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Somalia Logistics Cluster – Operational Highlights | November 2025
The Somalia Logistics Cluster sustained critical humanitarian operations throughout November, acting as a key logistics services enabler to ensure the timely delivery of life-saving relief cargo to flood-affected and hard-to-reach areas across Southwest, Jubaland, Galmudug, and Hirshabelle states. A total of 65.4 metric tons (103.7 m³) of essential supplies were transported by air to five remote locations, underscoring the Cluster’s ability to rapidly reach communities cut off by insecurity, poor infrastructure, and seasonal flooding.
- In parallel, 171.7 metric tons of humanitarian cargo were securely pre-positioned across six strategic hubs, strengthening supply chain resilience and enabling four partner organizations to sustain last-mile delivery ahead of the rainy season.
These operations underscore the Cluster’s strategic reach, operational agility, and vital role as a logistics enabler, ensuring partners can deliver assistance even where conventional access routes remain blocked. By bridging critical logistical gaps, the Cluster safeguards humanitarian presence and guarantees that life-saving relief reaches the most vulnerable communities.
Somalia Humanitarian Situation – Logistics & Access Overview
Somalia’s humanitarian landscape continues to be shaped by recurring climate shocks, insecurity, political instability, and severe logistical constraints that limit the delivery of vital assistance to vulnerable communities. Forecasts of drier-than-usual conditions through 2025 are already undermining recent gains in food security and livestock recovery, particularly across the northeast, central, and southern regions. The situation is further compounded by the drought emergency in Puntland, where depleted water sources and failing pasturelands are driving acute humanitarian needs and heightening the risk of displacement.
Escalating conflicts, fragile infrastructure, and restricted road access in southern Somalia add to operational challenges. Insecurity and the presence of non-state armed groups continue to obstruct safe humanitarian access in critical areas such as Gedo, Lower Shabelle, Bay, and Middle Juba.
At the same time, funding shortfalls are forcing humanitarian actors to prioritize only the most life-saving interventions, leaving millions at risk of hunger, displacement, and protection concerns.
Against this backdrop, demand for logistics services, especially air transport, has sharply increased, enabling the timely delivery of food, health, WASH, education, and shelter supplies to populations who are otherwise cut off from assistance. The Logistics Cluster remains a pivotal enabler, helping partners overcome access barriers and sustain humanitarian operations across the country.