1. On 16 th of March 2020, Somalia recorded its first case of corona virus and since then morbidity and mortality rates have been growing although it is assumed that the actual number of cases is substantially higher than the officially recorded figures. To some extent, this is due to the government's limited testing capacity, yet many people feel that testing is not worthwhile due to a lack of treatment options and limited access to health care. This situation has happened when Somalia is already grappling with cyclic climatic shocks, conflicts, natural disasters, poverty, insecurity, and locust infestation that continue to devastate most parts of the country. According to the Food Security and Nutrition Analysis (4th February 2021), up to 2.7 million people across Somalia are expected to face food consumption gaps or depletion of livelihood assets indicative of Crisis (IPC Phase 3 or worse outcomes through mid-2021 in the absence of humanitarian assistance. The drivers of acute food insecurity in Somalia include the compounding effects of poor and erratic rainfall distribution, flooding, desert locust infestation, socioeconomic impacts of COVID-19, and conflict.