The World Food Programme has warned that its emergency food aid in Somalia could stop within weeks unless it receives urgent funding. The UN agency says its supplies are running out and may be exhausted soon, putting millions of hungry people at risk.
The alert follows Somalia’s declaration of a national drought emergency after severe water shortages, crop failures, livestock losses, and mass displacement. Conditions are being compared to the 2022 crisis, when famine was narrowly avoided through international aid. According to WFP official Ross Smith, the situation is worsening rapidly and without immediate support the most vulnerable, especially women and children, may not receive help in time.
About 4.4 million people, roughly a quarter of the population, face crisis-level hunger, including nearly one million suffering severe hunger. Funding shortages have already forced WFP to cut aid recipients from 2.2 million earlier in 2025 to just over 600,000. The agency says it urgently needs $95 million to maintain assistance from March to August 2026 or it may suspend operations as early as April.
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