UPDATE ON FOOD AND NUTRITION SECURITY CRISIS RISKS DECEMBER 2024 – REPORT #2

This Joint Monitoring Report (JMR) for Somalia, which uses data up to October 2024 and statistical modeling to highlight food and nutrition security risks at the district level, recorded 31 critical and 68 heightened risk alerts1 in October and estimated that 500,500 people (2.82% of the population) lived in areas at risk of deteriorating into Emergency (IPC Phase 4) or worse food insecurity conditions across several regions.

The five regions with districts at the highest risk of experiencing food and nutrition security deterioration, in order of severity from highest to lowest, are Sanaag, Gedo, Lower Juba, Galgaduud, and Woqooyi Galbeed. The top 10 districts at risk are Ceerigaabo, Laasqoray Beledxaawo, Afmadow, Ceel-buur, Ceel-Afweyn, Zeylac, Badhaadhe, Kismayo, and Buuhoodle.