The World Food Programme (WFP) has issued a critical warning regarding the funding situation for its humanitarian assistance in Somalia. If new financial support is not secured, the organization will have no choice but to stop all food aid by April 2023. Currently, the WFP has already reduced its emergency food assistance from 2.2 million people in early 2025 to just over 600,000, indicating a severe decline in the ability to meet the needs of the population facing hunger and acute food insecurity.

The urgency of the situation is underscored by recent events that led the United States to suspend aid to Somalia due to concerns over theft and interference by the government, which followed an incident involving the destruction of a WFP warehouse in Mogadishu. Although aid was resumed at the end of January, ongoing funding challenges remain significant. The warning from the WFP reflects broader issues in humanitarian funding, particularly as financial resources from the US and other donor nations have seen substantial cuts.

Moreover, the WFP's warnings are set against a backdrop of growing need in Somalia, which is facing significant humanitarian challenges. Experts, including WFP officials, have stressed that without immediate action to provide the necessary funding, the humanitarian crisis will worsen, potentially leading to increased suffering and food scarcity for millions of vulnerable people in the region.