Somalia 2026 Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan (HNRP): At a glance

AT A GLANCE

• Somalia’s humanitarian crisis remains severe and protracted, driven by recurrent drought, conflict, disease outbreaks, high food prices, and declining humanitarian resource.
• In 2026, 4.8 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance, a 20 per cent decrease compared to 2025. This reduction reflects stricter needs definitions, not improved conditions. Humanitarian needs remain driven by drought, which will intensify during the Jilaal season and are expected to worsen further.
• Humanitarian partners will target 2.4 million people, reaching less than half of those in need, requiring a hyper-prioritised, life-saving response.
• The response prioritises 1.6 million people facing extreme intersectoral Severity 4 needs in 21 priority districts, where risks to life and dignity are highest.
• The 2026 HNRP will be guided by one Strategic Objective, prioritising life-saving assistance while integrating protection, cross-cutting issues, and all critical life-saving components drawn from previous, years complementary objectives.
• Multi-Purpose Cash Assistance (MPCA) will serve as a first-line response modality to meet essential needs where feasible, sequenced with sectoral interventions to enhance complementarity and minimise duplication.
• The 2026 funding requirement is USD 852 million, a 40 per cent reduction from 2025, reflecting a narrower scope under severe funding constraints.
• Sustained and flexible funding is critical to meet identified humanitarian needs, prevent further deterioration, and protect life-saving gains, while ensuring that needs identified but currently outside the humanitarian scope are addressed through aligned humanitarian-development-peace nexus approaches.