Archive for December 28th, 2025

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28/12/2025

Power Shift in the Horn of Africa: Somalia Recognizes SSC-Khaatumo

Human Wrongs Watch

By Ann Garrison | Black Agenda Report – TRANSCEND Media Service*

23 Apr 2025 – Somalia’s recognition of SSC-Khaatumo as its sixth Federal Member State (FMS) has radically shifted the Horn of Africa’s geopolitical dynamics, with implications for Israel, Palestine, and Ansar Allah (“the Houthis”).

The geopolitical dynamics of the Horn of Africa region are always volatile, but more so now than ever.

The world’s attention is most drawn to the region by Ansar Allah’s disruption of crucial maritime routes in the Red Sea in support of Palestine and Donald Trump’s despicable proposal to remove and dump the entire population of Gaza in war-torn Sudan, Somalia, and/or Somaliland, the unrecognized Somali secessionist state.

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28/12/2025

Somalia: In 2026, Humanitarian Conditions Are Expected to Deteriorate Further, Leaving at Least 4.8 Million People, Including 3 Million Children, in Urgent Need of Assistance – UNICEF

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10 December 2025 (UNICEF)* — UNICEF’s Humanitarian Action for Children appeal helps support the agency’s work as it provides conflict- and disaster-affected children with access to water, sanitation, nutrition, education, health and protection services.

On 3 February 2022 in Somalia, a child feeds on a Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) packet while his mother holds him waiting to receive assistance at Community Empowerment and Development Action Health Centre in Dolow.
UNICEF/UN0591078/TaxtaOn 3 February 2022 in Somalia, a child feeds on a Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) packet while his mother holds him waiting to receive assistance at Community Empowerment and Development Action Health Centre in Dolow.

Somalia snapshot

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28/12/2025

Somalia: ‘Brutal Slashes’ to Aid Budgets Hamper Efforts to Assist Millions of People Affected by Drought

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(UN News)* — Brutal slashes to aid budgets are hampering efforts to assist millions of people in Somalia affected by drought, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on

Families living in a settlement near Baidoa in Somalia have been driven from their homes by drought and conflict and are trying to rebuild their lives.
© UNICEF/Said Fadhaye | Families living in a settlement near Baidoa in Somalia have been driven from their homes by drought and conflict and are trying to rebuild their lives.

More than 4.6 million people across the country, roughly a quarter of the population, are impacted, according to local authorities.

“Partners indicate that at least 120,000 people were displaced between September and December, as water prices soar, food becomes increasingly scarce, livestock die and livelihoods collapse,” OCHA said in an update.

Additionally, more than 75,000 students nationwide have been forced to drop out of school. 

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