Highlights* The drought in Somalia is worsening with famine (IPC Phase 5) predicted to occur in three areas of the Bay region by the end of 2022 if the humanitarian response is not significantly scaled up. (more…)
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Somalia drought: The fight for survival as famine looms
Young children are dying in growing numbers in Somalia amid the worst drought to hit the country in 40 years. Government officials say that an even greater catastrophe could sweep the country within days or weeks unless more help arrives. (more…)
Somali government says it has killed al-Shabab co-founder
Somalia’s government says it has killed Abdullahi Nadir, one of the co-founders of the armed group al-Shabab, in an operation with international partners. (more…)
International Protection Considerations with Regard to People Fleeing Somalia (September 2022) (HCR/IPC/SOM/2022/01)
I. Executive SummaryThis document supersedes previous country guidance published by UNHCR on Somalia, including, most recently, the May 2016 UNHCR Position on Returns to Southern and Central Somalia (Update I).1 It is issued against a (more…)
Persistent drought in Horn reaching starvation levels
Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia may be in for a longer spell of food shortages following a fifth straight year of drought in their driest regions. (more…)
U.S. Attorney Announces Federal Charges Against 47 Defendants in $250 Million Feeding Our Future Fraud Scheme
Nonprofit Feeding Our Future and 200+ Meal Sites in Minnesota Perpetrated the Largest COVID-19 Fraud Scheme in the Nation (more…)
Building Somalia’s state and security and stabilising the Horn of Africa
HR/VP Blog Post – For decades, Somalia has suffered from being a “failed state” and the current drought is making things worse. The EU is providing economic and humanitarian support to the country while our crisis management missions are helping to stabilise the security situation in a region that is of critical...
Famine Is Imminent in Somalia, Says The UN
Martin Griffiths, a United Nations official, told journalists on Monday that “famine is at the door” in Somalia, following his visit to the worst affected regions in the country. Griffiths, who serves as the UN’s Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, expressed he was “shocked to his core”...
Poverty has increased in Somalia amid terror attacks: World Bank
Al-Shabaab terrorist group has been carrying out attacks in Somalia for more than a decade (more…)
Drought and hunger in Somalia, Ethiopia and region: What to know
Millions of people in the Horn of Africa are facing food shortages due to the worst drought in 40 years and rising global food costs. (more…)