Somalia: Humanitarian Access Snapshot (July – September 2025)

In Quarter 3 of 2025, 50 humanitarian access incidents were reported, marking an increase from 45 incidents in Quarter 2. This represents a slight rising trend, indicating a deterioration in humanitarian access compared to the previous quarter. In this quarter, August recorded the highest number of access incidents (22), with Kismaayo (Lower Juba), Belet Xaawo […]

Somalia Key Message Update: Poor xagaa rains limit September-October off-season harvest in the south, September 2025

Key Messages In September — the peak of the pastoral lean season — food security is deteriorating across most parts of northern and central Somalia. Deterioration is expected to continue through January 2026, driven by the cumulative impacts of successive below-average rainfall seasons (2024-2025), an atypically dry xagaa season, and forecasted below-average October-December deyr rains. […]