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More than 3.5 million people in Somalia's Galgaduud region are facing the threat of food and water shortages due to continuously worsening drought. The number of people facing the crisis may rise to 4.6 million, nearly one-third of the country's population, by May next year. (more…)

Kenyan government ultimatum to close refugee camps by June 2022 will take centre stage at the United Nations deliberations in Geneva, Switzerland. (more…)

Key messages* November Bossaso port statistics released this week indicate that Livestock export volumes increased by 15% compared to the previous month and remained the same compared to the same period last year.
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NEW YORK — The UN Security Council on Friday adopted a resolution to combat the continuing threat of piracy off the coast of Somalia, as shipping and protection measures to keep vessels safe, have returned to levels not seen since before the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Secretary-General’s latest report on the (more…)

Somalia is the most severely drought affected country in the Horn of Africa due to the cumulative effects of three consecutive below-average rainy seasons, (more…)

Over two decades of conflict have left 1.1 million Somalis displaced in their own country, and almost a million as refugees in neighbouring countries. High food prices, combined with frequent droughts and floods have compounded poverty and continue to threaten livelihoods. ‘Reliefweb’. (more…)

Over two decades of conflict have left 1.1 million Somalis displaced in their own country, and almost a million as refugees in neighbouring countries. High food prices, combined with frequent droughts and floods have compounded poverty and continue to threaten livelihoods. ‘Reliefweb’. (more…)

Dozens of pastoralist families fleeing drought-hit areas of southern Somalia are depending on food being shared with them by sympathetic local families in Bulogudud, a village north of Kismayo in Lower Juba. (more…)

Stephane Dujarric, the spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, told reporters at the daily press briefing that "The federal government and the humanitarian community on Friday jointly said that they are alarmed at the rapidly worsening drought in Somalia." (more…)

UNITED NATIONS: Some 2.3 million people in Somalia, or 18 percent of the population, are severely affected by serious water, food and pasture shortages, a UN spokesman warned on Friday (Saturday in Manila). (more…)