MOGADISHU, Somalia ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has welcomed a USD 2 million contribution from the Republic of Korea¡¯s Ministry of Foreign Affairs to support 47,500 children in Somalia through home-grown school meals and treatment for moderate acute malnutrition.
ROME ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes a USD 30 million contribution from the Republic of Korea (ROK) to launch the second phase of the ROK-Â鶹ÊÓƵ REACH initiative (Responding with Emergency Assistance for Conflict-affected Households), providing emergency food and nutrition assistance to vulnerable populations affected by conflict, displacement, and economic shocks.
MOGADISHU, Somalia ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has welcomed a contribution of USD 1.2 million from the Government of Japan to provide daily nutritious school meals to more than 14,000 children in Somalia¡¯s Southwest and Jubaland states through February 2027.
Mogadishu, Somalia 8 June 2026 ¡ª The Federal Government of Somalia, the African Development Bank Group (Bank Group), the UN Office for Project Services (UNOPS), and the Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) have launched a USD 11.8 million initiative to strengthen agricultural and pastoral systems in Somalia through climate resilience, sustainable land and water management, higher productivity, better market access, and stronger disaster preparedness.
Food insecurity and malnutrition worsen across Somalia as the first famine risk since the 2022 crisis is confirmed amid the compounding effects of multiple shocks.
MOGADISHU, Somalia ¨C The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the UN Children¡¯s Fund (UNICEF), and the UN Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) warned today of a rapidly intensifying hunger emergency in Somalia that is pushing 6 million people ¨C 31 percent of the population ¨C into critical levels of food insecurity (IPC Phase 3 or above) between April and June 2026. This now includes one of the worst malnutrition crises in the world impacting approximately 1.9 million children, of whom 493,000 face severe acute malnutrition, who are 12 times at higher risk of death compared to well-nourished children.
This is a summary of what was said by the Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) Assistant Executive Director, Matthew Hollingworth, to whom quoted text may be attributed?¨C?at a press briefing in Geneva today.
MOGADISHU, Somalia - The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) thanks the Governments of Belgium, Canada, France, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Qatar and Switzerland for USD 18.7 million in vital flexible funding for emergency food aid in Somalia. This will enable Â鶹ÊÓƵ to continue supporting thousands of drought-affected Somalis with lifesaving food assistance through July. Earlier this year, Â鶹ÊÓƵ faced a serious funding shortfall that threatened to halt its humanitarian operations in Somalia in April.
MOGADISHU ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) expresses its sincere appreciation to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for its generous USD 4.5 million contribution through the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief). This support enabled Â鶹ÊÓƵ to provide nutrition assistance to more than 180,000 children and pregnant and breastfeeding mothers in Somalia, helping to prevent malnutrition.
Nearly 6.5 million Somalis face high levels of hunger, and more than 1.8 million children face acute malnutrition due to worsening drought, the Somali government and UN agencies have warned in a new report.
MOGADISHU, Somalia ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) is sounding the alarm that its life?saving emergency food and nutrition assistance in Somalia is at imminent risk of grinding to a halt without new immediate funding commitments. The organization¡¯s resources are expected to be depleted within weeks without urgent replenishment.
This is a summary of what was said by the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) Director of Emergency Preparedness and Response, Ross Smith, to whom quoted text may be attributed?¨C?at a press briefing in Geneva today.
ROME/GENEVA - I would like to share the latest updates from Â鶹ÊÓƵ about the extremely worrying humanitarian situation in Somalia.
MOGADISHU ¨C The Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has welcomed a contribution of EUR 6.5 million (USD 7.5 million) from the European Union (EU) to provide lifesaving assistance for crisis-affected people in Somalia. This funding will also support the operations of the Â鶹ÊÓƵ-managed United Nations Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) across the country.
Conflict and violence are driving extreme hunger in six major crises
ROME ¨C A new joint report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the UN Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) warns that acute food insecurity is deepening in 16 hunger hotspots, which threatens to drive millions more into famine or risk of famine.
New Â鶹ÊÓƵ report, ¡®A Lifeline at Risk¡¯, finds that 13.7 million Â鶹ÊÓƵ food aid recipients could be pushed into emergency levels of hunger as support is cut
ROME ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) today warned that six of its most critical humanitarian operations are facing severe pipeline breaks by year end, putting more lives at risk, as global humanitarian funding dries up. Without additional resources, millions of vulnerable people could be left without lifesaving food assistance at a time when global hunger has soared to record highs.
MOGADISHU, Somalia ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) warns today that millions in Somalia are at risk of worsening hunger and malnutrition as critical funding shortfalls have forced the agency to reduce the number of people it supports with lifesaving emergency food assistance in Somalia by over two-thirds.
MOGADISHU ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has welcomed a contribution of 138 metric tons of nutritious dates from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia through the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) that will be included in the emergency food baskets provided to the most vulnerable people in Somalia.
MOGADISHU, Somalia, 26 February 2025 - New data from Somalia shows that 4.4 million people could face hunger by April 2025, driven by worsening drought conditions, conflict and high food prices.
YOKOHAMA ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has welcomed a timely contribution of US$58 million from the Government of Japan. This contribution will enable Â鶹ÊÓƵ to support vulnerable populations affected by conflict, climate change, and economic crisis in 28 countries across Asia, the Middle East and Africa.
NAIROBI ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has welcomed a contribution of US$22 million from the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) to strengthen climate resilience and food security for smallholder farmers, livestock holders and marginalised groups, including women and youth in Kenya, Somalia and South Sudan.
MOGADISHU ¨C Millions of Somalis are at risk of falling deeper into hunger as below-average rainfall between October and December 2024 linked to the La Nina weather phenomenon threatens to reverse recent gains in food security. United Nations agencies are warning that without urgent funding for humanitarian action, the country ¨C which in late 2022 was pushed to the brink of famine ¨C could once again be plunged into a hunger crisis caused by severe drought.
NEW YORK ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia have signed an agreement to boost nutrition support for the treatment and prevention of malnutrition among thousands of mothers and young children in Somalia.
MOGADISHU ¨C Concluding a three-day mission to Somalia where famine was averted in 2022, Â鶹ÊÓƵ Deputy Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer, Carl Skau stressed that there is no time to rest, as needs in the country remain critically high.
NAIROBI ¨C Devastating floods threaten to worsen food insecurity across eastern Africa as heavy rains lash a region that less than a year ago was in the grips of drought, warns the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ).
