SOMALIA: 2025 Drought Emergency| Situation Report No. 3

Highlights:

• Drought conditions have intensified across Somalia leading to widespread water scarcity, crop failure, livestock losses, and displacements. In many areas, community coping mechanisms are getting exhausted.
• According to authorities, 4.61 million people are affected by the drought, including more than 490,730 displaced persons. At least 171 boreholes are non-functional, and hundreds of schools have closed.
• Sections of Shabelle river have dried up, affecting more than 65 villages in Jowhar District and forcing communities to rely on failing shallow wells and overstretched boreholes.
• Humanitarian partners are delivering food, cash, water, health, shelter, nutrition, and protection assistance, but the response is severely constrained by funding shortfalls and inadequate resources.
• The 2026 Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan requires US$852 million, a 40 per cent reduction from 2025. It targets 2.4 million people, less than half of those in need, leaving significant gaps in essential services.