{"id":9335,"date":"2026-06-29T08:59:50","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T08:59:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sodma.gov.so\/eng\/?p=9335"},"modified":"2026-06-29T08:59:50","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T08:59:50","slug":"un-humanitarian-coordinator-warns-of-worsening-humanitarian-crisis-at-somalia-country-humanitarian-forum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sodma.gov.so\/eng\/un-humanitarian-coordinator-warns-of-worsening-humanitarian-crisis-at-somalia-country-humanitarian-forum\/","title":{"rendered":"UN Humanitarian Coordinator Warns of Worsening Humanitarian Crisis at Somalia Country Humanitarian Forum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" data-start=\"17\" data-end=\"341\">The Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Somalia<\/span><\/span> and Humanitarian Coordinator, George Conway, addressed the Somalia Country Humanitarian Forum (CHF) in <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Baidoa<\/span><\/span>, issuing a strong warning about the country&#8217;s worsening humanitarian situation.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"343\" data-end=\"615\">Conway stated that Somalia continues to struggle with drought, food insecurity, and severe malnutrition, particularly in areas such as <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Baraawe<\/span><\/span>, where he said conditions have reached a critical level requiring urgent humanitarian intervention.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"617\" data-end=\"858\">He also warned of the anticipated <strong data-start=\"651\" data-end=\"662\">El Ni\u00f1o<\/strong> conditions, which are expected to bring flooding and heavy rainfall over the next six months, potentially worsening the situation for vulnerable communities and damaging essential infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"860\" data-end=\"1123\">In addition, Conway noted that international humanitarian funding has declined significantly, with only <strong data-start=\"964\" data-end=\"971\">21%<\/strong> of the humanitarian response plan currently funded. As a result, many facilities providing nutrition and protection services have been forced to close.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1125\" data-end=\"1376\">In conclusion, he called for stronger collaboration among the government, humanitarian organizations, and civil society to accelerate relief efforts and ensure that life-saving humanitarian assistance reaches the country&#8217;s most vulnerable populations.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1125\" data-end=\"1376\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9336\" src=\"https:\/\/sodma.gov.so\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/733935746_1898770310812320_2508489403342324094_n-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9337\" src=\"https:\/\/sodma.gov.so\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/735134110_1014175844414394_6365910278933691975_n-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9338\" src=\"https:\/\/sodma.gov.so\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/733360123_1045349707913067_2497089431980190630_n-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9327\" src=\"https:\/\/sodma.gov.so\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/732863509_1022707147236497_3971444717844919132_n-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia and Humanitarian Coordinator, George Conway, addressed the Somalia Country Humanitarian Forum (CHF) in Baidoa, issuing a strong warning about the country&#8217;s worsening humanitarian situation. Conway stated that Somalia continues to struggle with drought, food insecurity, and severe malnutrition, particularly in areas such as Baraawe, where [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":9338,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sodma.gov.so\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sodma.gov.so\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sodma.gov.so\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sodma.gov.so\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sodma.gov.so\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9335"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sodma.gov.so\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9335\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9340,"href":"https:\/\/sodma.gov.so\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9335\/revisions\/9340"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sodma.gov.so\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sodma.gov.so\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sodma.gov.so\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sodma.gov.so\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}