Through the US Agency for International Development [USAID], Washington said the money will be directed to critical humanitarian and development assistance to the people of Somalia as a historically unprecedented drought pushes more than 7 million people to the edge of starvation.
This now means the US has pumped a total of $707 million for humanitarian assistance for the people of Somalia in 2022. Dozens of people have bit the dust following the hunger which has continued to ravage the country for the last 15 months.
"USAID’s critical assistance comes as Somalia is experiencing four back-to-back drought seasons, and more than 200,000 people currently face an imminent risk of famine," read the statement from the agency.
"A confluence of crises, including COVID-19, desert locust infestations, and continued recovery from previous droughts have ground away at people’s livelihoods across the country. Meanwhile,
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climate change has increased the frequency and intensity of droughts globally."
Sunday's announcement, the US said, includes $461 million in humanitarian assistance that will allow USAID partners to urgently scale-up assistance to millions of people across Somalia.
"A portion of today’s funding for Somalia is included in the additional Ukraine supplemental and is part of the $2.76 billion in USAID assistance announced by President Joe
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"It is immediately being programmed to address the direct impacts of the global food security crisis and historic drought in countries with high levels of acute food insecurity, reliance on Russian and Ukrainian imports, and vulnerability to price shocks."
Stakeholders have been asking well-wishers to chip in and assist the country as over 7 million people risk exposure to famine. Somalia is also battling internal challenges such as the al-Shabaab
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menace and the unending political squabbles within the Horn of Africa nation.