Super El Niño May Push 26,000 Somalians Into Hunger
By Save the Children September 24, 2026 Source: Save the Children More than 26,000 people in Somalia are expected to fall into catastrophic levels of food insecurity in coming months, just one step away from famine, as families already struggling with drought brace for heavy rains and flooding. MOGADISHU, 24 September 2026 – More than 26,000 people in Somalia are expected to fall into catastrophic levels of food insecurity in coming months, just one step away from famine, as
Save the Children
3 days ago
Thousands In Somalia Could Be In Famine By Year-End
By Reuters September 23, 202610:14 AM NAIROBI, Sept 23 (Reuters) - Thousands of displaced people in Somalia's southwest could experience famine between October and December if El Nino causes worse-than-expected flooding and humanitarian aid remains insufficient, a global hunger monitor said on Wednesday. Baidoa, one of Somalia's biggest cities, is home to hundreds of thousands displaced by conflict and hunger. A report by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification
Reuters
4 days ago
Al-Shabab remains stronger than ever after two decades
African Union (AU) armored vehicles pass a police vehicle in central Mogadishu, Somalia (Photo: FP The al-Qaeda-affiliated Al-Shabab has regained significant territory in Somalia despite two decades of African Union-led military interventions and billions of dollars in international support, Foreign Policy reported. The magazine said the United States has provided an estimated $3.6 billion since 2007 to support successive African Union peacekeeping missions in Somalia, includ
Addis Standard
Sep 16
Southwest Somalia conflict risks spiraling into inter-clan war, ACLED warns
A political and military standoff in Somalia's Southwest state risks escalating beyond a power struggle into a protracted inter-clan conflict that could destabilize the wider Bay region, the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) said in a new report. The conflict pits federal government forces and their regional allies against Darwish forces loyal to ousted Southwest State President Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed Laftagareen. According to ACLED, the two sides have fou
Somali Guardian
Sep 14
Somali army clashes with rebel forces for control of key city Baidoa
Civilians gather as smoke billows from a shop hit by artillery following clashes between Somalia's federal troops and armed opposition groups, in Baidoa, Somalia [Reuters] Somalia’s army has said it has driven opposition fighters out of Baidoa, the largest city in Somalia’s South West State, after hours of heavy fighting. The clashes erupted before dawn on Monday, when fighters loyal to the state’s former president, Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed Laftagareen, attacked positions held
Al Jazeera
Aug 17
MSF warns of worsening malnutrition crisis among displaced children in Somalia
Doctors Without Borders, or MSF, is warning of a deepening humanitarian crisis in Somalia, where half of all children living in displacement sites in the southwest are now suffering from acute malnutrition. The medical charity says prolonged drought, worsening food insecurity, and shrinking humanitarian funding have pushed thousands of families to the brink. Since January, MSF has screened more than 21,000 children under the age of five in Baidoa, finding acute malnutrition r
Africanews
Aug 11
Somalia's Conflicts Are Fueling Hunger More Than Drought
by: Said Yusuf Warsame | 11 July 2026 16:29 Photo of Darul Amiin camp in Baidoa. Photo: Nuurto Mohamed Hussein Mogadishu, Somalia (Horn Observer) In recent years, drought and climate change have been widely recognized as the primary drivers of hunger in Somalia. However, the current situation suggests that armed conflict—whether stemming from clan disputes or insurgent violence—is increasingly becoming the greater obstacle to food security and recovery. This year, as the Gu p
Horn Observer
Jul 11
Somalia peacekeeping mission at risk as US blocks UN support
By Faisal Ali, David Lewis and Giulia Paravicini July 2, 202610:42 AM PDTUpdated July 2, 2026 African union peacekeepers provide security during the Somali presidential elections, in Mogadishu, Somalia. May 15, 2022. REUTERS/Feisal Omar Summary The 12,000-strong AUSSOM mission would likely collapse without UN logistics, diplomatic sources say UN backing covers food, fuel, medical services and transport for the force US note said Somalia had failed to sustain gains or reform i
AFP, AP and Reuters
Jul 5
Outrage as woman jailed for three years after criticising Somali government online
By Sarah Johnson June 26, 2026 Sentencing of 27-year-old Sadia Moalim Ali condemned by former president and prime ministers as well as rights groups Ali says she has been subjected to torture while in custody. Photograph: Handout A rickshaw driver in Somalia has been sentenced to three years in prison for comments she made on social media, in a case that has caught the public’s attention and provoked outrage in the country. Sadia Moalim Ali, a 27-year-old nursing graduate, wa
taradavis3
Jun 26
Fighting in Somalia’s capital as anger over election delay erupts
A truck carrying Somali security forces drives in Mogadishu before planned antigovernment protest. [Feisal Omar / Reuters] Residents flee from their homes due to fighting between two warring political factions. Violence has erupted in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, as government forces and opposition-allied militias have exchanged fire before an antigovernment protest, damaging buildings and forcing residents to flee. Fighting began on Wednesday and continued into Thursday bef
AFP, AP and Reuters
Jun 4
Catastrophe Is Emerging in the World’s Most Vulnerable Places
Peter Goodman traveled to Somalia, visiting camps for displaced people, schools, health centers and a hospital for the treatment of malnourished children. Photographs by Finbarr O’Reilly.
Peter S. Goodman
May 18
U.S-trained Somalia counter-terrorism police, NISA physically attack journalists, kidnap them in Mogadishu
Mohamed Ibrahim Osman (Bulbul) [left]; Abdihafid Nor Barre (centre) and Abdishakur Mohamed Mohamud (right). | PHOTO/SJS. MOGADISHU, Somalia 9 May 2026 The Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) is appalled and strongly condemns the abduction, beatings, causing physical injury and death threats against three journalists — Mohamed Ibrahim Osman (Bulbul), SJS Secretary of Information and Human Rights; Abdihafid Nor Barre, a freelance online journalist; and Abdishakur Mohamed Mohamud
Horn Observer
May 10
