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- The United Nations estimates that 6.5 million people in Somalia face crisis-level hunger as of February 2026.
- Aid funding for Somalia fell to $531 million in 2025 after U.S. cuts reduced the previous $2.38 billion level.
- The World Food Programme can reach only 300 000 of its 2 million target this year due to the funding gap.
- A 70-year-old herder in Puntland reports losing most of his 680 goats and surviving on a single daily meal.
