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Impact of the flooding in Beledweyne town is visible where homes and shops have been submerged.

UNICEF Geneva Palais Briefing note on the impact of flooding in Somalia on children and families and UNICEF’s response

This is a summary of what was said by UNICEF Somalia Representative, Wafaa Saeed, to whom quoted text may be attributed - at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva

A mother holds her young child on her lap

Horn of Africa: Over 7 million children under the age of 5 remain malnourished across Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia

UNICEF calls for investment in sustainable, resilient systems across the region to protect children and communities from future crises

A doctor visits patients during his daily morning rounds at a hospital in Somalia

New study finds that 43,000 “excess deaths” may have occurred in 2022 from the drought in Somalia

Half of the drought-related deaths occurred among children under the age of 5

From insight to action: Examining mortality in Somalia

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English (PDF, 2 MB)

18 January 2023

Somalia National Brief 2022

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National (PDF, 6 MB)

Sudeys, 1, is measured and weighed at Medina Health Centre in Garissa, Kenya

15 November 2022

The world cannot afford to ignore drought in the Horn of Africa

Dr. Diang Puch

The humans of the hunger crisis

Photos by Sebastian Rich

A young child sits with her mother

World Humanitarian Day 2022

This year we profile the work and reflections of Omid Fazel, a UNICEF multimedia specialist who recently travelled to Somalia

Child marriage on the rise in Horn of Africa as drought crisis intensifies – UNICEF

A child feeds on a Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) packet

At least 10 million children face severe drought in the Horn of Africa – UNICEF

UN Children’s Fund warns of rapid rise in need as humanitarian funding requirements double