Somalia has remained on a strong economic reform path despite the various global and exogenous shocks that have continued to buffet the economy. Recurrent climate-related shocks, such as cycles of droughts, floods, locusts’ infestation, higher international commodity prices, as well as increased insecurity and conflict, have interrupted the country’s growth …
Baidoa, Somalia - Four-year-old Safia Adan lies in Baidoa Regional Hospital in southern Somalia with a tube through her nose. She is suffering from severe malnutrition and dehydration. At her side her worried grandmother looks up to explain that Safia first became sick after drinking water from the local well. …
Drought in East Africa has sent prices of staples such as maize and sorghum soaring, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization said late Tuesday, warning that a sharp increase in food prices could lead to renewed hunger in the region. Prices of staple cereals have doubled in some markets, reaching …
The U.N. humanitarian appeal for 2017 for Somalia is $864 million to provide assistance to 3.9 million people. But additional funds are needed to cope with the worsening situation, and last month, the U.N. World Food Program launched a $26 million plan to respond to the drought. Globally, the famine …
In Somalia, the farm animals are dying. The water holes have dried up. The crops have failed. With no food, water or money, people are trudging off their land, taking the long, dry walk to the nearest town to look for help. A two-year drought — the worst since the …
Water scarcity is reported in Middle Shabelle region as Shabelle river, the main resources of the region has turned to dust, as the nation is hit by a biting drought. Mohamed Sugal Osman, the deputy governor of the Middle Shabelle province said residents in Mahaday and Bal'ad towns are facing …
NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Somalia is on the brink of its second famine in six years, with drought already killing people in the north and crisis looming on a catastrophic scale, the United Nations said on Thursday. "In six months, we'll be facing a catastrophe and a famine on …
ERIGAVO, SOMALIA – In a tradition dating to Biblical times, men rise at dawn in the rugged Cal Madow mountains of Somaliland in the Horn of Africa to scale rocky outcrops in search of the prized sap of wild frankincense trees. Bracing against high winds, Musse Ismail Hassan climbs with …
A second poor rainy season in Somalia has pushed livestock herders in the drought-hit Puntland region to trek an average of 60 km (40 miles) to fetch drinking water, aid agencies said on Monday, calling for rapid action to prevent renewed famine. Five million Somalis, or more than four out …
Flash floods have destroyed crops in Somalia leaving nearly half the population short of food Nearly five million people in Somalia are suffering from a shortage of food due to poor rainfall, floods and displacement, the United Nations says. More than 300,000 children under the age of five are severely …
NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The La Nina weather phenomenon is likely to worsen drought and hunger in Somalia, especially in the north where many people and their animals are migrating in search of water after four failed rainy seasons, the United Nations said on Thursday. La Nina, characterized by …
Latest forecasts indicate a 55-70 per cent chance of a La Niña developing towards the end of this year, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has said. FAO in an early-action analysis for a potential La Niña in 2016–17 said localised areas of East Africa are mostly …
The United Nations Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) released a report on Tuesday which stated that 69 million children below five years of age are at the risk of dying from "preventable causes" by 2030 if countries fail to take action to improve the health and education scenario for the underprivileged …
ADDIS ABABA, June 28 (Xinhua) -- The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the African Union (AU) have launched a project geared towards ending hunger in the Horn of Africa. The project dubbed "Ending Hunger in the Horn of Africa: Moving from Rhetoric to Action," has come in line …
Around 300,000 children in Somalia are suffering from malnutrition, with close to 60,000 under the age of five years in critical condition and in need of urgent therapeutic feeding, the ICRC reports.Four-year-old Osman came to the Kismayo Stabilization Centre earlier this year. Suffering from Kwashiorkor, a nutritional disorder caused by …
At least 12 people have died of cholera, and over 60 others are suffering from diarrhea in towns of middle Jubba region, southern Somalia this week, health ministry confirmed Saturday. Health Minister Hawo Hassan Mohamed said 11 of the patients died of the disease in Sakow, while the other one …
Somalia is struggling with extreme climate conditions, where in the last two years, below average and erratic rainfall provoked severe droughts. The latest UN assessment estimates that 4.7 million people – nearly 40 percent of Somalia’s population – are in need of humanitarian assistance. The drought has caused shortages of …
The severe drought in Ethiopia has made headline news. But it has also scorched northern Somalia, a region far less able to cope with the impact. About 385,000 people are already facing a hunger crisis in semiautonomous Somaliland and Puntland, to the east. The United Nations' Office for the Coordination …
NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Thousands of people in northern Somalia may die as a result of the El Nino-related drought and a shortage of aid, and the poor rains that are forecast are likely to make things worse, the United Nations said on Thursday. Some 1.7 million people, 40 …
The president of the federal republic of Somalia H.E. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has called for immediate humanitarian aid as drought hits the war-recovering horn of Africa country. The president has urged the international aid agencies and world community at large to respond to the needs of those affected by the …
The latest food security and nutrition assessment for Somalia released Tuesday in Mogadishu, the Somali capital, by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization in collaboration with the Famine Early Warning Systems Network, describes the situation as critical and says it could get worse. The report says Somalia will continue to …
