Somalia - Complex Emergency Fact Sheet #3, Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 (August 7, 2020)
SITUATION AT A GLANCE
5.2 MILLION
Estimated Population in Need of Humanitarian Assistance
UN – July 2020
3.5 MILLIO
Estimated Population in Need of Emergency Food Assistance, July–September 2020
FEWS NET – June 2020
2.6 MILLION
Official Number of IDPs in Somalia
FGoS – 2018
761.7 THOUSAND
Estimated Number of Refugees from Somalia
UN – June 2020
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Without sustained assistance, up to 3.5 million people in Somalia could face severe food insecurity through September.
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COVID-19 control measures and the associated worsening of socioeconomic conditions are further eroding the protection environment in Somalia.
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The UN released a revised 2020 HRP for Somalia on July 26, accounting for changes in humanitarian needs and the operational environment due to the COVID-19 pandemic, seasonal floods, and the regional desert locust upsurge.