Somalia Faces Severe Malnutrition Crisis as WFP Warns of Aid Halt

Somalia faces malnutrition crisis as WFP warns of aid halt

Somalia faces a severe malnutrition crisis and urgently needs more aid funding to avert a catastrophe, the United Nations World Food Programme said on Friday, warning it may be forced to halt humanitarian support from July without additional financing. A combination of multiple failed rain seasons, which have wiped out crops and livestock, and ongoing conflict and insecurity is pushing people in Somalia into dangerous levels of hunger at a time …

Worsening Somalia food crisis leaves 6.5M people hungry: WFP

2M people face emergency hunger, while more than 1.8M children are expected to suffer acute or severe malnutrition this year, according to agency

Somalia faces severe malnutrition crisis as WFP warns of aid halt

By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA, May 8 (Reuters) – Somalia faces a severe malnutrition crisis and urgently needs more aid funding to avert a catastrophe, the United Nations World Food Programme said ​on Friday, warning it may be forced to halt ‌humanitarian support from July without additional financing. A combination of multiple failed rain seasons, which have wiped out crops and livestock, and ongoing conflict and insecurity is pushing people in …

Somalia: Racing to Reverse the Hunger Tide

Four years ago, donor mobilization and a massive humanitarian scale-up by WFP and partners averted famine in Somalia. Now, as needs soar, funds dry up and drought's fallout pummels the Horn of Africa nation, the race is on to stop another hunger catastrophe

6.5 million people in Somalia face crisis-level hunger as drought persists

The World Food Programme warned that around 6.5 million people in Somalia are currently experiencing crisis-level food insecurity or worse—nearly double the number recorded a year ago, News.Az reports, citing Anadolu Agency. Among them, 2 million people are already in emergency levels of hunger, while more than 1.8 million children are expected to suffer acute or severe malnutrition this year. Humanitarian officials say the scale of the crisis i…