Minister of Finance of the Federal Republic of Somalia, H.E. Abdirahman Duale Beyle and Head of Norwegian Refugee Council in Somalia,Barnaba Asarg signed an agreement of 2.7 Million U.S dollars to help people affected by the droughts and Water shortage in Some parts in the country.
“I have received officials from Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) at my office and jointly signed an agreement of 2.7 Milion U.S dollars for tackling droughts and water shortage in some regions”, Dr. Beyle said.
According to the Humanitarian Information Unit of the U.S. Government, over 2.9 million people in Somalia face crisis or emergency level acute food insecurity and need emergency food aid, as a result of below average to failed rains in many areas in 2016 that reduced crop production and harmed livestock.Somalia is currently facing it’s seventh consecutively poor harvest and food stability is a major issue.
In the current April-June rainy season little to no rainfall occurred across much of Somalia in April, but rain has begun and is forecasted in May. Lack of potable water has accelerated an acute watery diarrhea/cholera outbreak with an estimated 32,000 cases reported since the beginning of the year.