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Somalia Faces Severe Hunger Crisis as Aid Cuts Loom
10/3/2025
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- World Food Programme (WFP) will cut Somalia aid from 1.1 million to 350,000 by November, citing funding shortfalls, says Ross Smith.
- 4.6 million people face crisis hunger; 1.8 million children at risk of acute malnutrition; 421,000 severely malnourished, with 180,000 assisted.
- WFP seeks $98 million to support 800,000 through March 2026, amid climate change, conflict, insecurity, and U.S. aid cuts.
