00:00It's the last alarm bell before the catastrophe.
00:04The World Food Programme warned on Friday that it would have to halt its assistance to Somalia as soon as
00:10April if it did not receive new funding.
00:13Somalia is severely affected by a hunger crisis.
00:17Around 4.4 million people face severe food insecurity, and that number could be growing drastically soon.
00:25The United States stopped aid to Somalia in early January over reports of theft and government interference following the destruction
00:34of a U.S.-funded World Food Programme warehouse in Mogadishu.
00:39And while aid resumed at the end of the month, many UN agencies like the World Food Programme battle a
00:44severe lack of funding for humanitarian aid.
00:47In Somalia, the World Food Programme already reduced the number of people receiving food aid from 2.2 million in
00:55early 2025 to just over 600,000 today.
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