The UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) warned Friday it would have to stop humanitarian assistance in Somalia by April if it did not receive new funding.

Axar.az informs, citing WFP, Somalia is facing one of the most complex hunger crises in recent years, driven by two consecutive failed rainy seasons, conflict, and a sharp drop in humanitarian funding. A quarter of the population – 4.4 million people – face crisis-levels of food insecurity or worse (IPC3+), including nearly one million women, men, and children experiencing severe hunger.

WFP is the largest humanitarian agency in Somalia, working alongside partners to support the majority of the country’s food security response.

But today WFP faces a severe funding shortfall that has forced it to reduce the number of people receiving emergency food assistance from 2.2 million in early 2025 to just over 600,000. This means WFP is currently supporting only one in every seven people in need of food assistance to survive.

WFP urgently requires USD95 million to continue supporting the most food insecure people in Somalia between March and August 2026. Without immediate funding, WFP will be forced to halt humanitarian assistance by April.