Somalia: GREDO: Annual Report 2025

Country: Somalia Source: Gargaar Relief & Development Organization Please refer to the attached file. In 2025, Somalia continued to face a complex and protracted humanitarian crisis driven by climate shocks, conflict, displacement, disease outbreaks, and severe funding shortages. These overlapping factors significantly increased humanitarian needs across the country, particularly in drought-affected and displacement-prone regions. According to humanitarian assessments, approximately 5.9 million people required humanitarian assistance in 2025, while the Somalia Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan (HNRP) targeted 4.6 million people for life-saving support, requiring about US$1.42 billion to respond to urgent needs. However, a major shock to the humanitarian response in 2025 was the sudden suspension and reduction of funding mainly from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), historically one of the largest donors to Somalia which had immediate and severe consequences for essential humanitarian services. Across the country, programmes in health, nutrition, food security, WASH, education, and protection were disrupted or scaled down. Food insecurity remained one of the most pressing concerns. Due to recurrent drought, belowaverage rainfall, rising food prices, and ongoing conflict, an estimated 4.4 million people faced high levels of acute food insecurity by the end of 2025. At the same time, around 1.85 million children were projected to suffer from acute malnutrition, including hundreds of thousands facing severe acute malnutrition requiring urgent treatment. Climate-related shocks continued to exacerbate vulnerabilities. Northern regions experienced extended drought conditions due to significantly below-average rainfall, worsening water scarcity and reducing agricultural production and livestock survival. These climatic stresses, combined with high food prices and limited livelihood opportunities, increased the number of households struggling to meet basic needs. Displacement also remained a major humanitarian concern. Approximately 3.5 million people were internally displaced across Somalia, driven by a combination of conflict, drought, and flooding. Many displaced families were living in overcrowded settlements with limited access to safe water, sanitation, health services, and education, further increasing protection risks for women and children. At the same time, funding constraints significantly affected humanitarian operations. By late 2025, the humanitarian response plan was only partially funded, forcing agencies to scale down assistance. In some cases, food assistance was drastically reduced, leaving large numbers of vulnerable people without support at a time when needs were increasing. Despite these challenges, humanitarian actors—including national NGOs, international organizations, and UN agencies—continued to deliver life-saving assistance across sectors such as food security, nutrition, health, WASH, protection, and education. However, sustained and flexible funding remains essential to prevent further deterioration of the humanitarian situation and to strengthen resilience among vulnerable communities. Overall, the humanitarian situation in Somalia in 2025 underscored the urgent need for scaled-up humanitarian assistance, climate-resilient programming, and locally led responses to address the country’s persistent and evolving humanitarian challenges