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The long rains caused major rivers to overflow their banks, adding more issues got from the drought in Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania.

News and Press Release in English on Somalia about Agriculture, Food and Nutrition, Drought, Epidemic and more; published on 25 Mar 2023 by OCHA

The UN says nearly 7.1 million Somalis, almost half of the country’s population, face acute levels of food insecurity.

Nigeria: Research Terms of Reference: Joint Market Monitoring Initiative (JMMI) NGA2009 (February 2021, V1) Format 2.1 Background The conflict in northeast Nigeria over the past ten years has led to a total of 7.9 million people in need of humanitarian assistance in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe (BAY) states at the beginning of 2020 (compared to the 7.1 million recorded in January 2019). However, OCHA reports that the number has increased to 10.6 million at the end of 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The use of cash and voucher assistance (CVA) in the BAY states (Borno, Adamawa and Yobe) was stra...

  NAIROBI (Xinhua) -- The UN refugee agency said on Monday that it had helped 35,192 Somali refugees to return home since the exercise begun almost two years ago. The UNHCR said 327 returnees were supported to voluntarily return to Somalia capital Mogadishu by flight from Nov. 1 to 15. “Flight movements have now resumed and are currently operating three days per week. In total, as of Nov. 15, 35,192 Somali refugees had returned home since De...