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Somalia Faces Rising Food Insecurity, Millions at Risk

The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has issued an urgent warning for Somalia, where 1.7 million young children are at risk of acute malnutrition due to severe drought. 

Failed harvests, climate shocks, and depleted water sources have worsened the crisis, with an expected drought further exacerbating hunger and malnutrition. According to the International Food Security Classification System IPC, acute hunger is level three on a scale of one to five, with level five denoting famine and level four, severe acute malnutrition.

Chronic underfunding has forced WFP to cut assistance to 820,000 people, down from 2.2 million in 2022, and suspend school feeding programs in some regions. WFP believes that about 1.26 million children under the age of five need immediate support. Of that number, 466,000 will likely be severely acutely malnourished this year and at risk of death.

WFP urges urgent international support to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe.

 

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