UN humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher said Sunday he released $10 million from its emergency fund to Somalia to prevent famine ...

In the past two weeks these organizations have raised about $450,000 in Canada to fight famine in East Africa. A similar but larger organization in the United Kingdom has raised 2 ...

Six million people in Somalia are facing crisis levels of food insecurity from a lack of rain and spiking food and water prices due to the Middle East war, United Nations-backed experts and ...

Somalia's Islamist rebels have pulled out of Mogadishu, but they remain in control of areas worst affected by famine and drought ...

After DOGE dismantled USAID in 2025, the United States’ oldest emergency food aid program—Food for Peace—was moved to USDA, an agency with no crisis-response expertise. Now, Food for Peace is sending ...

GALKAYO, Somalia, July 25 (UNHCR) - Nuuriya's bloodshot, sunken eyes and scarred soles bear testimony to a long and arduous journey, one that the Somali grandmother can't get out of her mind. The ...

Somalia is facing a “very real risk” of famine, with more than 6 million people, half its population, facing acute food insecurity in the country, three UN agencies have warned. Humanitarian groups in ...

Follow this author to personalize your feed and get instant alerts. WHY FOLLOW? Update your preferences in Account Settings Somalia, Mogadishu, 2011. Hundreds of Somali women and their chidlren wait ...

NAIROBI, Kenya, August 2 (UNHCR) - The UN refugee agency's plans to deliver assistance to up to 180,000 people in Mogadishu and south-central Somalia are being threatened by the latest fighting in the ...