Somalia: Cholera Outbreak - 2016-2026 Updates (Maps / Infographics)

The Eastern Africa region is home to some of the world’s most severe and complex humanitarian crises, with an estimated 48.5 million people - around 20 per cent of the global caseload - in need of...

AT A GLANCE Somalia’s humanitarian crisis remains severe and protracted, driven by recurrent drought, conflict, disease outbreaks, high food prices, and declining humanitarian resource. In 2026, 4.8...

Eastern Africa continued to be home to some of the world’s most severe humanitarian crises, driven by a convergence of escalating conflicts, political instability, economic shocks, disease outbreaks,...

OVERVIEW Southern and Eastern Africa is facing major health crises, with cholera emerging as one of the region’s most urgent public health emergencies. Between January and August 2025, more than...

The humanitarian situation in Eastern Africa is rapidly deteriorating, driven by escalating conflicts, political instability, economic shocks, disease outbreaks, and extreme climate events. The...

Eastern Africa continues to experience multiple humanitarian crises driven by ongoing conflicts, political instability, economic shocks, disease outbreaks, and severe climate events such as droughts...

In 2024, Southern and Eastern African countries faced the deadliest cholera outbreak of the past decade with more than 221,465 cases reported, as of 31 December. High number of cases were reported in...

The Eastern Africa Region continues to grapple with multiple humanitarian crises caused by a combination of severe climate events such as droughts and floods, ongoing conflicts, political...

In 2024, the humanitarian situation in Somalia saw slight improvements as compared to previous years, marked by a devastating drought (2020-23) and severe flooding (late 2023). This reversed the...

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The Eastern Africa Region is home to some of the world’s largest and worst humanitarian crises driven by climate change, conflicts, political instability, diseases, and economic shocks. Nearly 67...

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SITUATIONAL UPDATE The Somalia Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) cluster has been actively responding to the WASH humanitarian needs arising from various crises, including drought, floods, Acute...

OVERVIEW Since January 2024, 822K people were reached with emergency water supply, while 624K people were reached with sustainable water supply services. This was achieved through the drilling of new...

OVERVIEW Most parts of Somalia experienced below-average rainfall during the past two weeks, with dry spells observed in southern, central, and northern regions. However, there is high probability of...

In Eastern Africa, severe climate events (drought and flooding), conflicts, and disease outbreaks continued to cause displacement and push millions of people into acute food insecurity, high levels...

Overview The impact of El Niño-induced heavy rains and flooding during the long (Gu) rainy season (March-June) have been devastating several regions of Somalia. According to UNOCHA, heavy rains and...

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