Failed rainfall across Somalia and Ethiopia’s Somali region is driving a deepening humanitarian crisis, pushing millions of people to the brink. Repeated droughts have devastated crops, killed livestock and dried up water sources, forcing families who rely on farming to leave their homes in search of food, water and survival. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières […]
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In November 2025, Somalia’s federal government declared a national drought emergency. More than 6.5 million people, approximately one in every four Somalis, now face high levels of acute food insecurity, according to the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC). More than two million people are in IPC Phase 4, indicating extreme food gaps and a high risk […]
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A humanitarian crisis is rapidly unfolding on both sides of the South Sudan-Ethiopia border, as escalating violence, displacement and a widespread cholera outbreak are pushing communities to the brink, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) warns. Clashes between government forces and armed groups, which initially began in South Sudan’s Upper Nile state, could spread to other […]
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