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CONTEXT
Somalia has experienced three decades of political instability and conflict with continued activity by insurgent groups. The country has also been strongly affected by multiple climate shocks in recent years, including a sustained drought caused by five successive low precipitation rainy seasons prior to 2023. This led to large scale food insecurity, fears of famine, and drought-induced displacement, only for Somalia to then be hit by large scale flooding also in 2023. The 2023 Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) estimate was 8.3 million people in need of humanitarian assistance and 6.9 million under the tightened 2024 framework. Longer-term concerns highlighted in the Somalia Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework 2021-25 include limited infrastructure to support basic service provision and challenges with supporting the large number of IDPs, who are among those most affected by poverty