More than 1 million Somalis displaced by drought since Jan 2021: UN

Most new arrivals observed in Bay, Banadir and Gedo regions

At least 1,002,796 people have been displaced by drought in Somalia since January 2021, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on Tuesday.

OCHA said the latest arrivals recorded in July reached 83,518 people, a 26 percent decrease compared to the previous month.

The majority of the new arrivals were recorded in the regions of Bay, Banadir, and Gedo.

Most new arrivals have been observed in Bay region (40 percent), followed by Banadir and Gedo regions (19 and 15 percent respectively)  the report by OCHA read.

Multiple UN agencies warned in June that about 7.1 million Somalis (close to half of Somalia’s population) are facing catastrophic levels of food insecurity with more than 200,000 of them on the brink of starvation.