Somalia: famine review of the IPC analysis
With famine fast approaching in Somalia, there is still time to turn the tide by addressing the immediate needs of rural communities who are amongst those at greatest risk, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) said in the context of the recently released food security survey findings. However, unless this is accompanied by massively scaled up investment in resilience and livelihoods support, will never change this continued pattern of hunger extremes. Somalia has been on the brink of famine in recent months due to the historic drought triggered by five consecutive failed rainy seasons, skyrocketing food prices and intensifying conflict.
