Somalia

Somalia is experiencing a prolonged and complex crisis characterised by conflict, displacement, drought and disease.
Escalating conflicts, Covid-19, extreme weather patterns and locust swarms have worsened food security in Ethiopia.
Ethiopia has experienced escalating conflict causing displacement in several regions. The country is highly vulnerable to extreme weather patters, with communities experiencing flash floods and droughts. These conditions have created the ideal conditions for desert locust infestations, which are destroying crops and homes and gravely affecting communities and their livelihoods.
Food and nutrition insecurity has increased in Ethiopia leaving almost 20 million people in need of humanitarian assistance.
The Covid-19 pandemic further threatens the economic situation for communities and has exacerbated pre-existing inequalities, affecting livelihoods, education, and general wellbeing.
“If they lose their harvests this season, they will be vulnerable until the next rainy season, which is now becoming unpredictable because of climatic change.”
Action Against Hunger's programmes reached over 1.8 million people in Ethiopia in 2020.
Ethiopia has a population of over 110 million people.
Over 35% of Ethiopian children under five suffer from malnutrition.
We’ve been operating in Ethiopia since 1985, providing humanitarian assistance to almost two million people.
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Communities in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan and Uganda are fighting to save their crops from locusts devouring entire fields.
Somalia is experiencing a prolonged and complex crisis characterised by conflict, displacement, drought and disease.
In recent decades peace and stability has enabled economic growth, but despite progress malnutrition is still common.
With millions fleeing from conflict, many people in the world’s newest country are at risk of life-threatening hunger.