FSNAU In Focus
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AS DROUGHT CONDITIONS WORSEN, 4.4 MILLION SOMALIS WILL FACE HIGH LEVELS OF ACUTE FOOD INSECURITY; 1.7 MILLION CHILDREN LIKELY TO SUFFER FROM ACUTE MALNUTRITION
February 24, 2025Read More ....
The food security situation in Somalia remains precarious: the below average rainfall between October and December 2024 led to a substantial reduction in crop production in agropastoral and riverine livelihoods, and faster pasture and water depletion in pastoral areas. Localized floods in riverine areas in Hiraan, Middle Shabelle and Middle Juba, and insecurity and conflict in central and southern Somalia and some parts of northern regions caused population displacement, disrupted...
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Emergency (IPC Phase 4) likely in several IDP settlements through January 2025
July 25, 2024Read More ....
Key messages
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Emergency (IPC Phase 4) likely in several IDP settlements through January 2025
July 25, 2024Read More ....
Key messages
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DESPITE IMPROVEMENTS, ALMOST 1 IN 5 SOMALIS FACE HIGH LEVELS OF ACUTE FOOD INSECURITY; 1.7 MILLION CHILDREN LIKELY TO SUFFER FROM ACUTE MALNUTRITION
February 15, 2024Read More ....
Overview
Heavy rainfall, flooding across Somalia, exacerbated by...
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Deyr flooding drives elevated needs, though rain will aid drought recovery
November 28, 2023Read More ....
Key Messages
• Humanitarian assistance needs remain high in Somalia, as many households continue to suffer from the impacts of the historic five-season (2020–2023)...
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ABOUT 4.3 MILLION PEOPLE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE HIGH LEVELS OF ACUTE FOOD INSECURITY; 1.5 MILLION CHILDREN LIKELY TO SUFFER FROM ACUTE MALNUTRITION
September 18, 2023Read More ....
The IPC Acute Food Insecurity classification based on household surveys and field assessments conducted in June and July 2023 and subsequent analysis in August 2023 show that more than 3.7 million people are experiencing Crisis or worse (IPC Phase 3 or above) outcomes between August and September 2023. This number is expected to increase to 4.3 million people between October to December 2023. The key drivers of acute food insecurity and malnutrition in Somalia...
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Large scale, multi-sectoral assistance will likely avert Famine (IPC Phase 5), but 6.5 million people in Somalia still face Crisis (IPC Phase 3) or worse acute food insecurity outcomes
February 28, 2023Read More ....
1.8 million children are likely to be acutely malnourished; Risk of Famine persists in some areas
28 February 2022, Mogadishu...
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Multi-Partner Technical Release on Updated IPC Analysis for Somalia for October 2022 to June 2023 (English)
December 13, 2022Read More ....
Nearly 8.3 million people across Somalia face Crisis (IPC Phase 3) or worse acute food insecurity outcomes
Famine (IPC Phase 5) is projected in three areas
13 December 2022, Mogadishu – Amid an anticipated scale-down in humanitarian assistance starting in April 2023 due to insufficient funding, approximately 8.3 million people across Somalia are expected to face Crisis (IPC Phase 3) or worse...
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Nearly 6.7 million people across Somalia face Crisis (IPC Phase 3) or worse acute food insecurity outcomes
September 12, 2022Read More ....
Close to 1.8 million children are likely to be acutely malnourished; Famine (IPC Phase 5) is projected in two districts
12 September 2022, Mogadishu – Amid a scale-down in funded humanitarian assistance in late 2022, approximately... -
Without urgent assistance, Somalia is projected to face its second F amine in just over a decade
September 5, 2022Read More ....
Famine (IPC Phase 5) is projected to emerge in three areas of Bay Region, Somalia, in late 2022 in the absence of urgent, multi-sectoral humanitarian assistance. Although levels of acute malnutrition among children and the rate of hunger-related deaths have not yet met the IPC’s technical definition of Famine (IPC Phase 5), those thresholds are expected to be reached during the October to December 2022 projection period based on currently available...
