Categories: General

NGOs Claims Hunger Kills One Somali Every Four Seconds

Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) now claim that hunger is killing one person every four seconds in the country.

Recently, 238 NGOs issued a joint statement on this matter.

They presented the statement at the 77th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York on Tuesday this week.

The NGOs are from 75 countries around the globe.

Some of these organizations include Save the Children, OXFAM, and Plan International to mention but a few.

In their statement, the NGOs stated that 345 million globally face acute hunger.

Somalia is currently in the middle of one of its worst recorded droughts. There are fears that millions of people in the country face acute food insecurity.

Famine is on the doorsteps of the East African nation too.

The ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine has not made the situation any easier for countries around the world either.

Russia and Ukraine rank third and fourth respectively on the list of the largest grain exporters in the world.

FTL Somalia

Recent Posts

Residents of a Galgadud Village Construct Their First Health Center

Residents of a Galgadud village are ecstatic after constructing the first health center in the…

1 day ago

Suspected Al-Shabaab Militant Killed with Two Children in Mogadishu IED Explosion

A suspected Al-Shabaab militant died when an improvised explosive device (IED) he was assembling in…

1 day ago

Somalia Emerges as New Source of Remittances for Uganda and Kenya

Somalia has emerged as a new source of remittances for Uganda and Kenya. According to…

1 day ago

Egeh Attends Meeting of Finance Ministers in Nairobi

Bihi Egeh is in Nairobi for a meeting of Ministers of Finance. Egeh, Somalia's finance…

1 day ago

Galmudug President Commended for Signing Law Against FGM

The President of the regional state of Galmudug has been commended for signing the law…

2 days ago

Qoorqoor Hails UK for Role in Developing Galmudug

Ahmed Abdi Karie Qoorqoor, the President of the regional state of Galmudug, hailed the role…

2 days ago