Somalia

Somalia’s prolonged humanitarian crisis is characterized by ongoing conflict, climate-related shocks, communicable diseases outbreaks, and weak social protection mechanisms. Somalia has experienced conflict since the onset of the Somali Civil War in the late 1980s/early 1990s which has continued to the present day, albeit at differing levels of intensity over the years. Furthermore, severe drought has gripped most parts of the country, evidenced by deteriorating food security in the country by a deteriorating food crisis in the country following consecutive seasons of poor rainfall and low water levels, which led to near total crop failures and reduced employment opportunities. The drivers of the humanitarian crises in Somalia have displaced huge numbers of people from their areas of origin, destroyed lives and livelihoods, and contributed to drift in urbanization with overstretched infrastructure and resources.