Reports

Introduction The International Rescue Committee (IRC) in Somalia collaborates with clients, civil society organizations, and governments to provide crisis-affected and most-in-need communities with quality humanitarian assistance and contribute to their long-term development. History The IRC’s mission is to help…

Brief Summary Calls about continuing drought dominated this week’s batch of feedback (9-15 March 2026) to Radio Ergo’s nationwide call-in platform, alongside a lesser number of callers reporting rainfall mainly in central and across scattered southern locations.…

Background: Somalia Humanitarian Supply Chain & Access Overview Somalia is facing an intensifying humanitarian crisis driven by consecutive failed rainy seasons, a harsh Jilaal dry period, and an emerging national drought, particularly severe in Puntland, central, and…

(ERGO) – Drought displaced pastoralist families in southern Somalia’s Lower Juba region have arrived in Kulbiyow – a small town close to the Kenyan border – with no livestock, shelter, or reliable access to food. The families…

(ERGO) – More than 3,300 children from low-income and pastoralist families have been out of school this year since the closure of at least 33 primary and intermediate schools in rural parts of central Somalia. Families have…

“Waabariste” – meaning “I suddenly found myself in it” – this is what rural communities in Jowhar and Baidoa have named this current drought, reflecting how it caught them off guard. This drought – which started in…

A. SITUATION ANALYSIS Description of the crisis Somalia is facing one of its most severe droughts in decades following multiple successive failed rainy seasons, culminating in the near-total failure of the 2025 Deyr (October–December) rains. Between February and March…

MOGADISHU – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) expresses its sincere appreciation to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for its generous USD 4.5 million contribution through the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief).…

Review Summary: • The past week recorded heavy to moderate rainfall across northern regions, particularly Awdal and Woqooyi Galbeed, with limited and uneven rainfall elsewhere • Rainfall was well distributed in some locations but intense and short-lived in…

Context and Operational Environment Bosaso hosts approximately 20,700 households of internally displaced people (IDPs), alongside refugees and asylum seekers residing in urban informal settlements characterized by chronic multi-dimensional vulnerability, food insecurity, inadequate access to essential services, precarious…