with the October-December season cereal harvest in southern Somalia falling 83% below the 1995-2025 long-term average. In addition, livestock conception across the country is much lower than normal.
“The severity of this drought is undeniable and deeply alarming,” Mohamud Moallim Abdulle, the commissioner of the Somalia Disaster Management Agency (SoDMA), stressed.
This drought has also forced the large-scale displacement of people in both rural and urban areas.
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