Madrid, Spain
October 7 2025

Somalia now stands on the brink of severe humanitarian collapse as the World Food Programme has announced it must reduce emergency food aid from over a million people to just a few hundred thousand due to critical funding gaps. The country endures a confluence of drought, climate shocks, and ongoing conflict, with militant groups controlling many regions and impeding safe access. With nearly 4 to 5 million people already at crisis levels of food insecurity, and more than a million children facing acute malnutrition, any reduction in aid will worsen suffering and could trigger mass displacement, civil unrest, or deeper instability.

From a peacebuilding lens, this development illustrates how fragile peace is when basic human security is not guaranteed. Failing to maintain predictable humanitarian support undermines governance, inflames grievances, and risks derailing fragile social contracts.

To move toward peace by 2030, the global community must close funding gaps, support resilient local food systems, and integrate humanitarian, development, and conflict-sensitive strategies.