UN Emergency Fund injects $10 million to scale up Somalia drought response

Catastrophic levels of food insecurity have been declared for the first time since 2017, with 213,000 people in famine-like conditions and half the population — 7.8 million people — being acutely food insecure.

Emergency Relief Coordinator said The clock is running down for people in Somalia. If they don’t step up in force now, it’ll run out and the malnourished children are likely to die first.

This new funding will help humanitarian agencies get supplies and staff in place as soon as humanly possible to help avert a further catastrophe in Somalia.

The drought has displaced over 1 million people in Somalia since 2021, and an estimated 1.5 million children under the age of 5 face acute malnutrition. They include 386,400 who will require emergency nutrition treatment to survive.