Somalia is facing one of the most severe emergencies in the worst global hunger crisis this century. As the Horn of Africa faces its worst drought in 40 years, 1.5 million children in Somalia – or one ...

a new report from the Somali government and UN suggests. It is the first official death toll from the drought in the Horn of Africa. Half of the fatalities are thought to be in children under five.

Somalia has one of the world’s lowest enrollment rates for primary education. Since the collapse of the education system in the early 1990s, the majority of children have continued to be deprived of ...