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Somalia: FAO calls for fully funded, at-scale and sustained life-saving and livelihoods support to pull people from the brink of famine
20/12/2022

Alongside this, large-scale investments in resilience and rural livelihoods are urgently needed to break the hunger cycle


In 2023, FAO will require $1.9 billion to reach 48 million people with life-saving and livelihood assistance
01/12/2022
Acute food insecurity soars driven by conflicts, extreme weather events, rising food prices
Norway contributes $9.6 million of flexible funding to boost FAO’s response to most severe crises and emergencies
31/10/2022
The funds will enable FAO to maximize speed, efficiency and outreach when addressing food security threats and crises
Agricultural aid: a game changer in tackling hunger crises
13/10/2022
FAO Director-General calls for increased investments in agriculture and resilient agrifood systems to prevent famine in the run-up to the World Food Day
Food crisis tightens its grip on 19 ‘hunger hotspots’ as famine looms in the Horn of Africa – new report
21/09/2022
Rising conflict, weather extremes, and economic instability aggravated by the lingering impacts of COVID-19 and the ripple effects of the war in Ukraine are among the key drivers
Window of opportunity to prevent famine in Somalia is closing, Principals of Inter-Agency Standing Committee warn
05/09/2022
FAO Director-General QU Dongyu joins heads of IASC in a statement
Famine in Somalia projected, lives of millions of people are at immediate risk, UN says
05/09/2022
FAO calls for immediate, scaled-up assistance to devastated rural communities to avert catastrophe
Drought in the Horn of Africa: FAO appeals for $172 million to help avert famine and humanitarian catastrophe
27/06/2022
Rapid Response and Mitigation Plan focuses on four epicentres: Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia
FAO Desert Locust campaign: East Africa upsurge suppressed, Kenya free from Desert Locust
15/06/2022

Interview with Cyril Ferrand, FAO’s Resilience Team Leader for East Africa, and Carla Mucavi, FAO Country Representative in Kenya

As rains fail again, catastrophic hunger looms over Somalia
06/06/2022
A historic fourth consecutive failed rainy season, skyrocketing prices and an underfunded humanitarian response have resulted in a 160 percent increase in people facing catastrophic levels of food insecurity, starvation and disease in Somalia