Somalia: Somali civilians continue to struggle in camps turned permanent settlements.

SHOTLIST: MOGADISHU, SOMALIA (MAY 26, 2026) 1. VARIOUS OF SOMALI CHILDREN, WOMEN AND MEN LIVING INSIDE CAMP 2. MAKESHIFT TENTS 3. VARIOUS OF SOMALIS QUEUING UP TO GET FOOD 4. VARIOUS OF SOMALIS SPENDING DAY AMONG MAKESHIFT TENTSMOGADISHU, SOMALIA — MAY 26, 2026: Somali civilians continue to endure insecurity, conflicts and drought after the camps initially set up as temporary shelters during the civil war have become permanent settlements. Following a civil war and the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in the early 1990s, Somalia has become a federal republic consisting of five states excluding Somaliland while being divided into 18 administrative regions. UN agencies warned earlier this May that Somalia is facing a rapidly worsening hunger crisis that could push parts of the country toward famine without urgent humanitarian action and increased international funding. In a joint statement, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), UNICEF and the World Food Programme (WFP) said nearly 6 million people – around 31% of Somalia’s population – are projected to face acute food insecurity between April and June 2026. The agencies said close to 1.9 million people are already experiencing emergency levels of hunger, a figure that has tripled in less than a year, according to the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis.