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of April 2021: – A severe drought is looming in Somalia amid ongoing challenges of the third wave of COVID-19, locust infestations and political instability making the number of people in need of humanitarian assistance at risk of escalating rapidly (FAO, Somalia Drought update, 25th March 2021, Somali Water and Land Information Management).
With only 3.9 percent of the USD 1.09 billion-Humanitarian Response Plan disbursed to date in a country grappling with multiple humanitarian threats, the Somali NGO Consortium (SNC) calls on all actors to urgently take action now and prepare for a large-scale crisis as rainfall is forecasted 70% below average in some areas of Somalia in the next three months.