WFP Somalia Country Brief June 2026

Country: Somalia Source: World Food Programme Please refer to the attached file. Somalia’s food security and nutrition situation is worsening beyond earlier projections, driven by consecutive failed rains, reduced humanitarian funding, and spillover effects from the Middle East crisis. Around 2 million people are now in IPC Phase 4, more than double the number at the same time last year, indicating a sharp rise severity. Somalia remains one of the world’s most severe malnutrition crises, with 1.9 million children acutely malnourished. Reduced services are increasing life-threatening risks for children. The latest IPC analysis indicates famine risk in Burhakaba (Southwest), where nearly 40 percent of children under five are acutely malnourished or worse. WFP remains the backbone of humanitarian response in Somalia, but funding gaps are significantly reducing reach. Humanitarian food assistance currently covers only 450,000 people, only 24 percent of the IPC Phase 4 (Emergency) population through August. This gap will have severe consequences for the most vulnerable populations. Urgent funding is needed to scale up assistance and prevent further deterioration.
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