Africa: All of Africa Today – December 23, 2025

Funding Shortfalls Cripple Aid for 4.6 Million Drought Victims in Somalia

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has reported that brutal cuts to humanitarian aid budgets are severely hampering efforts to assist millions of Somalis affected by drought. The situation has affected over 4.6 million people, about a quarter of the population, with at least 120,000 people displaced between September and December as water prices rose, food became scarce, and livestock died….