MSF Somalia: Free healthcare offers a lifeline to mothers and children in Mudug Region
When Fatima Abdi Ali, 32, experienced life‑threatening complications in her seventh pregnancy, she and her husband travelled more than 125 kilometres, crossing from Ethiopia to reach Mudug Regional Hospital in Galkayo North. It was the nearest facility equipped for such an emergency. On arrival, Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) teams performed an urgent caesarean […]
Somalia Weekly Weather Forecast – Valid From 15 to 21 October 2025
Light to moderate rains are expected over central Somalia—particularly in parts of Hiraan, Bakool, Mudug, and Nugaal—while northern and southern regions will remain largely dry and hot. Review of Observed Weather and Experienced Impacts Observed Rainfall Conditions During the week from 7 to 13 October 2025, rainfall was observed across many […]
UNHCR Somalia Refugee Returnees Dashboard – Sep 2025
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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 […]
12 October 2025, Mogadishu, Somalia – Banadir Hospital in Mogadishu – Somalia’s largest paediatric referral public hospital – is at the forefront of efforts to address severe acute malnutrition. Inside the stabilization centre, small hospital beds are lined up, each holding a child fighting not only hunger but illnesses like pneumonia, diarrhoea and dehydration. […]
Emergency Appeal Somalia: Complex Emergency (DREF MDRSO025)
SITUATION OVERVIEW Escalating humanitarian crisis in Puntland and Somaliland: Somalia is facing a rapidly worsening humanitarian crisis in Puntland and Somaliland, where prolonged dry conditions have affected over 2.5 million people across 26 districts including 887,000 people in severely impacted areas. Rural communities are experiencing acute shortages of water and food, compounded by significant funding […]
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. […]
DOUBLE TRAGEDY: SAF-UK empowers a mother to save her twins from malnutrition
POSTED AUGUST 1, 2019 MEDIA@SAFUK.ORG Malnutritioned child eating Ready To Use Therapeutic Food Kahda,Mogadishu June 2019– A look of permanent worry is etched on the face of Roodo Issack, a mother of six, as she watches her last born twins silently suffering; their bodies emaciated and skin hanging from bare bones. As she sits outside her ramshackle […]
SHF SUPPORTING SAF-UK HEALTH AND NUTRITION PROJECTS IN HOBYO DISTRICT
The health situation in Hobyo remains fragile with women and children being most vulnerable. The key issues for women and children remain access to prevention and treatment interventions in the absence of a fully functional health system. SAF UK has been implementing nutrition (OTP, TSFP, MCHN and BSFP) and health projects in north Hobyo for […]
2017 In Review Infographic
In 2017, we continued our work in a challenging environment to meet the unprecedented need for life-saving aid.After two years of drought and conflict, thousands have been forced to flee their homes in search of a better future for their children. Thanks to a concerted effort by donors and partners, the threat of famine in […]
