"Displaced families now face the highest risk of starvation, according to the UN OCHA's Somalia Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan 2026. Fatima, 40, has fled five times, three times because of conflict, twice because of drought. Each time she has left behind land, livestock, and the small possessions her family has managed to save."
"Families have walked for days, eating wild plants along the road and have arrived in displacement camps in Baidoa and Dollow with nothing. Many reach the sites malnourished and exhausted, carrying children too weak to walk."
"This year, only 14 percent of the funds requested for humanitarian response have been received, according to OCHA's Financial Tracking Service. Somalia was intentionally left out of the $2bn global humanitarian aid pledge announced by the United States for this year due to allegations of aid diversion, corruption and the destruction of a US-funded World Food Programme (WFP) warehouse in the country."
Displaced communities in Somalia are experiencing severe starvation as humanitarian funds dwindle. Over 500,000 people have been displaced this year, primarily due to drought. The failed Deyr rains have exacerbated the hunger crisis, destroying livelihoods and leading to harvest failures. Many families arrive at displacement camps malnourished and exhausted, only to find a lack of aid. Humanitarian funding has sharply declined, with only 14 percent of requested funds received. Somalia was excluded from a significant global aid pledge due to concerns over aid diversion and corruption.
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