Overview
- WFP warned it could halt support in Somalia by July without fresh financing and said it needs $131 million to sustain core help through October 2026.
- WFP, which runs most food aid in Somalia, now reaches only one in ten people after cutting its caseload from about 2 million to 500,000.
- About 6.5 million people face crisis hunger, including 2 million at emergency levels and up to 1.9 million malnourished children, driven by years of drought and conflict.
- Emergency food has been suspended in several districts, and nutrition help for pregnant and breastfeeding women has been reduced as programs shrink.
- War in the Middle East has slowed shipments of ready-to-use therapeutic food by up to 40 days and pushed up local prices for food and fuel.