Additional Context: Somalia is facing what is likely to be a serious food crisis due to ongoing drought and foreign aid cuts. In January, the U.S. suspended aid after claiming Somali officials destroyed a U.S.-funded WFP warehouse and illegally seized food aid, which the Somali government denied. Though this aid had turned back on, as of March 2026 U.S. humanitarian funding for Somalia is largely being cut.

Devex Researcher Note: The article makes clear that WFP funding shortfalls are not entirely due to U.S. aid cuts, but that other donors have increasingly stepped away from Somalia in the past years. Before the U.S. aid cuts, the U.S. was the largest donor by far to the WFP in Somalia, and provided roughly 35% of Somalia's humanitarian funding overall. The next closest donor was Germany at around 9%, also cutting support to Somalia.

Source: Devex