Somalia
The price of essential household commodities has continued to rise, placing additional pressure on families already struggling with drought and hunger. Sugar prices have increased by 13.3%, rice by 9.6%, flour by 16%, cooking oil by…
Somalia
Reacting to the UN’s Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report published today for Somalia, which shows that over 6 million people are experiencing hunger (IPC Phase 3 or above), including nearly 1.9 million in emergency…
Somalia
Cette situation inclut l’une des crises de malnutrition les plus graves au monde, affectant environ 1,9 million d’enfants, dont 493 000 souffrent de malnutrition aiguë sévère, une condition qui les expose à un risque de décès…
Somalia
PRESS RELEASE 15 May 2026 UN agencies warn of worsening hunger and malnutrition crisis in Somalia as famine risk emerges Food insecurity and malnutrition worsen across Somalia as the first famine risk since the 2022 crisis is confirmed amid…
Somalia
Key Messages FEWS NET assesses a credible risk of Famine (IPC Phase 5) in Bay Bakool Low Potential Agropastoral and Sorghum High Potential Agropastoral Livelihood Zones starting in the June to September period. Following the failed 2025…
Somalia
Brief Analysis The majority of calls to Radio Ergo’s nationwide audience feedback platform this week (7-13 May 2026) were about rainfall, with most of these callers saying the rain was bringing hope and indications of recovery. However,…
Somalia
MOGADISHU, 14 May 2026 – About half of children under 5 in Somalia are facing acute malnutrition as poor rains and rising costs drive up hunger levels, with risk of famine announced for the first time…
Somalia
Six million people – nearly one in three Somalis – are experiencing critical shortages of food. Somalia is facing a deadly hunger crisis made worse by soaring food and fuel prices linked to the Middle East conflict;…
Somalia
FEWS NET assesses a credible risk of Famine (IPC Phase 5) in crop-dependent agropastoral areas of Bay, Bakool, and Gedo between June and September. If the below-average April-June gu rains end early or dry spells occur…
Somalia
• IPC analysis projection update for April to June 2026 was conducted because of: (1) uncertainties about long-range Gu season rainfall forecasts, (2) the impact of the ongoing conflict in the Middle East on fuel prices,…
