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Khadijo sits with her daughter Sabirin, outside their makeshift house in the Gurman IDP camp.

23 October 2022

“There is no place to go back to.”

Khadijo’s story of finding a way to keep her children alive

A young girl collects water from a pump in a make shift IDP camp in Dollow, Somalia.

Joint FAO-OCHA-UNICEF-WFP Statement on the Drought Emergency in Somalia

Somalia is facing famine conditions as a perfect storm of poor rain, skyrocketing food prices and huge funding shortfalls leaves almost 40 per cent of Somalis on the brink.

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16 February 2022

Drought forces families to flee their homes in Somaliland

Desperate families are migrating in droves in search of food, water, and pasture for their weakened animals.

Every day is a struggle to find enough water

For the millions of desperate people in Somalia suffering the effects of the sweeping drought, there is never enough water.