One in five Somalis is living without food and 1.7 million children face acute malnutrition, yet the 2024 HRP is only 1.6% funded, leaving the most vulnerable without a lifeline.
Updates (Headlines)
Search
Refine the list with filters
Search helpList
Ethiopia + 4 more
UN launches $3.24 billion response plan for Ethiopia
In addition to dealing with past disasters and conflict, humanitarians are mounting a new response to El Niño-driven drought. The plan targets 15.5 million people, including 10.4 million with food needs.
Humanitarian partners seek $1.6 billion to assist 5.2 million people in Somalia in 2024
In 2023, Somalia was hit by drought, flooding and new displacement. Millions suffer from hunger and malnutrition. While the situation has improved, 4.3 million people remain acutely food insecure.
WFP helps families in Somalia as floods hit food and drive hunger
As soon as rainfall forecasts passed key thresholds, WFP sent pre-emptive cash transfers to more than 200,000 people in anticipated flood zones along the Juba and Shabelle rivers.
Ethiopia + 2 more
East Africa's floods leave more than four million people with no food or income
Six months after a historic five-season drought, massive floods have inundated vast swaths of farmland across Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia, right in the middle of the harvest season.
Somalia + 6 more
Severe floods ravage eastern Africa, threatening more hunger
Nearly three million people have been affected, with more than 1.2 million forced to leave their homes. Somalia, Ethiopia, and Kenya are bearing the brunt of this crisis, which follows severe drought.
More than one million Somalis displaced by flooding
One month to the end of the year, the 2023 Humanitarian Response Plan, which requires $2.6 billion to respond to the needs of 7.6 million most vulnerable people in Somalia, is just 42% funded.
Ethiopia + 2 more
Deadly climate-induced flooding displaces nearly 1.6 million people across the Horn of Africa
Floods causing widespread damage and hunger. The situation is expected to worsen in December as more rain is forecast. Action Against Hunger is calling for increased funding to address the crisis.
World + 12 more
Number of children facing hunger due to weather extremes more than doubles in 2022
More than 27 million children were driven into hunger and malnutrition by extreme weather events in countries heavily impacted by the climate crisis in 2022, which was a 135% jump from 2021.
Floods cause suffering of vulnerable children in Somalia, with heightened risk of disease and malnutrition
The government has declared a state of emergency in response to the once-in-a-century event, which arrives as families have barely recovered from the effects of the 2022 drought, World Vision warns
From drought to floods - climate extremes drive Somalia hunger crisis
Floods – by some estimates the worst in decades – have driven close to half a million people from their homes and crippled families’ attempts to rebuild their drought-ravaged livelihoods.
World + 30 more
Rising food and water scarcity and inflationary pressures elevate the risk of conflict
A 25% rise in food insecurity increases the risk of conflict by 36%, while a 25% increase in the number of people without access to clean water increases the likelihood of conflict by 18%, says IEP.
Burkina Faso + 23 more
Acute food insecurity likely to deteriorate further in 18 hunger hotspots, new report warns
The 18 hotspots comprise 22 countries and territories that will see worsening food insecurity between November and April. Burkina Faso, Mali, South Sudan, Sudan and Palestine are of highest concern.
World + 6 more
War and violence drove global displacement to an estimated 114 million by end-September
The main drivers of forced displacement were war in Ukraine and conflicts in Sudan, DR Congo and Myanmar; drought, floods and insecurity in Somalia; and a prolonged humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan.
World + 13 more
Strong El Niño event will contribute to high food assistance needs through 2024
FEWS NET anticipates that about 110 million people will need food aid through early next year, with a net increase in needs in Southern Africa and the Latin America and Caribbean regions.
Somalia + 1 more
In Somalia and Haiti, millions lose WFP assistance
The UN World Food Programme needs US$374 million to fund operations in Somalia until February 2024, and US$91 million to finance its response in Haiti through next March.
World + 4 more
WFP analysis shows every 1% cut in food aid pushes 400,000 people into emergency hunger
WFP is being forced to drastically cut rations. The agency estimates that an additional 24 million people could slip into emergency hunger over the next 12 months – a 50% increase on current levels.
World + 2 more
Number of children displaced across sub-Saharan Africa by climate shocks doubled to record high in 2022
Based on analysis of data from the IDMC, at least 1.85 million children in sub-Saharan Africa were left displaced within their countries by climate shocks at the end of 2022.
Somalia + 2 more
Cholera vaccination campaign rolled out to protect more than 600,000 Somalis
Somalia has witnessed uninterrupted cholera outbreaks since 2017. As of the end of July, 11,704 suspected cases, with 30 associated deaths, were reported from 28 drought-affected districts.
Somalia + 1 more
Improved shelters offer privacy, possibility for Somalia’s displaced
IOM's housing reconfiguration and decongestion plan offers residents more dignified and secure shelter, all while helping them integrate into their new community and break the cycle of aid dependency.