Somalia warns of famine in a quarter of the population

Mogadishu, Feb 26 (Prensa Latina) The internal conflicts in Somalia, the drought, and the growing inflation threaten to leave a quarter of the country's population in a famine situation, said local media here today.

February 26, 2025
09:30

A United Nations (UN) report released on Wednesday, stated that famine could affect 4.4 million people between April and June.

Crispen Rukasha, head of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Somalia, warned of the urgent need for adequate funding to avoid greater evils, especially for families with little access to agricultural products, internally displaced persons, and loss of livestock as elements of risk.

The document also denounced the situation threatening 1.7 million children under five years old due to acute malnutrition, while about 466,000 of them are already in dire straits.

For political observers, the impact of climate change, the long internal armed conflict, and the downward reproduction of the economy place the East African country in an extreme dependence on international aid.

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