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Drought response high level meeting kicks off in Mogadishu

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President Mohamed Farmaajo chairs High Level partnership meeting in Mogadishu Tuesday. Photo: UNSOM
President Mohamed Farmaajo chairs High Level partnership meeting in Mogadishu Tuesday. Photo: UNSOM

President Mohamed Farmaajo is today convening a high level partnership meeting on the drought crisis in the country bringing together the country’s leadership and members of the international community.

The meeting is expected to draw up and mobilise coordinated response to the drought which the UN has warned is fast deteriorating into a famine. This is the first high level response from the new administration.

Drought response committee members and delegates from civil society are also attending the meeting.

The President also sought Saudi Arabia’s support in stemming the famine following his three days visit to the Kingdom last week.

According to the United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia (OCHA), over 6.2 million are now in need of humanitarian assistance and of these, nearly 3 million need urgent life-saving assistance.