This document summarizes key messages shared by Somali civil society for Somali COP29 delegates and participants about the consequences of climate change for Somali people and natural resources as...
Background information Shortly after Somalia began to recover from the brink of famine in 2023, the population was struck by heavy rainfall and flooding attributed to the El Niño weather phenomena...
Mogadishu, 30 November 2023 – Six months after Somalia emerged from a historic drought that pushed the country to the brink of widespread famine, another climate shock has struck as heavy rains and...
The director of Somalia NGO consortium, Nimo Hassan, and a team of humanitarian organizations recently visited Baidoa and Beledweyne towns in Somalia to assess the humanitarian situation following...
Devastating floods in Somalia are worsening an already dire humanitarian crisis in many parts of the country. The flooding is part of a regional deluge linked to ongoing weather patterns known as El...
Background El Niño is a climate phenomenon characterized by the warming of the eastern and central equatorial Pacific Ocean, exerting extensive influence on global weather patterns. In the context of...
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31 May 2023 In the unprecedented outcome of the just concluded Horn of Africa pledging conference, world donors have missed a critical opportunity to help 32 millions drought-stricken people in...
Somalia is in the midst of longest and most severe drought in 40 years history due to failure of five consecutive rainy seasons. The combined impacts of drought on livelihoods, recurrent conflict,...
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Nairobi, 22 May 2023, As the international community gathers in New York this week for the Horn of Africa High Level Pledging Conference, we urge global donors to address the impact of the climate...
The Somali NGO Consortium Background • Somali NGO Consortium (SNC) is a coordination mechanism of NGOs working in Somalia/Somaliland. • A platform that brings all NGOs together for purposes of...
9 March 2023. We, the undersigned NGOs, are deeply concerned for the lives of millions of Somalis facing an imminent famine and who are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance. We call upon donors...
5 March 2023. Somalia is currently experiencing the longest and most severe drought in recent history with about 6.5 million people in need of urgent and extremely high humanitarian lifesaving...
Somalia is facing the longest drought in four decades which has surpassed the duration and severity of the 2010-2011 and 2016–2017 droughts and continues to drive high levels of humanitarian needs. A...
Somalia’s current drought and climate changes have surpassed the 2010-11 and 2016-17 droughts in terms of duration and severity. An estimated 7.8 million people are now severely affected by the...
Current situation Somalia is facing the worst episodes of food insecurity seen in decades, with an estimated 7.8 million people severely affected by the drought due to unprecedented impacts of...
Somalia is experiencing one of the worst droughts in 40 years with 7.1 million people, nearly half of the population risk starvation. The drought has resulted in mass internal displacements, forcing...
2021 AT A GLANCE 2021 membership was 87 Local/National and International NGOs. 113 others non-direct humanitarian actors also receive our services NGO Consortium Co-chaired IASC Result Group 1...
Your Excellency, We, the undersigned humanitarian agencies working in Somalia, are appealing to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), to come to the rescue of Somali brothers and sisters who...
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April 25, 2022 - As donors convene in Geneva, over 50 NGOs and NGO networks call for an urgent and substantial step-up in funding and leadership to respond to the humanitarian catastrophe facing...
António Guterres Secretary-General of the United Nations 405 East 42nd Street, New York United States of America CC: Martin Griffiths, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs...
