Somalia | Household-Level Loss and Damage from the 2025–2026 Drought (April 2026)

Country: Somalia Source: REACH Initiative Please refer to the attached file. CONTEXT & RATIONALE In late November 2025, the Federal Government of Somalia formally declared a drought emergency. By December 2025, OCHA reported that 4.61 million people had been affected by the drought nationwide, with at least 120,000 people displaced from the most affected areas between September-December 2025, and at least 75,000 students forced to drop out of school (OCHA, 2025). The most affected regions were l