Mogadishu, Somalia – The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has released Somalia’s 2025 Humanitarian Dashboard for the first half of the year, revealing alarming levels of humanitarian need across the country. The report paints a dire picture of the ongoing crisis, underscoring the urgent need for international support and coordinated humanitarian action.
According to the dashboard, 5.98 million people across Somalia are in need of some form of humanitarian assistance between January and June 2025. This includes communities affected by armed conflict, displacement, drought, flooding, and other climate-related shocks that continue to erode the resilience of vulnerable populations.
The data shows that an estimated 4.6 million people are facing acute food insecurity, driven by erratic rainfall patterns, inflation, and the lingering effects of previous droughts and conflict-related displacement. Malnutrition rates remain critically high, especially among children, with aid agencies warning of rising admissions in therapeutic feeding programs.
To respond to these needs, humanitarian actors require $1.42 billion in funding for life-saving interventions across key sectors including food security, health, nutrition, water, sanitation, protection, and shelter. However, as of mid-year, the response remains severely underfunded, threatening the ability of agencies to sustain essential operations and reach those most at risk.
OCHA Somalia has called on donors to urgently scale up funding commitments to prevent a further deterioration of the humanitarian situation. With climatic shocks expected to continue and conflict persisting in several regions, the need for early, flexible, and sustained humanitarian financing is more critical than ever.
The Somali government, in collaboration with international partners, continues to work towards building long-term resilience through development programs. However, with millions already on the brink, immediate humanitarian action is essential to avert a deeper crisis in the second half of 2025.