Nearly 4.4 million people would risk being stimulated in famine in Somalia By June, mainly due to drought, a number increased by one million and more compared to the current situation, a UN report warned on Wednesday.

This report of the integrated ranking framework for nutritional safety (IPC), utilized by its services UNhe estimates that in the first quarter of 2023, nearly 3.4 million inhabitants, or 17% of the Somali population, are facing acute nutritional insecurity, as the late 2024 were marked by a decrease in agricultural production because of the fact that the rains were inadequate.

Yesterday Wednesday the Showerthe representative of the UN Secretary -General Antonio Guterreswarned against her ‘Worsening nutritional safety’ In the state in the Horn of Africa.

IPC analysis predicts that between April and June, 4.4 million men, women and children —The 23% of the population- will be in a state acute nutritional insecuritymainly because the rain of monsoon are expected to be lower than average, continuing the armed conflict, high prices and floods in places.

The report also estimates that during 2025 at least 1.7 million children under 5 years of age (+4% compared to 2024) expected to suffer acute malnutrition And it will be needed to treat it, including 466,000 who will be classified in the class of extreme malnutrition.

“The deterioration of drought, the unpredictable rainfall and the ongoing armed conflict undermine the means of survival, sinking families even deeper into crisis,” Etienne Petersmith, a representative of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Somalia, stressed.

FAO reacts to that state “Increasing its support for agricultural production, encouraging climate change solutions and enhancing the resilience of agri -food systems”he added, according to a press release of the Organization.

At the UN estimate, a few less than 6 million Somalis will need humanitarian aid in 2025. But with the backdrop of chronic underfunding, the humanitarian reaction plan presented at the end of January calls for € 1.43 billion funding to gather $ 4.6 million.