About 6.5 million people in Somalia face acute hunger due to drought, government and UN say

February 24, 2026 8:36 PM

About 6.5 million people in Somalia face acute hunger due to drought, government and UN say

About 6.5 million people in Somalia face acute hunger due to drought, the government and the United Nations said on Tuesday, sounding the alarm days after the U.N.'s food agency warned that food aid could grind to a halt by April without new funding. Somalia declared a national drought emergency in November after years of failed rains, and other countries in the region have also been hit. More than a third of those facing acute malnutrition are children, Somalia's government and the United Nat...

Food aid in Somalia could halt within weeks due to funding shortages, WFP warns

February 20, 2026 5:31 PM

Food aid in Somalia could halt within weeks due to funding shortages, WFP warns

The U.N. World Food Programme said on Friday its life-saving food and nutrition assistance in Somalia could grind to a halt by April unless new funding is secured, putting millions of people at risk of worsening hunger. An estimated 4.4 million people face crisis-level food insecurity, with nearly one million of them experiencing severe hunger, due to the impact of failed rainy seasons, conflict and declining humanitarian funding, the WFP said. "The situation is deteriorating at an alarming ra...

UN agency says 13.7 million people face severe hunger due to global aid cuts

November 14, 2025 10:00 AM

UN agency says 13.7 million people face severe hunger due to global aid cuts

Almost 14 million people in Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Haiti, Somalia, South Sudan and Sudan risk severe hunger due to cuts in global humanitarian aid, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Wednesday. The WFP's biggest donor, the United States, has slashed its foreign aid under President Donald Trump, and other major nations have also made or announced cuts in development and humanitarian assistance. "WFP's funding has never been more challenged. The agency ex...