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Somalia: Drought and Funding Gaps Deepen Somali Malnutrition Crisis
MSF, 13 March 2025
Somalia is facing a dire malnutrition crisis that has been worsened by prolonged droughts, ongoing conflict, economic instability, and a fragile healthcare system. The Baidoa and… Read more »
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Somalia: Why Is There Another Hunger Crisis in Somalia?
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 13 March 2025
Millions of people in Somalia are again going hungry but what is driving recurrent food insecurity in the Horn of Africa? Read more »
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Somalia: Defense Minister - Over 150 Al-Shabaab Militants Killed in Airstrikes in Southern Somalia
Shabelle, 13 March 2025
Somali Defense Minister, Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur, announced that more than 150 Al-Shabaab militants were killed in airstrikes carried out in southern Somalia over the past 48 hours. Read more »
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Somalia: Somalia's PM Chairs Cabinet Meeting to Discuss Security and Key Appointments
Shabelle, 13 March 2025
The Prime Minister of the Federal Government of Somalia, Hamza Abdi Barre, chaired a cabinet meeting where key issues concerning the country's security and ongoing operations… Read more »
Drought, Conflict Fuel Somalia's Hunger Crisis
Somalia is facing a severe malnutrition crisis exacerbated by prolonged droughts, conflict, economic instability, and a weak healthcare system, with millions at risk of acute food insecurity.
The Baidoa and Mudug regions are among the worst affected, where thousands of children suffer from severe malnutrition, yet humanitarian efforts are hampered by chronic funding shortfalls. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) reports a sharp rise in malnutrition cases, but its interventions reach only a fraction of those in need. Food and water shortages are expected to worsen by 2025, pushing more families into desperation.
In Somalia, the humanitarian response is critically underfunded, and MSF warns that without immediate action, the crisis could escalate into a full-scale catastrophe, echoing the famine of 2022.
InFocus
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Militant group Al-Shabab gunmen have attacked and laid siege to the Cairo Hotel in Beledweyne, central Somalia, targeting a meeting of government officials and tribal elders Read more »
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The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has issued an urgent warning for Somalia, where 1.7 million young children are at risk of Read more »
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At least 100 people have been killed and up to 60 wounded by Islamic State (IS) militants on the Puntland military base in Somalia's Bari region. The militants used car bombs Read more »
An MSF staff measures the mid-upper arm circumference of a baby to assess the level of malnutrition at the MSF-run decentralised outreach centre near Elbet-I camp in Baidoa. Somalia, June 2024.
